Viaje: Amuse Bouche II Cigars

Viaje's White Label Project is a special series comprising more experimental blends and sizes that otherwise wouldn't ever be released under the main Viaje brand — "a peek behind the factory curtain" in the words of founder Andre Farkas. In 2020, the White Label Project welcomed the Amuse-Bouche cigar. Literally translating to "mouth-amuser" in French, an amuse-bouche is a culinary treat served as a bite-sized, off-menu hors d'œuvre to represent the chef's style and prepare patrons for the meal. As a cigar, Viaje's Amuse-Bouche is an appropriately small, 4.5" x 48 size comprising Nicaraguan tobaccos from Aganorsa and handmade at their TABSA factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The original Amuse-Bouche showcased a Nicaraguan Habano Claro wrapper, but 2022's Amuse-Bouche II version trades that leaf for a Mexican San Andrés Maduro wrapper, with only 300 total boxes made for this release.