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Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - Second Release 2017
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?
Aggregated from 91 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.
clairin and agricole fans wanting an aged version
anyone after the raw unaged Sajous punch
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77% rate it 8 or higher. 18 selected write-ups from 91 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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 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 Frank
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 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 Martin Spooner
In der Clairin session als 4. Verkostet: unaufdringliche Nase und weit nicht so grasig wie seine ingelagerten Verwandten. Etwas ist der Klebstoff noch zu riechen aber lange nicht mehr so dominant. Ola im Geschmack dann sehr fruchtig. Getrocknete Aprikosen aber dennoch die grasigen Noten. Schmeckt mir viel besser als die klaren.
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 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 Cinci
In der Nase drücken direkt die typischen Noten vom Zuckerrohr entgegen. Im Gaumen wirkt der Rum dann etwas komplexer, leider scheint mit der Alkohol nicht perfekt integriert und stört leicht, im Abgang mittellange. Vom Aromaprofil recht klassisch Zuckerrohr, mit grasigen und fruchtigen Noten.
Review by Michael Schou
02-03-2024 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
Review by Galli33
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 zabo
Bei Serge im Schrank gefunden und probieren müssen. Netter Rum, aber trifft zur Zeit nicht ganz so meinen Geschmack. Mir ist dieser florale und kräutrige Geschmack den ich empfinde nicht ganz so rund. Irgendwie holt er mich nicht ab, obwohl er bestimmt kein schlechter Rum ist.
Review by ilRummista
Un ottimo rum. Diverso dalla prima release ma comunque molto interessante. Al naso presenta delle note vanigliate e di cacao. Al palato è speziato, in particolare si possono percepire sentori di pepe nero. Da provare!
Review by Buddudharma
Schöner gereifter Clairin mit cremigem Mundgefühl (eine Stärke vieler Clairins, wie ich finde) und gut integriertem Alkohol. Aus meiner Sicht besser als die Schwesterabfüllung im Oloroso-Cask.
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 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 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 Morgan Garet
Tout aussi réussi que le 1st release mais pas tout à fait similaire. Ici le citron ainsi que la canne à sucre ont une belle place au nez et en bouche.
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.
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Auction results 66 € – 98 €
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Details about Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - Second Release 2017
A Clairin from Haiti, bottled by Velier, at 56,3%.
Community purchases
152 bottles logged by 132 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
12% opened, 9 emptied and repurchased.
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.
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About the Chelo distillery
The Chelo distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Chelo have been reviewed 1,360 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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