Viaje Circa ’45 No. 1 Nicaragua (2025)

Description

The Viaje Circa ’45 No. 1 is Andre Farkas’s tribute to Cuban cigar history — a blend built around the year 1845, when Jaime Partagás opened one of Havana’s most legendary factories.

Construction & Origin

This 5 x 52 robusto is finished in a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos, hand-rolled at Aganorsa’s respected factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Circa ’45 originally launched in 2016 as a then-European-market exclusive produced at PDR Cigars, before eventually reaching select U.S. retailers by popular demand. This 2025 shipment carries the same recipe as the cigar’s most recent prior release, with no changes to the blend.

Flavor Profile

Medium-to-full bodied, this cigar opens with dark chocolate and cedar, developing earthy richness from the San Andrés wrapper alongside layered complexity from the Nicaraguan internals. Cigar Aficionado’s own tasting notes describe an herbal, woody smoke with hints of nuts, evenly burning with a steady draw. Community ratings sit around 87/100, with several reviewers specifically noting the cigar’s old-school, Cuban-style construction and burn.

Why It’s Sought After

Circa ’45 built real demand as a hard-to-find European exclusive before finally reaching American retailers, and this small-batch 2025 run continues that same limited availability. For collectors who appreciate a genuine homage to Cuban cigar history rather than just another limited release, this is a meaningful, well-reviewed pickup — and part of the same shipment cycle as Viaje’s WLP Path of Totality.