Espinosa & Protocol Review thread for Summer 2024

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2024 / Espinosa 20: Marun made by Espinosa for Black Star Line is up

2024 / Espinosa 20: Marun made by Espinosa for Black Star Line

This is made for Black Star Line, a brand that I've recently become interested in, by Espinosa cigars. So I took the opportunity to give it a try. I ordered the 6 1/2 x 48 corona extra that is exclusive to Oak Glen Tobacconist. 1/3: Black pepper spice, especially noticeable in the retrohale...

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2024 / Espinosa 21: Las 6 Provincias ZDT is live:

2024 / Espinosa 21: Las 6 Provincias ZDT

One of the neat projects that Espinosa cigars does is the Las 6 Provincias which is "six different (cigar) blends, each named after one of the original six provinces of Cuba that were created by the Spanish colonial government in 1879: Camagüey, La Habana, Las Villas, Matanzas, Oriente, and...

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Now you would think at this point that another Cabaiguan Juan cigar review series has come to a conclusion. You would be wrong. Mr @Smart Ash sent me a few more cigars to review. This party lives on. Viva la reviews!

 

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2024 / Espinosa 22: 601 Blue from the EO days

2024 / Espinosa 22: 601 Blue from the EO days

@Smart Ash was so gracious in his gifting me some additional Espinosa cigars, that I had to continue with this review thread. This one happens to be the original 601 Blue, from Eddie Ortega's and Erik Espinosa's EO Brands. This band threw me off at first, since it said it was the 601 Blue...

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2024 / Espinosa 23: 601 Blue from the Espinosa Days

2024 / Espinosa 23: 601 Blue from the Espinosa Days

This is the version which everyone knows of. Still has some age on it but definitely newer that the OG EO Brands one. 1/3: Much smoother than the EO blue. The spice is much more muted. There is a light taste of cake there. 2/3: Sweetness with a floral touch to it. Like walking through a...

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2024 / Espinosa 24: 601 Red

2024 / Espinosa 24: 601 Red

Again, this is an old 601 but the band is still the one which people these days know. I'm guessing that the band switch happened towards the end of the EO Brand days, since this still has the EO label on the back, though the band isn't like that OG Blue one. 1/3: Sweet and spicy, like a really...

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2024 / Espinosa 25: 601 Green is up

2024 / Espinosa 25: 601 Green

This is the last of the crusty old 601's that @Smart Ash sent me to review. This is the Green, the oscuro wrapped one, again from back-in-the-day years ago. 1/3: Definitely oscuro but I don't know how to go much deeper then that. If you ever had a LFD Ligero oscuro, its like that. 2/3: I don't...

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2024 / Espinosa 26: Murcielago Original

2024 / Espinosa 26: Murcielago Original

This is the last review in this sumers review series. This is the original Murcielago which @Smart Ash gifted me after reading my previous Murcielago reviews. 1/3: This is delicious. Chocolate and wood. 2/3: A little bit of cinnamon spice enters into the picture but still plenty of chocolate...

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And with this last review post, this review series is concluded!
Special thanks to all who contributed, @cohibasurfer & @Smart Ash and anyone else who I forgot to mention.