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Velier Arawaks Vieux Vaval (First Release) 2015
Eight years in cask, and the wild clairin DNA is still very much in the glass — glue, varnish, overripe tropical fruit, with a floral, almost medicinal streak and a salty, bitter edge. The aging rounds the sharpest spikes but a hot, alcoholic note still drifts through. Several tasters expected more depth from eight years and found it a touch flat and unspectacular.
- Funky glue notes
- Floral palate
- Evolves in glass
+10
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How does Velier Arawaks Vieux Vaval (First Release) 2015 taste?
Aggregated from 47 community reviews.
Aged Haitian clairin, funky but tamed Divides the clairin crowd. Funky, floral and medicinal with glue and overripe fruit, but many felt the aging muted the raw Vaval character and left it hot and a bit flat.
Clairin fans who like funk and herbal, vegetal grip
Anyone wanting smooth, sweet rum or bothered by solvent and medicinal notes
How is Velier Arawaks Vieux Vaval (First Release) 2015 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.2 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Selected write-ups from 47 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 47 ratings
Review by Jakub Kula
very nice surprice for me
Review by zabo
Franconian Tasting Gang on 23.11.24 at Jarek. For me, this was the negative surprise of the evening, and by far the loser of the evening. I don't really need to have it in my glass again.
Review by John Coffey
J'ai adoré ce boisé en bouche tout le long ..
Review by F.L.O.
The first impression is still a little spongy. Typical Vaval on the nose, just a little weaker than a fresh unaged distillate. Then a little irritating on the tongue... The alcohol is present but well integrated. The floral notes are clearly reduced. This makes it more accessible, but also somehow more boring than the unaged or 4y. Nevertheless, still a good rum. "Won't and can't" describes it quite well. I'll have to try it again... not that I'm doing it an injustice.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,4:On the nose, it is estery with overripe tropical, dried fruits like raisins, prunes and vegetal with herbal notes.The wood is roasted. On aeration, the sugarcane is more evident, swimming in caramel, flowery, some medicinal notes with nail polish, perhaps glue.Citrus pleasantly rounds up the notes. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is stormy, unbalanced, funky with gemischt of different notes like spices, vegetal, salty, woody and fruity.It is bitter with an olive, wax, acidic with a vinegar, roasted and resinous wood, dry.Some overripe estery tropical and dried fruits round it a bit.After some rest, it becomes balanced with citrus, floral, herbal and dark notes like roasted nuts, chocolate, licorice, some caramel. The sugarcane is mineral and minty, the overripe pineapple tasty, some tea is obvious. 8,3:The finish is a bit rounder, long, dry, there come some more industrial notes like wax, rubber, bicycle tube, even dirt.The sugarcane is mineral, vegetal, the wood earthy and roasted. Fruit spectre is lingering from the palate.Bitterness continues.... Edit: 14.12.-more resting, oxidation balances the palate, new notes could be noticed like vanilla custard, marzipan, pastry, even cola
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Bouteille sur les épices, la colle, les fruits tropicaux. Sympa mais retombe trop vite, finale assez courte.
Review by Mike H.
82 points. Tasted at the WLP 2023.
Review by Dr.Django
Grundsätzlich gefallen mir die Rums aus Haiti sehr. Dieser Rum wurde im Vorfeld sehr gehyped. Er wird seinem Hype überhaupt nicht gerecht. Schon an der Nase sehr alkoholisch stechend, was sich am Gaumen, bis zum Abgang durchzieht. Das dreckig fruchtige Profil wird von den Kräutern und Pflanzen untergraben.
Review by Schnubbi
Not really bad, quite tasty. Unfortunately, there is hardly anything left of the original DNA of the unripened Vaval, in this respect I liked RX8887 with its green olive even better. In the end, it was unfortunately a little unspectacular for me and did not meet my expectations. You can try it, but you don't have to buy it.
Review by Pavel Spacek
WLP tastings
Review by Fuwi
I'm Dreikampf Vieux Sajous/ Casimir/ Vaval belegt dieser Kandidat den zweiten Platz. Die Nase war eher nicht einladend, sehr alkoholisch, verbranntes Gummi und eher penetrant, unangenehm. Auf der Zunge dafür sehr überraschend mild, nahezu floral. Aber natürlich sehr agricole lastig und grasig, bringt mehr Bums und Spaß auf der Zunge mit als der Casimir bei identischer Reifezeit und weniger Alkohol
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Details about Velier Arawaks Vieux Vaval (First Release) 2015
A Rhum Agricole from Haiti, bottled by Velier, at 51,8%.
Community purchases
18 bottles logged by 15 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
11% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Arawaks Vieux Vaval (First Release) 2015 cost?
Community paid €120–€198.
Current best price: €159.00 – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
18 purchased · 47 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
About the Arawaks distillery
The Arawaks distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Arawaks have been reviewed 508 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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