Velier Saint James Sélection exclusive Velier 2008
A solid but divisive aged Saint James: appreciated for its dry, woody-citrus profile and good drinking strength, yet several RumX members find bitterness and soapy, perfumed notes distracting.
Agricole fans who enjoy dry, woody, citrus‑driven profiles and don’t mind some herbal bitterness in a 47% cane‑juice rum.
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How does Velier Saint James Sélection exclusive Velier 2008 taste?
Dry, woody agricole with divisive bitterness
If you like drier, woody Saint James agricoles and are curious about the Velier vertical, this vintage is worth a pour, but only if you’re tolerant of some bitter, floral edges.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to bitterness or perfumed/soapy notes, and drinkers expecting a sweet, easygoing sipper.
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About the Saint James distillery
The Saint James distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Saint James have been reviewed 4,535 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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Wieder Eiche, erdig, sehr trocken. Und dann - diesmal zurückhaltend - die parfümierte Seife. Im Mund prickelnd und langer, guter Abgang. Intensive Zitrusfrüchte. Ausgewogen, gute Trinkstärke. Von oben (2015) runter verkostet bis jetzt der Beste.
Auto-translatedFranconian Tasting Gang am 10.05.2024 Zuerst ein großes Dankeschön an DomM, der dieses Set zur Verfügung gestellt hat. Mich persönlich hat es nicht abgeholt das Profil. Bis auf eine Ausnahme ist mir dieser Seifengeschmack too much. Die Reste aus den Gläsern sind aber dann dank DomM und Serge in einem spontanen und überragenden Cocktail gelandet.
Auto-translatedTasted at a private tasting.
7,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is fresh and herbaceous sugar cane, dried fruits and pears, roasted, spicy wood, slightly medicinal. On aeration, the cane is flowery, but a bit musty, roastedness brings nuts and dark chocolate.There are citrus fruits, some mild solvents flow underneath... 7,8:On the palate, the attack is fruity with dried fruits like apricots, raisins, grassy and vegetal sugarcane, the wood is roasted with caramel, quite dry and spicy with vanilla, peppery.Resting the rum helps green aspect if cane with flowery, grassy and herbaceous touch, a bit musty, lime and berries, a bitterness is inevitable. 8:The finish is the most pleasant, less dry, more balanced with variety of fruits like dried apricots, currants, cherry, peaches and lime peel, passion fruit in the end.The cane is floral and grassy, fresh with tea, slightly earthy. The wood is roasted, nutty, crisp, caramelized, spicy...
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