Toscano Italia Debuts at PCA 2024

When you think of Italian cigars, you likely think of Toscano. With the Italian cigar company’s latest release, there’s no confusion about where the cigars come from.

The Toscano Italia is a new release from the company that is made entirely of Kentucky-seed fire-cured tobaccos grown in Italia. This includes a wrapper from Valtiberina, Tuscany and fillers from Benevento and Valtiberina. The tobacco from Benevento is notable as it’s the result of a 2018 agreement that resulted in an investment to grow tobacco in the province, which is located in the Campania region. The company says most of the filler tobacco is from Benevento.

Each cigar has an MSRP of $7 and the first release for the U.S. is limited to 500 boxes of 30 cigars. Toscano showed off the cigars at the 2024 PCA Convention & Trade Show and they are already available in stores.

Italian cigars like Toscano are made with longfiller tobaccos, though they differ from premium cigars in a number of ways. For starters, the cigars have a unique double-tapered shape that is cut open on both ends. Users can either smoke the whole cigar as one or cut the cigar in the center and smoke the two ends. In addition, the cigars are typically made with fire-cured tobaccos, which affects how they need to be stored, and do not contain a binder.

Brian Burt contributed to this story.