Last month we posted a news story about the upcoming yearly release of the Viaje Zombie series. This year, much like last year, there are two different Zombies being released, though instead of two different blends with the same wrapper we have the same blend with two separate wrappers. Differentiated by color, the Zombie Red features a Nicaraguan maduro wrapper while the classic Green has a Nicaraguan criollo wrapper. First released in 2011, Andre Farkas stated, “the name comes from peoples transformation into Zombies after being exposed to radiation from the WMD release.” He continued the Zombie line in 2012, keeping the same shape as the original though there was an addition of a pinhole at the foot to allow the cigar to breathe a little more. Last year saw the Zombie split into two blends, with the black box being the classic blend and then the natural boxes another Zombie blend that had been developed but not used up to that point. The shape also was modified a little into a more classic perfecto shape with an open foot, again said to allow the cigar to breathe more as the closed foot was causing issues in the original shape. ...
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