A box-pressed, medium strength cigar, the Villiger TAA is handmade at Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s famed Tabacalera Alianza factory in the Dominican Republic. Its reddish Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed wrapper expertly covers a Nicaraguan binder and a filler made of Dominican and Nicaraguan tobaccos. It is a balanced stick that delivers notes of spice with hints of sweetness. The Villiger TAA marks the first time that Villiger and Ernesto Carrillo have teamed up to create a cigar. It is available only through members of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA), which is a group of the top tobacconists in the nation. It consists of about 80 retailers and 40 manufacturers.