forever autumn

I love this time of the year. The leaves haven't fallen yet, but the locusts have eaten all the Hack-berry leaves, so the trees seem to be as barren as autumn. The cool breeze started in the early morning, and now seems to have metastasized along with the rain to bring cool damp evenings, and refreshing dew. The barren summer was so dry, but remnants of dry soil have remained as the grass attempts to catch up with the Weesatche, Mesquite, and Parkinsonia bushes. It is such a relief after our long trek through the summer heat. Reminds me of dewberry pie, such an excellent rejoicing. Even the barnyard smells seems pleasant as the wind has died down. The coyote's howling was particularly strong in celebration. This is the season for a fine cigar - as relaxation, for dessert, or just for the sake of taste. The Winter can be so cold as to drive us indoors and the Summer so hot, but the cool of Autumn greatly exceeds the value of the joy of Spring.

I remembered an old song that always caught my fancy "Forever Autumn" and linked a youtube version.

Choosing a cigar to match this aromatic season - I chose the Sabroso Nicaraguan robusto..


It is a Nicaraguan puro with an EMS wrapper. Having been aged 10 years, it has an excellent hay and leathery barnyard flavor, it almost has a Dominican feel and taste. If I didn't know, then I would say it was a Dominican cigar. It was 4.75x50 in size, and well made. It lit and burned well. The flavor persisted throughout with many wonderful fall-like flavors and smells, including nutty and almond flavors. I would say it have a medium complex pleasantness. This was especially remarkable for a bundled cigar, especially at clearance prices. Nestor Plasencia is a cigar making wizard genius.

Via JR Cigars
"In sheer numbers, Swisher International is one of the two largest cigar producers in the World. Prior to, and during the “Cigar Boom” years, they also jumped into the premium cigar business in a big way through acquisitions and by opening their own factories.

However, their true expertise is in the Mass Market business with brands like Swisher, King Edward, and Blackstone. In partnership with Nestor Plasencia, one of the brands they made was Sabrosos – a 100% long filler handmade from Esteli, Nicaragua.

About six or seven years ago they decided to exit the premium segment and concentrate on what they knew best – high speed machine made cigars. However, they continued to sell their handmade cigars to liquidate the tremendous inventories that accumulated after the Cigar Boom years went Ka-Boom.

Last month we were made “an offer we couldn’t refuse” on these Sabroso bundles that have been stored under perfect conditions at their gigantic Jacksonville, Florida warehouse for damned near TEN years since the last Sabroso was rolled!"


This is an excellent cigar season, and an excellent smoke accentuates that.