For the second year in a row, Plasencia will offer a salomón vitola of its Cosecha 151 line as an exclusive for TAA retailers.
Save for a small packaging change, the cigar appears to be identical to the 2024 release. The Plasencia Cosecha 151 TAA Exclusive Salomón measures 6 x 54 and uses the standard Cosecha 151 blend. That means all of the tobacco was grown by Plasencia in Honduras as part of the 2016-2017 crop.
There are two minor changes. First, the MSRP has increased from $19.50 per cigar to $21 per cigar. This release will only be sold at stores that are members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA), a retail trade group.
Second, the packaging has been updated in a couple of places—like the tertiary band and the vista—to denote that this is the 2025 release and not the 2024 release.
Production is limited to 1,000 boxes—double the amount from last year—and it is expected to begin shipping on Oct. 30.
Note: The following shows the various Plasencia Cosecha 151 vitolas. Some of these cigars may have been released after this post was originally published. The list was last updated on May 5, 2025.
- Plasencia Cosecha 151 La Musica (5 x 50) — November 2023 — Regular Production
- Plasencia Cosecha 151 San Diego (5 3/4 x 46) — November 2023 — Regular Production
- Plasencia Cosecha 151 La Tradicion (5 7/8 x 54) — November 2023 — Regular Production
- Plasencia Cosecha 151 Salomon (6 x 54) — November 2024 — 500 Boxes of 10 Cigars (5,000 Total Cigars)
Cosecha 151 is the third blend in the company’s Cosecha Series. The Plasencia family, who are prolific growers of tobacco in Honduras and Nicaragua, has used each release to focus on a specific harvest. In the case of Cosecha 151, it is the family’s 151st tobacco harvest, a lineage that goes back to Cuba.
The line is offered in three regular production vitolas.
The TAA is a membership group, around 80 retailers and 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.
During the event—which takes place Oct. 26-30 at Casa de Campo in La Romana, the Dominican Republic—the organization holds two selling events, one known as the Dream Machine, where the retailers collectively order to secure larger discounts, while the other is a more traditional trade show. Typically, around a dozen manufacturers release new exclusive cigars for the retail members of the organization under the TAA Exclusive Series Program (ESP) banner. Those manufacturers agree to give a portion of the proceeds to the organization, a minimum of 50 cents per cigar.
Casa Carrillo, Crowned Heads, Knuckle Sandwich Cigars and Plasencia have announced their TAA 2025 ESP releases.
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