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Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - Second Release 2017
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Sipped neat at cask strength, this drinks like a clairin that spent four years in a barrel and picked up polish without losing its roots. Cedar and cut grass on the nose, then a fresh hit of sugarcane, honey and light glue. The palate turns floral and spicy with black pepper, vanilla and burnt sugar over a creamy body. Several tasters place it between a good agricole and a Hampden.
The community says- Creamy mouthfeel
- Floral and spicy
- But: Less raw than unaged
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How does Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - Second Release 2017 taste?
Summarized by AI from community reviews.
Aged clairin: floral, spicy, agricole-meets-Hampden Widely liked as a well-made aged clairin — floral, spicy and creamy with well-integrated heat. A few miss the raw sugarcane punch of the unaged Sajous.
Aroma profileclairin and agricole fans wanting an aged version
anyone after the raw unaged Sajous punch
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Galli33
Most helpful positive review
Very nice delicious Clairin! I really enjoy this series of aged clairins! I would always prefer these aged to the unaged ones! Here you can taste all the lovely clairin notes, fruits and also woody roasted notes which comes from the barrel!
Review by Frank
Most helpful mixed review
VSGBNose: not a classic Clarin, the oloroso cask has mellowed it considerably. Fruity it is, apple and honeydew melon with a little vinegar. In addition something vegatibles, maybe artichoke, green with something, like chamomile. Palate: hui, seems very sweet, sherry sweet, so quite full-bodied. Cherry, plum and dried, sulfured apricot. On the palate, the sherry fizz - as so often, or almost always - clearly drowns out the actual rum. If you like that, it is quite tasty, but for me always too monotonous and interchangeable. So also here.
Review by Leo Krüper
Even better than the 1st version. Nice ester and glue notes. Great, complex flavor that is right in the middle between good Agricole and Hampden.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a very good Clairin and it will probably devides the waters because it's a bit different from the other releases. I like it a lot actually. The nose is light yet fresh with grass, floral, glue and vanilla as well as some dried fruit. This rum needs to rest before it surrenders all the flavours. The palate is sweet, warm and dry with dried fruit, spices, wood, grass and lovely floral notes. The finish is fresh and medium long with wood, vanilla, dried fruit and lovely floral notes. Should have bought a few bottles when I had the opportunity.
Review by N’ours
Still a very nice success. Floral, fruity, all the Clairin markers are present.
Review by Benoit Mahe
I don't remember much about the first batch, but this one's a success: the clairin is clearly present, but with lovely notes of aged rum. Intensity, texture, sweetness, freshness.
Review by Jakob
Overall, the rum seems somewhat closed, the fruity freshness of younger Clairins has already evaporated quite strongly by the storage - but the rum shows itself somewhat more dominant on the spicy side. Perhaps with even longer storage time would come up again a little more tension, so the rum but the concise freshness was taken, without the storage has already really struck positively. Does not pick me up so completely.
Review by Christoph
Nutty notes in olive water come across a bit strange. In addition, fresh sugar cane juice on wood with a pinch of citrus.
Review by Serge
I have this bottle now circa 3-4 months open and I like it now better than at the beginning. For me, the Oloroso was the top and this one the flop, but I'm warming up more and more to this drop. From the nose to the nose, the palate to the finish, I like it very much with different moments that are sometimes closer and sometimes further from the unaged Sajous.
Review by Joe95
In the same vein as the first, with a little more wattage and tannin. A good clairin, but nothing innovative or transcendent.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Barrel and spices dominate. For me, the whole Sajous DNA is lost here :( still quite tasty but somehow I do not warm up to it and is for me rather close to a normal good Agricole than to a Clairin sajous.🤷🏼♂️
Review by Martin Spooner
Tasted in the Clairin session as the 4th: unobtrusive nose and not nearly as grassy as its aged relatives. You can still smell the glue a little, but it's no longer so dominant. Ola then very fruity on the palate. Dried apricots but still the grassy notes. Tastes much better to me than the clear ones.
