Viaje Circa ’45 No. 3 Nicaragua (2025)

Description

The Viaje Circa ’45 No. 3 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 5½ x 58 (some listings show 6 x 54) 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 European-market exclusive before eventually reaching select U.S. retailers by popular demand. This 2025 release is genuinely scarce, with just 300 boxes produced.

Flavor Profile

Medium-to-full bodied, this cigar opens with dark chocolate and cedar, developing earthy richness from the San Andrés wrapper alongside layers of 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. Cigarwell’s community rating sits at 87/100. One customer review called it a genuine throwback: “reminds me of old style Cubans… construction, burn, and taste of all those things that got me into cigar smoking years ago.”

Why It’s Sought After

Circa ’45 built real demand as a hard-to-find European exclusive before Viaje finally brought it stateside, and this small-batch 2025 run continues that scarcity — several retailers already show only a handful of boxes left in stock. For collectors who appreciate a genuine homage to Cuban cigar history rather than just another limited release, this is a meaningful, well-reviewed pickup.