Viaje Zombie Green

📌 Brand: Viaje
📌 Line: Zombie Green
📌 Size: Robusto (5" × 52) Perfecto
📌 Weight: 14.1 g
📌 Age: 11 years
📌 Origin: Honduras

Tasting Notes

• Dark Fruit – Jammy sweetness in the opening

• Earth – Deep, slightly damp soil character

• Black Pepper – Strong spice on retrohale

• Charred Wood – Increases toward the end

First Impressions

Zombie Green comes with the trademark Viaje dark, menacing aesthetic — oily wrapper, mottled texture, and soft spots throughout. Pre-light aroma gives dark fruit, wood, and earth. Cold draw is very loose, confirming the soft feel.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Loose draw dumps smoke but limits flavor concentration. Dark fruit and pepper appear. Needs one relight fairly early.

• Second Third – Earth and charred wood dominate. Flavors flatten slightly but stay enjoyable. Burn stabilizes.

• Final Third – Pepper rises again, sweetness fades, and body increases. Still loose, but smoke remains flavorful.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Dictador 20 Colombian Rum - Dark sugar, coffee, caramelized fruit — amplifies the cigar’s earthy, jammy notes without overwhelming them.

• Tea – Nepal Jun Chiyabari Hand-Rolled Black Tea - Bright, floral, slightly sweet — cuts through the heaviness and refreshes the palate between loose-burning puffs.

Music Pairing

“Shadowplay” – Joy Division
Dark, atmospheric pacing fits the cigar’s moody, earthy tone.

Final Thoughts

Viaje Zombie Green delivers a dark, moody smoke with earth, pepper, and char. The very loose draw and early relight hold it back from higher scores, but it still offers a unique, enjoyable intensity in true Viaje fashion.

Final Score: 7/10
Why not a 10?
Soft feel, loose draw, and one early relight disrupted the structure and reduced flavor concentration.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.