Crux Passport 2026

By Tony Casas | May 11, 2026

That’s right, Crux is at it again! They revamped their most popular blend the Passport and I can’t wait to dive into this one.

The Good Stuff:

This year the Crux team announced they would be re-releasing and updated blend of their popular Passport line. Blended at the Plesencia S.A. Factory in Esteli, Nicaragua the blend features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from both Nicaragua and Honduras. In comparison the previous blend utilized a Nicaraguan wrapper, binder, and fillers from both Nicaragua and Honduras. The updated Passport is available in 3 sizes: Super Selection No. 1 (6 x 42), Super Selection No. 2 (5 1/2 x 46), and the Super Selection No. 3 (6 1/4 x 48). Each come packaged in boxes of 20 and range between $10.99 and $12.99 per cigar.

• Size: 5 1/2 x 46
• Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano
• Binder: Nicaraguan
• Filler: Nicaraguan / Honduran
• Body: Full
• Strength: Medium
• Price: $11.99

Prelight:

The Crux Passport starts out with a much deeper, darker brown wrapper than the previous version. The color is pretty consistent with some darker areas scattered throughout the body. The wrapper feels very thick, dense, and hard while the entire cigar is packed very tightly and has a good weight to it. There is a decent amount of tooth and a whole mess of oils coating the wrapper. The wrapper is laid seamlessly over itself and there are a few smaller veins running through the body of the cigar up to its round, double-wrapped cap. The cigar is polished off with and updated blue, white and gold band showcasing the brand’s crest and the word “Passport” embossed cross the front in gold. The wrapper on the Crux Passport gives off a mixture of cedar and floral aromas while the foot of the cigar is much more earthy and tobacco-focused. The cap cut like butter using my Xikar XO double bladed cutter. The cold draw produces mossy notes over some dark cherry and tobacco flavors.

First Third:

The Crux Passport starts out with some awesome black cherry and raisin notes over deep cedar, soft musky spice, and a nice caramel finish. The draw is absolutely perfect despite how tightly this cigar is packed. Each little puff kicks out massive clouds of thick, light gray smoke which dissipates pretty quickly as the cigar releases a good amount of stationary smoke while it rests in my ashtray. The burnline is slightly wavy and razor sharp leaving behind a trail of semi-compacted medium gray and dark gray ash which fell into my ashtray around the one inch mark.

Second Third:

Into the second third of the Crux Passport and the flavors are still banging! Leading the charge is the raisin and black cherry backed by cedar, caramel, spice, and some great pecan on the finish. The retrohale brings out this soft spice that I don’t really get during the standard smoking experience. The burnline is a bit wacky, but I haven’t had to touch up or relight the cigar so we’re good to go. I close out the second third with no real nicotine hit.

Final Third:

The final third of the Crux Passport showed the biggest change up in the cigar with an awesome licorice spice jumping through the flavor profile backed by the strong raisin and black cherry over cedar, caramel, and pecan. This is such a killer flavor profile. It took me almost 2 hours to smoke this cigar down to the nub. While the burnline was a bit wild at times I never had to touch up or relight the cigar. I experienced no harshness, no extended heat, and not really much of a nicotine kick either.

Overview:

I was a huge fan of the original Passport and I have to say I loved the updated version even more. The bold flavor profile fit my palate perfectly, the price is great, and the experience was perfect outside of a bit of a sloppy burn. Since there wasn’t any need to correct it, I wont take points off there. This is box worthy and I really need to stress how much I love the sizes Crux is offering the Passport in.