E.P. Carrillo TAA Exclusive Box-Pressed Toro Slated to Arrive in June
E.P. Carrillo has created a new box-pressed toro for retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA), which it expects to deliver to those stores in June.
The blend uses an Ecuadorian-grown wrapper, a binder grown in the U.S., and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Ernesto Perez-Carrillo calls it “a cigar with many nuances…a cigar that is balanced and complex and can be enjoyed at all times of the day.”
It is being released in a 6 x 52 box-pressed toro vitola, the first time that E.P. Carrillo has released a pressed cigar for the TAA, and it wears a band that puts the TAA’s logo front-and-center, trimmed in red and gold. Pricing is set at $13 per cigar and $130 per box, with 1,000 boxes produced by Tabacalera La Alianza S.A., making for a total production of 10,000 cigars.
The TAA is a membership group, which also includes approximately 40 manufacturers, that gathers annually to discuss issues facing the industry and retailers, as well as to have its annual trade show, a unique event that works on a group buying format in order to secure exclusive deals for these generally high-volume merchants.
Beyond E.P. Carrillo, CLE, Crowned Heads, Espinosa, Ferio Tego, General Cigar Co.’s La Gloria Cubana and Sancho Panza brands, Gurkha, J.C. Newman, Joya de Nicaragua, Kristoff, La Palina, Miami Cigar & Co., My Father, Plasencia, Rocky Patel, Quesada, Quality Importers Trading Co., Tatuaje and Villiger Cigars North America have announced exclusive releases for retail members of the TAA.
Image courtesy of E.P. Carrillo.
Patrick Lagreid
I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I'm a voice over artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.
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