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Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010
Banana, glue and varnish over dry oak, vanilla and a peppery spice — this is a Monymusk that leans more woody than wild. The funk sits in the background, the cask out front, with apricot, pineapple and a faint mint underneath. Nearly everyone notes how cleanly the 62% is buried. Give it air and a drop of water; it opens up a lot.
- Alcohol well integrated
- Balanced wood and fruit
- Opens with water
+10
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How does Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010 taste?
Aggregated from 157 community reviews.
Woody, balanced young Jamaican with tropical fruit A favorite among the younger Monymusks: balanced, woody and gently sweet with great alcohol integration. The catch is youth — some miss the depth of older EMBs, and it can read dry and spicy.
Jamaican fans who want wood and balance over heavy Hampden funk
Anyone chasing big high-ester funk or a smooth, low-proof pour
How is Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010 rated?
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Selected write-ups from 157 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 157 ratings
Review by Mirco
Powerful Clarendon with a distinctive profile. On the nose, fermented fruits, vanilla, and a bit of wood, accompanied by a hint of glue. On the palate, ripe banana, spice, and a slightly bitter note that gives the rum depth. The alcohol is present but well integrated. Overall intense, spicy, and full of character, with a clear signature of the distillery.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Very harmonious monymusk! Tobacco, mango, banana, papaya, lychee, roasted nuts and sesame, coffee, dark chocolate and plenty of vanilla, tannins and barrel! Also very subtle notes of tobacco and menthol, very fat! 🇯🇲🤘 Also makes a hammer mai tai!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Despite the relatively young age this is a piece of heaven! If you add a few drops of water it releases even more tastes in your mouth previously hidden by the alcohol. An excellent rum that you should give a try. But careful it might want you to go for seconds and thirds 😊
Review by Dr.Django
A small Monymusk comparison. Velier Monymusk 2007: Difficult to access, with fruit and very spicy. Very simple. Somewhat spicy. Quite tasty, but nothing that demands to be tasted again. Second tasting: -4 points Habitation Monymusk 2010: Woody, spicy, fruity. The alcohol is very well integrated The rum is very well balanced and is fun with every sip! Second tasting: = points
Review by Jakob
Very good rum and probably the leading representative among the younger Monymusks. The deep mint note of the 1995 vintage is gone from this bottling, but still an excellent rum with a lively profile.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Hmm, found it rather ... average. But maybe I'm just too spoiled by the almost consistently outstanding 95 EMBs. Positively striking: the thick, oily streaks in the glass after drinking. In any case, at the time when I could still buy the bottle without much search, with <100 EUR very attractive PLV on the initial market. Will give the rum again a second chance. Update 2023-10-11: Got a noticeably better impression of this rum today. Nice depth, quite amazing for a 9 year old rum. The parallel tasted Clarendon from Cadenhead's (RX16692) with only relaxed 55% vol. can not keep up with this rum despite 3 years longer storage in any respect.
Review by DomM
Very nice MM indeed. The bottling is displaying a young yet fairly woody EMB profile given its age. Feels very round and complex despite its relatively low age. Alcohol is exceptionally well integrated.
Review by Galli33
#17 RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: fruity, banana, apricot, woody, vanilla, ester, glue, minty M: woody, apricot, ester, delicious F: oak, vanilla, delicious Prediction: WOW what an amzing rum!!This could be easily n24! Nose and in mouth like a woody funky jamaican, approx. 60% and about 10years old…. Very delicious rum! Not to woody! Alcohol is intergrated very well. Nose: woody, ester, glue, fruity, banana, apricot, litchi, pineapple, ester, glue, cream, minty, tobacco Mouth: dry, intense, delicious, balanced, woody, oak, vanilla, almond, toasted, mango, apricot Finish: long, dry, delicous, warm, vanilla, oak, dark chocolate, toasted
Review by Thunderbird
In the nose is hardly noticeable alcohol, first a clear fruity note that gradually moves towards spice! A slight sweetness is also perceptible. In the mouth, the rum immediately spreads very smoothly and fills the room completely. Initially, a slight sweetness that after initial slight burning turns into a woody spicy (anise) flavor! The rum seems a bit bitter and dry, but very tasty! The alcohol is super integrated!The finish is long and continues the woody spicy tone!I am very takenToday tasted again in comparison! He remains for me still reference15.04.23:Today the EMB times in comparison to the MMW from 2015 tasted.The EMB is clearly more present and complex in contrast to the MMW. This is clearly more harmonious !Overall a great duo
Review by Serge
Leckerer EMB dem die neun tropischen Jahre sehr gut stehen und welcher mit einer schönen Balance von Fruchtigkeit, Würze, Karamell und Holz daher kommt. Nach langer Zeit mal wieder im Glas und immer noch ein Kracher 👌
Review by Aussierumfan
A very nice monymusk with just the right amount of woody spice. Peppery, tropical fruits with a lovely sweetness in the background. Slightly smokey? Perfectly integrated alcahol and a nice level of complexity. Didn't knock my socks off but still at a very high level.
