As has become relatively common fare at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, larger companies will select booths bigger than their own needs and then sublet some of the space to others. This year, perhaps no one had more subletters than Espinosa Premium Cigars. One of those is Cubariqueño Cigar Co., creators of the Protocol line of cigars—and now, Protocol Probable Cause. Like the original line, Probable Cause is made at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona Cigar Factory in Estelí, and it uses a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. It’s offered in two sizes: Robusto (5 x 52, $9.69) and Churchill (6 1/2 x 48, $9.89), both of which come in 10-count boxes and feature closed feet, though the Churchill is box-pressed and the Robusto is round. While the line got a formal debut at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July, it first hit shelves in late May at an event at Berkley Humidor, a store owned by Bill Agathis, who is also a co-owner in Cubariqueño Cigar Co. Cigar Reviewed: Country of Origin: Factory: Wrapper: Binder: Filler: Length: Ring Gauge: Vitola: MSRP: Release Date: Number of Cigars Released: Number of Cigars Smoked For Review: There’s some ...
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