Protocol Eliot Ness Arriving This Month
The initial batch of the Protocol Eliot Ness has begun arriving on retail shelves, with the full release tentatively scheduled to happen next week.
The cigars are the second entry in Protocol’s Lawmen Series that honors notable figures in the history of law enforcement. The series debuted in the summer of 2019 with the Sir Robert Peel, who is the founder of modern British policing, and amongst many other things, the founder of Metropolitan Police Service and its famous headquarters, Scotland Yard.
Like the Sir Robert Peel, the Eliot Ness is being released in two varietals, both of which are Nicaraguan puros. The Protocol Eliot Ness Natural uses a Nicaraguan habano wrapper over a dual binder of Estelí-grown habano tobacco, while the fillers are Nicaraguan criollo. The maduro version uses a Nicaraguan broadleaf wrapper, the same Estelí-grown habano binder, and corojo fillers from Estelí and Jalapa. Both blends were developed with the help of Hector Alfonso Sr. of Espinosa Premium Cigars.