Review by Michael Schou
02-03-2024 - Rate 8.8 Tasted at Whiskymessen.dk Eight rum was first time I tasted another Haiti rum than Barbancourt. This took me totally by surprise. This was so young, fresh and easy to drink. And tasted amazing. The first of many new Haiti rums in 2024 04-12-2025 - Rate 8.6 31-01-2026 - Rate 8.5 01-04-2026 - Rate 8.3
Review by Cinci
The typical notes of sugarcane hit the nose directly. On the palate, the rum seems a bit more complex, but unfortunately the alcohol does not seem perfectly integrated and slightly disturbs. Medium-long finish. The aroma profile is quite classic sugarcane, with grassy and fruity notes.
Review by Gregor
The smell reminds me strongly of an Agricole that has at least 12 years under its belt. So I was very pleasantly surprised by the smell. A lot of vanilla. The taste is then very roasty with fresh tones and again a lot of beautiful natural vanilla at the end. Really great for such a young distillate.
Review by zabo
Found it in Serge's cabinet and had to try it. Nice rum, but it doesn't quite suit my taste at the moment. The floral and herbal taste I perceive isn't quite rounded. Somehow it doesn't grab me, although it's definitely not a bad rum.
Review by VitaliiZaichuk
Interesting Clairin how for 4 years . Nosing : floral raisin and glue that weird for me unexpected ) . On the palate: very young rhum , a little bit of alcohol , full body, this rum as young Clairin with Jamaica style . )
Review by ilRummista
An excellent rum. Different from the first release but still very interesting. On the nose it shows vanilla and cocoa notes. On the palate it is spicy, in particular you can perceive black pepper notes. Worth trying!
Review by Rare Akuma
Nosing reveals a heart of cedar wood and sugarcane. It’s camphoraceous and cool followed by freshly cut grass, resin and lots of herbs and flowers. There’s balsamic and a bit of honey. Sparse fruits complete the profile with cherry coke notes as well as dried fruits and lemon zest. Less tannic than expected on the palate. Cherry coke and lemon zest with a touch of rhubarb transforming into burnt sugar and cask notes. It’s hot with peppers, yet cool with camphor and very light touches of anise. Ends in green tea and flowers. Very vegetal finish with wood, green tea, rhubarb and camphor.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Very good but this aniseed side bothers me slightly.
Review by Morgan Garet
Just as successful as the 1st release but not quite similar. Here lemon as well as sugarcane have a nice place on the nose and palate.
Review by Solidfunk
Rotten banana and apricot. Quince pastry. All of this is just on the initial smell--just getting the party started. Clear golden pour. Big wood and florals in the mouth. Fairly sweet, maybe a little pepper in the finish, which is long. Sample thanks to Yaro.
Review by Madi Dromamad
Very pleasant but lacks a bit of balance. There's a slight spiciness.
Review by L' Art Rhumiste
More bite than the first release. I find more of the original white in it.
Review by Buddudharma
Nice matured Clairin with creamy mouthfeel (a strength of many Clairins, in my opinion) and well-integrated alcohol. In my view better than the sister bottling in Oloroso cask.
Review by Dávid Kempl
Sweet glue Raisin Berry/ honey / cherry Almond Oily Longish finish
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 2017. With 8.4 out of 10, it's a very good bottle, although not the top of my ranking.
Review by Spyoner971
About 15 minutes of aeration to really appreciate the aromas
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152 bottles logged by 132 collectors.
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11% opened, 8 emptied.
What does Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - Second Release 2017 cost?
Community paid 52–121 €.
Current best price: 111.02 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 93 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - Second Release 2017
A Clairin from Haiti, bottled by Velier, at 56,3%.
About the Chelo distillery
The Chelo distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Chelo have been reviewed 1,378 times with an average of 8.2/10.
To Chelo ›Read on in the RumX Guide
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