TX Duo Review - Viaje Full Moon 2013 OR

Çnote · 2025-10-23T20:07:28Z

It's that time of year @Capn_Jackson

For whatever reason Viaje has connected with the market on their 'holiday' offerings to the extent that they are the quickest to sell out. This year's release of Full Moon and The Crow for the most part sold out before cigars even shipped. I've had more recent releases young and have not been a fan, but these came up and here we are. Stabilized for 5 months or so and a week of dry boxing.

Starts very mellow in the leather earth space, my retrohale is still sniffles but there's no burn at all here. Construction is fantastic. Within an inch, loses all earth and leather and turns into soft sweet cocoa with a big unami sensation on the aftertaste, maybe a sweet oyster sauce, reminds me most of some Cantonese noodles in SF Chinatown a decade ago.

Strength picks up drastically and the flavors become more coke and soy sauce. I don't know what's going on here. Wrapping up the 1st 3rd it takes on the savory roasted pork nuance that has haunted my summer.

The 2nd 3rd abruptly shifts into a a heavy subtle gingerbread, more molasses than spice. The glue caused some wrapper damage and the 58rg of tobacco is just a lot of moisture so the earlier note on construction is right out the window. Flavor is on point if a little richly bitter. Very Bolivar vibes. Extremely pleasant, especially after burning thru the wrapper damage. Nub starts by bringing a trace of espresso, but the sheer size of this makes it quite cumbersome to enjoy.

Solid 89. I'm unsure if I would get in line for a box to put down for a decade today, Viaje has certainly gone thru some changes since these were rolled, but if I see singles I'll pick some up for the future.

What do you think, Jackson? This would seem to be right up your alley.