Description

Rich with notes of roasted coffee, leather, black pepper, and toasted nuts, the Villiger 1888 Gran Reserva Toro Box-Pressed offers a smooth yet robust medium-to-full-bodied experience that evolves with every draw. What sets this 6″ x 54 Toro apart is the added depth from an extra year of aging, which enhances the blends balance and complexity. Handcrafted in Estel, Nicaragua, it features a dark Mexican San Andrs wrapper, an Ecuadorian Habano binder, and aged Nicaraguan long-fillers. Limited to just 1,000 ten-count boxes, this Gran Reserva is a refined tribute to Villigers legacy, made for those who savor every layered note.

Specifications

• BrandsVilliger Gran ReservaThe Villiger 1888 Gran Reserva is a limited edition, box-pressed 6 x 54 toro unveiled at the 2025 PCA Trade Show. Featuring an all-new blend, this medium-to-full-bodied cigar is crafted from tobaccos aged for at least two years in bales, then aged an additional year after rolling at Villiger de Nicaragua in Estel. The Gran Reserva designation reflects the cigars deep maturity and complexity.
• Cigar ShapeToroThe standard Toro shape is 6 inches by 50 ring gauge.
• Cigar SectionBox-Pressed (Square)A box pressed cigar is a cigar that has a square shape. Originally, this shape came from the practice of packing round cigars tightly in cardboard boxes which are then compacted using a manual press. The cigars are thus pressed into each other and become a “squarish” or semi-square shape. Today, cigar makers use square shaped molds or a wooden trunk press for their box pressed cigars, achieving a more defined square section.
• Cigar Length6″This cigar is 6 inches long, or 152.4 mm.
• OriginNicaraguaMost cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.Despite many decades of war and revolution in this Central American country, the cigar industry has thrived due to the hard work and tenacity of Cuban exiles to the land such as Plasencia, Padron, Oliva, Ortez, and others. Tobacco has been a force of social stability, and the country is now one of the principal exporters of premium cigars in the world.
• Cigar Ring Gauge54The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 54, so his diameter is 54/64 inches or 21.34 mm.
• Strength Medium
• Wrapper ColorMaduroCigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (MaduroorOscuro) with a full range of browns in between.Maduro wrapper can go from dark coffee brown with a reddish tint to blackish brown (the latter also called Oscuro).
• Rolling TypeHandmadeHandmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar ManufacturerVilliger SonsFounded in Switzerland, Villiger Sons has a rich family history that spans more than 100 years. Their handmade cigars are primarily produced in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. Their machine made cigars are mainly made in Germany. Villigers more popular brands are the La Flor de Ynclan, La Vencedora, and the Villiger Premium line of flavored cigars.
• Cigar WrapperMexican San Andres MaduroThe wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. San Andres Maduro is a thick, medium bodied dark leaf, also called San Andres Morron. Like Connecticut Broadleaf, San Andres Maduro is stalk cut and used for binder and wrapper.
• Cigar BinderHabano EcuadorThe binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together.Habano Ecuador is a Cuban-seed tobacco that is grown and cultivated in Ecuador using traditional Cuban methods.
• Cigar FillerNicaraguaFiller is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the “guts” of the cigar.
• UPC818112016808818112016792