Southern Draw 300 Hands Connecticut Coloniales

📌 Brand: Southern Draw
📌 Line: 300 Hands Connecticut
📌 Size: Coloniales (5 1/4" × 44) - Corona
📌 Weight: 10.4 g
📌 Age: 4 years
📌 Origin: Nicaragua

Tasting Notes

• Cream – Silky Connecticut sweetness

• Cedar – Gentle, woody balance

• Almond – Nutty undertone with light toast

• White Pepper – Mild spice, especially on the retrohale

First Impressions

The 300 Hands Connecticut Coloniales has a light golden wrapper with minimal veins and a smooth appearance. Pre-light aromas bring hay, cream, and cedar. Cold draw is easy with hints of almond sweetness.

Smoking Experience

• First Third – Opens creamy with cedar in the background. Almond adds subtle nutty depth.

• Second Third – Cream and almond balance nicely, cedar remains steady. White pepper emerges on retrohale.

• Final Third – Bitterness creeps in, muting creaminess and leaving cedar dominant. Burn remains steady.

Pairings

• Alcohol – Fino Sherry, dry and nutty with saline sharpness, lifting the creamy-nutty core of the cigar.

• Tea – Silver Needle White Tea (China), delicate and floral, smoothing the bitterness in the final third.

Music Pairing

“Under the Bridge” – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Reflective tone, echoing the cigar’s bittersweet close.

Final Thoughts

The Southern Draw 300 Hands Connecticut Coloniales is a smooth and approachable cigar, with cream, cedar, and almond notes shining early. A touch of bitterness in the final third holds it back, but it remains a pleasant, balanced smoke.

Final Score: 8/10
Why not a 10?
Bitterness in the last third dulled the creamy balance, keeping it from perfection.

Only cigars that deliver flawless draw, balance, flavour evolution, construction and satisfaction get a 10.