Velier Saint James Sélection exclusive Velier 2012

Review by LukaŽiga

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LukaŽiga

May 20251,527 reviewsGermany

8.2/10

8,2:On the nose, the first impression we get is a darker agricole rum, with grassy, vegetal(olive) sugarcane, licorice, roasted wood, spicy and medicinal, mostly with some rubber, wax, fruity with citrus like lemon/lemon peel. On aeration, the cane is herbaceous, flowery, the wood releases nuts, caramel, smokiness and a lot of spices like vanilla, cinammon, umami, allspice, later tannins, a note of soap is there, fruits like pineapple, dried. 8,2:On the palate, the sugarcane attack is fresh with tea, flowery, vegetal, grassy, a bit sweet with honey, then smoky, roasted wood tones like brown sugar, leather, pastry, spices like vanilla, pepper and salt.The licorice brings dark bias, so does black tea an umami.The fruits show is mostly citrus and dried...Soap is still in the game. 8,1:The finish is medium long, dry and tannic, medicinal, of course, soapy and green with flowery, grassy, herbaceous and perfumed cane, darker with roasted wood notes like cocoa, leather, still spicy, fruity with some lemon peel ...

Review by Alex Kunath

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Alex Kunath

Oct 2022208 reviewsBelgium

5.5/10

Again spicy soap and again just bad.

Review by Jakob

Jakob

Oct 20221,671 reviewsSwitzerland

6.5/10

Here, too, the DNA is recognizable in the nose, wood, herbs, roasted aromas - in addition, a floral-perfumed note comes to the fore, which fades slightly into soapy. On the palate, light citrus fruits, wood, roasted aromas, herbs and hay; however, a disturbing medicinal-waxy off-note comes to the fore that irritates me. Unfortunately, this off-note also remains present in the finish, which is why I cannot give it a better rating.