Review by RumTaTa
Nase: recht mild, zuerst Bourbon und Vanille und vergorene Früchte, dann feinere Nuancen, Banane, Holz, Ester, Klebstoff. Alkohol sehr zurückhaltend Gaumen: deutlich kräftiger und alkoholischer als erwartet, sehr harmonische Wiedergabe der Aromen von der Nase, Bitterkeit tritt hinzu, Fruchtigkeit ist noch da aber verschiebt sich in den Hintergrund. Mittellanger Nachklang mit Schwerpunkt auf Fass- und Röstnoten, die anderen Aromen bleiben trotzdem präsent. Sehr ausgewogener Rum mit guter Alkoholintegration und weitem Kaleidoskop der Aromen.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Edit: RumX Advent Calendar 12/17/21Nose dried fruit, caramel, warm, nutty, light passion fruit, some red and tropical fruit, raisins, prune, toasted, light glue. Mouth: woody, passion fruit, tropical fruit, full-bodied, tobacco, astringent, banana. Finish: banana, bitter, warm, grapey, cocoa, wood.Funny how your head fools you. Blind I would not have bet on MM. But no sooner did I look than I subsequently tasted the character of MM. A tropical beast that has it in itself, but it's worth it.
Review by Thomas Wille
Toller Monymusk zu einem immer noch fairen PLV Top !!
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
Took a few tries. I expected a beast and found balance. The rum is one tropical fruit salad with a good shot of rum in the sauce. Mango and passion fruit are the leading notes typical of clarendon. The wood brings spice and sweetness in fantastic balance. On the one hand, the young age keeps the rum nice and fresh, but on the other hand, it lacks some depth and complexity. A great rum. Unfortunately, the bottle I ordered never arrived 😢
Review by zabo
Wow, heute hab ich wohl eine gute Auswahl in meiner Samplekiste gefunden. Eine absolute Geschmacksgranate. Sehr sehr lecker und super süffig. Hatte eine Phase wo ich mit diesem Mark so gar nichts anfangen konnte, aber dieser hat mich überzeugt.
Review by Joachim Guger
Nice monymusk profile. A somewhat wilder fellow on the palate. Needs time and water.The appropriate music: Ken Boothe "Artibella".
Review by cigares
Lively nose, leather and overripe banana, light varnish and woody/vanilla notes. The alcohol is very well integrated on the palate, and the aromas are immediately present: varnished wood, leather and fruit. The finish is moderately long, with the same aromas. An interesting rum, fresh and mature. A lot of pleasure, even if the complexity isn't quite there.
Review by Christoph
Unexpectedly woody, though still subtle. Ester comes here only in 2nd place. The taste reminds me totally of marshmallows and brown sugar with the smoke in the air when you sit around the campfire. Fruits are barely present here, something orange-like in the finish as with Cointreau.
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Expert review by Rob Bauer
"Nose The first impression is so lovely that it makes one sit down. Imagine a thick fruit pot of plums, overripe bananas, figs and apricots, that were pickled in honey, almond paste and coconut butter for a month, and then refined with crushed vanilla pots, espresso beans and appleseeds and a very few mint leaves. It's a whole dessert composition. After a few minutes in the glass a slight dirtiness arises, with an idea of wet mud in the forest, mushrooms and noble mold (we offer bleu d'Auvergne or Roquefort). With water: Herbaceous notes up, with cress, more mud and wet leaves, old molasses and lavender oil. Palate Mi corazón! It's so full-bodied, beautifully herbaceous and really spicy (the tropes know how to squeeze an oak). Maybe a hair's breath too spicy. Beware of the funk now. We get tamarind paste, overripe bananas and fermented pineapple juice. With water: Doesn't loose intensity, just becomes more delicate, with vanilla cake and a wave of salted caramel fudge. Finish Longer than O. J. Simpsons trial, with a pronounced lemon and grapefruit bitterness, burnt agaves and the abrasion of new tyres (the taste of Le Mans)."Read full review →
Expert review by Rob Bauer
"Nose The first impression is so lovely that it makes one sit down. Imagine a thick fruit pot of plums, overripe bananas, figs and apricots, that were pickled in honey, almond paste and coconut butter for a month, and then refined with crushed vanilla pots, espresso beans and appleseeds and a very few mint leaves. It's a whole dessert composition. After a few minutes in the glass a slight dirtiness arises, with an idea of wet mud in the forest, mushrooms and noble mold (we offer bleu d'Auvergne or Roquefort). With water: Herbaceous notes up, with cress, more mud and wet leaves, old molasses and lavender oil. Palate Mi corazón! It's so full-bodied, beautifully herbaceous and really spicy (the tropes know how to squeeze an oak). Maybe a hair's breath too spicy. Beware of the funk now. We get tamarind paste, overripe bananas and fermented pineapple juice. With water: Doesn't loose intensity, just becomes more delicate, with vanilla cake and a wave of salted caramel fudge. Finish Longer than O. J. Simpsons trial, with a pronounced lemon and grapefruit bitterness, burnt agaves and the abrasion of new tyres (the taste of Le Mans)."
Details about Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Habitation Velier, at 62%.
Community purchases
217 bottles logged by 180 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
23% opened, 19 emptied and repurchased.
What does Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010 cost?
Community paid €85–€159.
Current best price: €210.00 – above 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+ →
217 purchased · 162 tasted · 60 wishlist · as of
About the Clarendon distillery
The Clarendon distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Clarendon have been reviewed 5,702 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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