Since debuting in 2010, the Viaje TNT has been one of the company’s staple limited editions, generally showing up in early summer along with a handful of other cigars including the Summerfest and C-4. That is, until last year. For no specified reason, the company announced that this trio of cigars, along with the Late Harvest, would not be making an appearance in 2014, with a representative telling halfwheel that “you never know what you will get from year to year.” There was speculation that it had to do with the gradual departure of Viaje from the Raíces Cubanas factory in Honduras, though that was never confirmed. In March of 2015, Viaje announced that it was moving a good amount of its production from the Honduran factory to PDR Cigars in the Dominican Republic, a seemingly foregone conclusion that one could draw after Andre Farkas had been seen several times with Abe Flores of PDR Cigars over several months prior to the announcement. Included in the list of cigars being relocated was the TNT, along with the C-4 and the 2015 installment of the Collaboration Series. In June, Viaje confirmed that the TNT would be returning this year—with a couple of changes. ...
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