Velier Carrere Montebello Basseterre 1997
For curious explorers of agricole-style profiles: a dry, elegant Guadeloupe rum with grassy, herbal notes, peaches, honeyed sweetness and gentle oak spice. At 49.2% it’s flavourful yet very approachable, widely praised on RumX.
- Elegant agricole style
- Fruity-grassy complexity
- Alcohol well integrated
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Elegant grassy-fruity agricole charmer For curious explorers of agricole-style profiles: a dry, elegant Guadeloupe rum with grassy, herbal notes, peaches, honeyed sweetness and gentle oak spice. At 49.2% it’s flavourful yet very approachable, widely praised on RumX.
Fans of elegant agricole or agricole-molasses hybrids who enjoy grassy, fruity and lightly honeyed rums with good balance and moderate strength for relaxed sipping.
Those chasing cask-strength power, heavy funk or dessert-sweet profiles; anyone wanting a thick mouthfeel or very wood-driven, ultra-complex rum.
How is Velier Carrere Montebello Basseterre 1997 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.4 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 Righrum
A great aged agricole, tasted a couple of years later and still impressive
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This rum is lightly dry and has a long finish. Fruity with spices and it has a herbal touch with honey to it. Very well balanced and complex. A lovely rum and a very good buy in my mind.
Review by Nicolas Sicilia
C’est doux ! Le nez est très doux avec des notes végétales. En bouche l’alcool est très bien intégré sans morsure ! On retrouve le côté miel herbacés . Une belle finale tout en fraîcheur. Très joli rhum !!
Review by Tom Buteneers
Rather elegant agricole with some peppery heat
Review by Jakob
Wonderfully fresh grassy notes meet fruit, nougat sweetness and spice. Thanks to the reduced strength almost to be called easy sipper, but this would not quite do justice to the rum, because the distillate remains aromatically alive and knows to show diverse new nuances. A very successful rum.
Review by Stylo
Very elegant and pleasant rum, this one..the nose is very fruity, with peaches upfront, a touch of floral and herbal and some light spices to it..the wood is just a hint in the background. The palate il a little bit sweeter, with those peaches that become to me as syrup-y. As time goes by, the wood influence is more present, giving a spicier rum. I really would have taste this one in comparison with the 1995, but it took me almost 2 hours to prepare the samples xD..guess I’ll do it another time :D
Review by Johannes
Richtig klasse! Trotz des niedrigen Alkoholgehaltes sehr intensiv mit tropischen, fruchtigen und würzigen Noten.
Review by Mentalo
Direktvergleich mit dem Basseterre 1995. Beide haben ein ähnliches Profil, aber der 1995er hat deutlich mehr Power und bringt damit mehr Tiefe mit. Da hat der 97er mit seinem geringeren Alkoholgehalt schon ein leicht wässriges Mundgefühl beim Abgang. Wäre mir ohne Direktvergleich wohl aber auch gar nicht so stark aufgefallen, denn der 97er ist trotzdem ne runde Sache. Etwas fruchtiger als der 95er. Der bringt ne volle Ladung Gewürze mit, neben den Früchten. Dazu aber auch merklich mehr Holznoten. Vor allem beim langen Abgang. Beides schöne Abfüllunhen, aber der 95er macht alles ein bisschen besser.
Review by Arnaud Faverjon
C’est très bien, joli blend agricole mélasse, les 49% lui vont bien avec une jolie longueur tout en restant très accessible, j’ai beaucoup aimé!
Review by Jarek
Delicious drop, but a few percent more would do it good.
Review by cigares
Un nez végétal avec de la menthe, des herbes amères. Un côté sucré mais aussi de la terre légère, du bois jeune (noyer) et du miel de fleurs. L’attaque en bouche est douce, comme diluée. L’alcool est là mais sans aucune agressivité. Les arômes sont discrets mais délicieux. De la figue, un côté herbacé, pâtisserie feuilletée au miel, mais finalement assez peu de complexité. La finale est étonnamment longue, sur la figue. Dans le verre vide, on sent le bois jeune, brut de sciage et des herbes amères. Un rhum un peu faible en expressivité mais très bien fait avec une buvabilité parfaite.
Review by mto75
fruity-spicy (clove) nose. On the palate also rather spicy, out the back at the same time peppery and a slight sweetness. Not super intense, but nice and round.
Review by Olimpia1936
Ottimo e riuscito blend da Guadalupe, un po’ meno classico della media
Review by jems5
Un peu éthéré bois dur brut type noyer attaque assez molle, alcool presque trop intégré figues dattes, pâtisserie marocaine au miel joli mais manque un peu de caractère.
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75 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 9 members.
About the Carrere distillery
The Carrere distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Carrere have been reviewed 1,340 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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