Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

Just finished up a petit robusto. Crushed coffee and dark chocolate. Damn these are good. I'd say these are better than the 09's. Glad I got a box!:)

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

Hard to beat the 2009s spicy goodness. Gonna have to light up one of my 2011s tomorrow. :D

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

I'm smoking one right now! I think these will need about 6 mo's of downtime but they're gonna be awesome!:tu

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

Mine are still in the mail... :( But they will be here on Tuesday! :)

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Got mine sitting for a bit...heard that they are better once they have sat for a month or two...anyone hear the same thing?

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Can't wait to torch one. Gonna be hard to do.

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Knowing me, I will torch one with in a day or so of getting them in, then I will put the rest into my coolidor and try to forget about them for a while... hopefully... But no guarantees.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

Burned a 2011 today and it was one of the best smokes I've had this year. Bar none. Andre has done it again.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

where can they be purchased as singles or 5'ers?

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

I bought mind from Ol Times Cigars.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

NHC had 'em too.

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Both retailers are sold out!

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I love the 2010's. Haven't snagged any of these yet. Hopefully they are still out there.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

One of Viajes best! If it gets better aged it will be off the scale.

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Smoked a 2010 tonight. I honestly had expected more. It was a good cigar but I was expecting it to be amazing. I still may consider looking for another one for next year but I won't save it for a special occasion.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

Crazy undead. You have lost your sense of taste and desire for all that is good. Go on about your evil strange ways now. :r

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Sadly, this is a common theme for Andre as of late. Most of his stuff has been shipped green as of late IMHO.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

I don't think it has to do with being "green" per se John. They had a TON of
rain in Nicaragua this year, so EVERYTHING coming from their is wet! If a cigar has be be delivered to the market by 12/11 then you can't release it 6/12 and expect your customers to be happy about it. Probably right now the best thing
would be to dry box it for a couple of days and then smoke it. I'm gonna try that with one, and report back later in the week.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

Smoked my first Viaje Holiday Blend (2010 version) and must have had it built up too much in my mind because it was a slight let down for me. I though it was ok, probably wouldn't seek it out again unless I try a different year that I end up liking better...just my :2

Just to elaborate a bit it didn't seem complex at all, not that it needed to be. It just didn't have any of the flavor profile I expected from what's known as a "holiday stick." I thought I would get some pine, or other holiday spice notes of some sort. Again, it was just my expectation of what I thought it would be like...not a bad smoke IMO but not a great smoke either.

Re: Viaje Holiday Blend '11
 

Lots of "negative comments" about this years Holiday Blend. Gonna wait awhile before I smoke some of mine.