TAA

Starting in 2011, Pete released a special cigar for the TAA (Tobacconists Association of America) which is a select group of cigar retailers and manufacturers. Only member stores were allowed to sell the cigars. With the exception of the 2013 release, the cigars have been based on the Pork Tenderloin and Barclay Rex blend. They are wrapped in Connecticut Broadleaf (except 2013, 2019, and 2020) and contain Nicaraguan binders and fillers. They are sold in slide lid boxes of 20. The bands are gold edged with a white background and feature the TAA cigar Indian logo and the year. The 2013 release was a special release of the Grand Chasseur and had a black 10th anniversary band that also said TAA. The 2013 also featured an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. All of the cigars are produced in Nicaragua. 2011 (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (1,500 boxes released) 5 5/8 x 54 2012 (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (2,500 boxes released) 6 1/4 x 50 2013 (closed foot) (gold foil wet packed) (varnished hinged lid box) (2,500 boxes released) (habano wrapper) 6 3/8 x 54 2014 (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (2,800 boxes released) 6 x 52 2015 (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (3,800 boxes released) (revisit of the 2011) 5 5/8 x 54 2016 (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (4,000 boxes released) (revisit of the 2012) 6 1/4 x 50 2017 (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (3,700 boxes released) (revisit of the 2014) (bands say Exclusive Series where they normally would have said TAA Exclusive and boxes say TAA 2014 with a 17 hidden in the logo) 6 x 52 2018 (called the 50th to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the TAA, it has 50th on the band instead of the year) (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (2,500 boxes released) 5 x 52 2019 (called the 51st to celebrate the 51st anniversary of the TAA, it had 51th on the band instead of the year, the Indian was replaced with a mustachioed sombrero wearing cactus, “America” was replaced by “Mexico”, the band sides were green white and red instead of red white and blue) (box pressed) (closed foot) (wet packed) (3,000 boxes released) (Mexican San Andres wrapped) 5 x 52 2020 (box pressed) (3,000 boxes of 20 released) (sold in a varnished hinged lid box) (the band was much like the traditional TAA bands but the center of the circle is black and the Indian logo is in gold) (Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapped) 5 5/8 x 54