Today Viaje will be sending what figures to be its final release of 2015 to retailers in time to have it on store shelves for the Christmas rush, as the company is shipping the Holiday Blend 2015 and Candy Cane EL today, along with a new limited edition set of ashtrays and a Viaje-branded cigar cutter. Both of the cigars have gotten an update for 2015, as production has moved from Raíces Cubanas to PDR Cigars in the Dominican Republic, with new sizes released for this installment. The Viaje Holiday Blend 2016 is being released in a 5 x 54 box-pressed robusto vitola, with a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper. The cigar comes in a 30-count box with an MSRP of $284, or $9.47 per cigar. This year’s Viaje Candy Cane Edición Limitada returns in a 6 x 54 toro vitola but with a box press and the first usage of the Edición Limitada band in its three releases. For the barber pole wrapper, the Candy Cane uses Brazilian Arapiraca and Ecuadorian habano leaves. It is being packed in 20-count boxes with an MSRP of $240, or $12 per cigar. The binder and filler on both cigars was described as being “Nicaraguan/Dominican” by a company spokesperson, though further specifics ...
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