With the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Convention set to open in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on March 22nd comes the usual trickle of TAA Exclusive Series releases that will be showcased at the Convention. For the 2020 TAA Exclusive Series, Villiger will be a part of the series releasing its first TAA Exclusive Cigar.

For the Villiger TAA Exclusive, the company teams up with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza – marking the first time the two parties have worked together. The Villiger TAA Exclusive will be a box-pressed Toro (6 x 54) featuring an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binder, and a combination of Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers. The cigars will be packaged in 20-count boxes. Pricing is set at $9.00 per cigar.

The TAA Exclusive Series consists of cigars made by leading manufacturers that are exclusively sold at TAA member retailers. The TAA is a small group of retailers numbering approximately 80.

At a glance, here is a look at the Villiger TAA Exclusive for 2020:

Blend and Origin

Wrapper: Sumatra Ecuador
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua and Dominican
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Factory: Tabacalera La Alianza

Vitolas Offered

Toro Box Pressed: 6 x 54