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Habitation Velier Savanna White HERR 2018
Neat it's a wild ride and the obvious move is a daiquiri, where it makes magic. Expect strawberry, raspberry and watermelon bubblegum sitting in glue, solvent and a savory olive brine — pure Savanna high-ester. At 62.5% the alcohol is shockingly well-tucked. Several tasters say it smells like anything but rum, more "candy in a bottle." Polarizing, but most fall hard.
- Bubblegum red fruit
- Alcohol well-integrated
- Incredible daiquiris
+10
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How does Habitation Velier Savanna White HERR 2018 taste?
Aggregated from 148 community reviews.
Bubblegum-and-berry high-ester white, daiquiri gold Most are floored by the bubblegum-and-red-fruit explosion and how clean it drinks for the proof. A few find the funky, plasticky, brine edge too synthetic to sip neat — it shines in cocktails.
Fans of high-ester funk and bartenders chasing a loud daiquiri
Anyone who wants a quiet, classic neat sipper
How is Habitation Velier Savanna White HERR 2018 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.3 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 91% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 2% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 148 ratings
Review by Jürgen Wiese
White Rum at it’s best complexity, craziness, taste, smell and undefeated for a Bartenders Daiquiri and will probably never be bottled again. I felt in love with this rum directly
Review by ccajerem
Ce fameux savanna herr, une fois qu'on l'a goûté on s'en souvient tellement il est singulier. 👃 puissant sur le bonbon anglais/arlequin, 🍍, bonbon banane acidulé. 👄 dans la même veine avec une grande intensité aromatique et une grande puissance aromatique. L'alcool est superbement intégré on ne sent pas les 62.5 degrés. Un must have. Dans mon top 3 de tous les rhums blanc jamais goûté. Si vous le trouvez à son prix de sortie (55€) foncez. Il ne me reste plus que 3 bouteilles ;-(
Review by ChrisPro
Chicago, October 2022. This is an almost perfect "unaged" rum. Blasted by fruit gum on the nose and taste, with some mild funky brine to balance. Sad I don't have a bottle but go out of my way for this rum now
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
awesome! Pineapple gummy bears to drink 🤤 but also ne ne ne portion of ester and steam. For me, the absolute benchmark Savanna Mr. White. It hardly gets any better!Monster atomic daiquiri with it by the way!!💥
Review by Jeremie Edde
Une véritable huile essentielle. Quand vous ouvrez la bouteille toute la pièce est envahie par les fruits rouges et noires, le chewing-gum, le bonbon arlequin.. une véritable bombe aromatique!! En bouche ça explose dans tout les sens et la finale est interminable sur le bonbon arlequin les fruits rouges et noires et l'olive!! Pas un rum de tout les jours certes mais assurément mon rum blanc préféré ❤
Review by Martin Augustin
Unglaublich intensive und funky Nase. Ester, rote Früchte und Klebstoff. Die Eindrücke verbleiben auch im geschützten, ergänzt um viel Erdbeere. Der Alkohol ist grandios eingebunden für einen starken umgelagerten Rum. Das ist wirklich grandios, wie mild er ist. Ausgezeichneter Rum, der sowas macht.
Review by Gregor
Totally surprising. Extremely fruity and berry and at the same time estrig. Definitely among the top 3 of the white I have ever drunk
Review by Vincent D
Une salade de fruits mûrs, un brin de colle, de la saumure. Une délicatesse folle malgré un côté extrême. Excellent. Vraiment superbe ! J'ai souvent du mal avec les rhum Savanna vieillis mais leurs blancs et tout particulièrement celui-ci est incroyable.
Review by Rare Akuma
Explosion of fruitiness on the nose that won’t take long to fill the entire room. Very dominant on red fruits primarily strawberry, raspberry and a little bit of cherry. Subtle woodiness from pineapple husks. The sugarcane is sweet, harsh and fresh, but eases into more palatable watermelon fructose. It’s all very cool and mentholated with a black licorice overtone. Tasting reveals the same fruits, but especially strawberry gets the spotlight. A deep dark sweetness engulfes the red fruits. Like the nose refreshing and rich in flowery and herbal notes. There’s breakfast black tea and olive brine, slightly salted. Finish is rich in red fruits, cooling and with the grand return of licorice. To me, this is the ultimate white rum.
