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Velier Diamond <S> S 1999
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Licorice, leather and dark chocolate pour out thick and oily, backed by prunes and old-barrel spice — a heavy, dark Demerara from a legendary Velier release. Members call it wildly complex, the kind you keep sniffing between sips. The 53% sits well integrated. A couple flag a metallic, medicinal edge on the finish, and one taster found the palate a touch less dazzling than the sublime nose.
The community says- Dense licorice depth
- Long oily finish
- Wildly complex nose
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How does Velier Diamond <S> S 1999 taste?
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Heavy, oily Demerara: licorice, leather, dark chocolate Near the top of what Diamond and Velier Demerara can do — deep, oily and intensely complex. A few note a metallic TCP edge, and the nose can outshine the palate.
Aroma profileDemerara lovers chasing dark, leathery depth
newcomers wanting light or sweet rum
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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64 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Jakob
The flavor standout among the Velier Diamonds - but by no means in a negative sense. If you’re into licorice and leather notes in Demerara, you’ll find it here. At first, it sounds a lot like Enmore, which is why the comparison was obvious to me. In fact, there’s both flavor similarity and clear distinction: the bitter, leathery-licorice profile forms the common base, but then the Diamond profile branches out into a fruitier spectrum and shows, besides dried fruits, also a bit of citrusy freshness. Personally, I really like this profile and it catapults the bottling into the top tier. Not a classic Diamond essence, more like 70s Demerara notes with bitter, heavy sweetness. An absolutely outstanding release.
Review by Joachim Guger
This and no other is what a classic Demerara should taste like!The color a madness.An old dresser, freshly embedded, oak and licorice. Bacon! Dark, heavy and oily.I almost took it as an after shave...🤭
Review by Giorgio Garotti
A beautiful experiment with aging in charred barrels! The result is a less sweet Diamond but with more notes of herbs, tobacco, and barrel! It still keeps its typical traits and everything is perfectly balanced!
Review by Oliver
Really cool part! The rusty Specknoten reminiscent of a Damoiseau. Real surprise!
Review by Mirco
Impressive Demerara profile with dark notes of leather, wood, spices but also dark and dried fruits. Insanely delicious! Extremely complex, multi-layered and oily with a long finish.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Incredibly awesome stuff! Dried fig, dried plum, ancient balsamic, subtle mint and thyme, acacia honey, a bit of cassis and dark chocolate and some rum raisins... Epic! Probably one of the best Guyana rums I've ever tried so far... Unbelievably complex. You discover something new with every sip.
Review by Leo Krüper
Awesome Diamond with a great licorice note. Tastes like from a cherry wood barrel. Deep and heavy. Long finish, alcohol perfectly integrated.
Review by Aussierumfan
Wow this is a wonderful rum! I don't want to let the fact that this is a unicorn rum make me over rate it but it really is stunning! The smell just leaped out of the glass at me, very intense. On the palate it is just lovely, this is how it all should be! A lovely dark sweetness, licorice, dark chocolate, fruits, leather, lovely oak without being bitter, this is close to perfection for me! Oh and the colour! Beautiful dark mahogany. Long and spicy finish. Well, for my first Velier Demerara I am impressed I hope it keeps up. This is the highest score I have awarded a rum to date, I think it's deserving😊
Review by DomM
Heavy, dark with dried fruits. This is a real heavy weight out of the diamonds I had so far. I love this profil.
Review by Jeremie Edde
A dark demerara as I like them, with licorice, caramel, glue... for only 15 years, the cask has really left its mark on the rum! The nose is pure madness and the whole thing gluggles so easily. The myth of the demerara velier is not stolen: this is a great rum!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
We had a wonderful pure Diamond tasting yesterday and what a tasting. Another big boom. This one with a great oak finger pointing at you without being too dominant.
Review by Pavel Spacek
.... Stare Velier Demerara rums are the best you can taste in the rum world. Rums aged rather accidentally for several years in the tropics and no one topped up the cask contents. The angel's share was 90% and more, so the taste is especially full and intense. Although it is an extra expensive affair, I recommend trying rum from this series at least once in your life.
Review by Johannes
Differs very clearly from the other Diamonds. Lots of licorice and molasses, more reminiscent of an old Demerara.
Review by mto75
to start the holiday again a real highlight: great nose of dried date (as it comes in the morning in the fruit muesli), furniture polish, tobacco and also somehow a herbaceous-fresh note (chervil?). The palate picks up seamlessly: Raisins, leather, licorice root (which I noted as licorice), cocoa and a slight iodine note. Finishes very spicy with leather, coffee, old barrel. A great Demerara! Many thanks to Vienna for the sample!
Review by Timo Groeger
Yeah, also world-class, just a bit of coconut on the nose but otherwise really nice roasted and dark notes. Licorice is noticeable, but also caramel and dark chocolate, along with leather and wood.
Review by Christoph H.
REHABILITATION! The first sample was demonstrably no longer good, so my rating was very poor. I got a new one from a fresh bottle, thanks again for that Jacob❤️ Now everything looks completely different and I actually like the rum very much. Very similar to the SVSG on the nose, although I no longer have any doubt that this marrow was blended with the SVSG. Very crass matured rum, I think it's very nice. Surprisingly harmonious in the mouth, the bitterness is kept within limits. Great thing!
