Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010
For experienced palates: a tropically aged, 62% Clarendon that balances woody spice with ripe banana, tropical fruit and refined esters. RumX members praise its depth, dry finish and value as a benchmark Monymusk EMB.
- Complex profile
- Great alcohol integration
- Excellent value
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How does Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010 taste?
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Serious Clarendon: dry, woody, fruity punch For experienced palates: a tropically aged, 62% Clarendon that balances woody spice with ripe banana, tropical fruit and refined esters. RumX members praise its depth, dry finish and value as a benchmark Monymusk EMB.
Fans of Jamaican pot still rums who enjoy a drier, woody, moderately funky profile with lots of tropical fruit and spice, and who don’t mind cask-strength intensity.
Beginners or anyone sensitive to high ABV, or those who prefer very sweet, soft Jamaican rums with low wood influence.
How is Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.8 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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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 !!
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"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)."
Community purchases
295 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 57 members.
About the Clarendon distillery
The Clarendon distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Clarendon have been reviewed 5,557 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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