Review by Mirco
Insanely unaged rum with infinite fruits/eggs. Best white savanna if not unaged in general. In any case, I've never had anything that can hold a candle to this bottling. Endless fun, both in a cocktail and neat.
Review by Pavel Spacek
Rumy z destilerie Savanna jsou jedny z mych nejoblibenejsich. Doporucuji kazdemu vyzkouset zejmena vuce esterove kousky jako je Grand arome nebo HERR. Tolik ovoce v nekolika malo kapkach tekutiny jste dlouho necitili.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A highly aromatic Savanna unaged in High Ester mode. The nose is concentrated and extremely fruity, with red fruit (strawberry, raspberry), ripe tropical fruit, apple, melon and tangy citrus. Medicinal notes combine with floral fragrances and the vegetal notes of aromatic herbs and olive to create a very fresh, fragrant nose. A very pleasant rum to smell. The attack on the palate is just as gripping, with strong red fruit notes (raspberry, strawberry), funky notes of esters, varnish, solvents and glue, and hints of olive, flowers and herbs that add a spicy edge to the juice. The alcohol is remarkably well integrated, without the slightest aggressiveness, even though this is a rum with character. The finish is long, sustained by velvety, ripe red fruit, phenolic, floral and herbaceous notes. Notes of pepper and leather tingle the aftertaste, with a sensation of warmth that's not unpleasant. A highly accomplished white rum that works wonders neat or in mixology.
Review by Basti
Nach dem Einschenken macht sich direkt das Gummibärchen-/Kaugummi-Aroma im Raum breit. Gefällt mir schonmal sehr gut. Am Gaumen dann auch eine leicht medizinische Note und nicht ganz so rund wie die Nase, aber trotzdem sehr lecker und alles dabei was die Nase versprochen hat. Gefällt mir in Summe richtig gut, vermutlich sogar das Beste was ich bisher an "weißen" Rum im Glas hatte. Macht sich bestimmt noch besser in Cocktails. Bin gespannt auf den neuen HV Herr :)
Review by Martin Ekrt
Naprosto unikátní Savanna vůně melounovo jahodových žvýkaček. Chuťově taky, přezrálé ovoce, meloun, jahody. Tohle je totální úlet, který mě moc baví, ake přiznávám, že při úplně první degustaci jsem tento rum nepobíral. Z toho plyne: dávat druhou šanci má smysl 😃
Review by alex
Très surprenant, au nez ça resemble a tout sauf du rhum, tellement ça sent le bonbon. En bouche, presque le même ressenti. Jusqu’à l’arrivée de certains marqueurs qui nous mettent clairement sur du rhum. Une belle longueur. J’en boirai pas tous les jours, mais c’est plutôt bien fait 😊
Review by Sebastian Kornett
Richtig geiles Brett für einen weißen Rum. Muss man mögen aber wer Jamaika mag, der wird auch mit dem hier warm. Mit solchen Rums werden Cocktails neu aufblühen.
Review by Sebastian.W
I compared the Habitation velier HERR, the HERR 57 (2019) and the HERR 57 2022. The first two are very similar with the HERR 57 (2019) being slightly better in my opinion. Both are full of red fruit, berries, bubble gum, glue and flowers. The HERR 57 (2022) has more vegetal notes and is less fruity. This one was my least favourite out of the three.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
"Pronounced funky nose with lots of red berries and vegetal aromas. This image continues on the palate. Very powerful and intense. Alcohol could be a little better integrated. Also makes a super daiquiri"
Details about Habitation Velier Savanna White HERR 2018
A Pot Still Rum from Reunion, bottled by Habitation Velier, at 62,5%.
Community purchases
265 bottles logged by 175 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
28% opened, 14 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Habitation Velier Savanna White HERR 2018?
Community paid €42–€75.
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265 purchased · 151 tasted · 57 wishlist · as of
About the Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 7,894 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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