Review by Mopar Rules
Tapas time! Bacon stuffed with plums! What a rum! It needs to rest in the glas but then offers an explosion of flavors. A very complex and wide range from bacon and spices over caramel, touching dried fruits and dark chocolate. On the palate the dried plums become more present supported by a nice and balanced sweetness.
Review by Felix Reiber
What a great texture this rum has! Spicy, aromatic, and very dense! The nose is wonderful with licorice, leather, sweet dried plum, dark chocolate, oak, brown caramel, and tobacco. Raisin, dried date, spices, coffee, and dark barrel notes join in with great complexity and blend very harmoniously. On the palate, this fantastic, mouth-filling density first brings a nice sweetness. Licorice, leather, wood, dark chocolate, dried plum, barrel notes, raisin, and caramel quickly appear. Then the aromatic profile is complemented by a spicy side with oak, spices, cappuccino, roast notes, and allspice. Very, very tasty and perfectly balanced! The complex and long finish has dark chocolate, leather, oak, clove, licorice, barrel notes, coffee, and caramel. With cigar, anise, light herbs, and wood notes, the flavor lingers for a long time. Many thanks to @Alex_Kunath for the awesome sample 😃
Review by cigares
German Rum Festival 2025. A fantastic nose that transports me elsewhere. A woody butter caramel like no other, rich, full-bodied, a flambé dessert. If I analyze it, it also gives notes of dark chocolate, dried fruits, and prunes. The wood is perfectly integrated. The magic of the nose carries over to the palate with a slightly more bitter caramel and a more pronounced, roasted wood. The other aromas are there too: dark chocolate, toffee, licorice, dried fruits, and prunes. The finish is long, balanced, and, like the nose, with a softer caramel. A very, very beautiful nose for this rum that doesn’t quite live up to its promises on the palate.
Review by Serge
Dark Guyana profile with lots of licorice, dark chocolate and prunes, tobacco, leather wood and burnt finish. Great rum, Column is more about glue, coconut, caramel, raisin but it's still very tasty.
Review by kondgab
This is an awesome old Velier Demerara bottling. Tasted at GRF '24. It is very intense, oily and heavy. Dark chocolate, wood, coffee, leather, oak and fruits. Finish is long and the colour is incredible.
Review by Gil Firth
Omg. So good. Such a classic velier guyana. Far from reaching because of the prices. But a most taste for those who see it. טעימה בפסטיבל הרמניאק פנו אלי מספר אוהבי רום שאמרו לי שזאת הוצאה אגדית ואני חייב לטעום אותה אם לא טעמתי. דמררה! בוקר טוב. אין מה להתבלבל, לגבי הטייטל אגדי או לא אני פחות מתייחס לזה, אבל כן אגיד שמדובר ברום גיאנה אינטסיבי ואיכותי. מלא ברשמים קלאסים של ליקריש, שוקולד, עור, פירות יבשים. איכותי מאוד.
Review by Maxence
This Diamond is really dark but the nose is very well-balanced and complex. The palate is darker and less complex but does not feel too woody or bitter. Definitely a divisive rum but I liked it a lot 😋
Review by Henry Davies
An interesting experience. Big bold diamond. The profile is instantly not to my preference but even so punches strongly. Rich mahogany and wood on the nose. Deep caramel and raisin on the mouth. Moorish and almost a bit feral. There is a metallic edge to the rum and the finish brings TCP which can’t quite escape. To me it is a great rum but flawed at the edges which detracts from the whole. A great reputation but at this outing not quite there for me
Review by Gtm100
The best Demerara rum I have tried. The nose is sublime, the finish is long and the complexity is like nothing I have drunk before.
Review by Vinsdorf
Good old heavy demerara, with some medicinal notes. Top of the league? Definitely not but good to have a sample.
Review by Bob the Drunker
One of the best diamonds on my personal book, extremely complex with woody influence, massive toffee, dark chocolate, with good mix hints with herbs, sweetness mixed just make it fantastic
Review by Sebastiaan Linssen
Tasted at German Rum Festival 13 For me, this is the best rum i have tasted so far. Absolutely perfectly balanced in terms of taste and alcohol. Fantastic
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 8.5/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›It's just that its very different. Of the three Velier Demerara rums from 2014 I have been lucky enough to try, I think the Uitvluigt 1996 was my favourite, with this and the Diamond/PM 1999 coming in just slightly behind. Another great bottling from the genius of Demerara!
Expert review by The Dunder Hut
A berry liquorice forward diamond. Very intense very lovely not the best but in the highest league of diamond. The sweetness in particular is very nice. Looses a bit at the finish. I really want more aftertaste. Retaste at Velier live, one point up!
Expert review by Who Rhum The World
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Community shelf
70 bottles logged by 53 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
14% opened, 4 emptied.
What did the community pay for Velier Diamond <S> S 1999?
Community paid 140–1,528 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 852 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
70 purchased · 64 tasted · 31 wishlist · as of
Details about Velier Diamond <S> S 1999
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Velier, at 53,1%.
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