The Origin: now available to everyone. While stocks last. →
859568D2-57C2-4823-8AF5-F2237E26CB3DHaiti Chelo Velier
Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2013 70cl bottle
Bottle
View 2
View 3
View 4
View 5
Clairin · 53,5%

Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2013

Anyone curious what unaged Haitian cane spirit really tastes like should start here. It pours water-clear and comes out swinging: fresh-cut sugarcane, hay, lemon peel and a wild, almost barnyard streak — one member says it's like standing in a stable. At 53.5% it's oily and spicy with a long anise-tinged finish. Raw, vegetal and full of place.

The community says
  • Fresh sugarcane
  • Wild vegetal streak
  • But: Alcohol shows
Currently no offers for delivery to Germany.

The look inside the bottle

How does Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2013 taste?

Aggregated from 21 community reviews.

Wild, vegetal Haitian cane spirit, unaged Most tasters find it a vivid, characterful clairin that shows off its origin — the caveat being the alcohol isn't always tidily integrated, reading a touch hot and watery to a few.

Perfect for

fans of raw agricole and clairin character

Less suitable for

anyone wanting smooth, aged, sweet rum

Style & occasion

How the community classifies this rum. Each category takes you to similar rums.

Which glass for which rum? The community guide →

Top aromas · nose & palate

6 of 21 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums

Recommendation

Your next rum

One difference each to this rum.

How is Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2013 rated?

RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.9 sits in the “Good” band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →

Community voices

What does the community say?

57% rate it between 6 and 8. 4 selected write-ups from 21 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.

Review by MathiasR

MathiasR
MathiasR
Mar 202316 reviewsSweden
7.5/10

Very interesting, but a bit too much mushroom for me.

Review by Sylvain44

Sylvain44
Feb 202367 reviewsFrance
8.9/10

I remember this slap in the face when I drank this rum a long time ago, almost 10 years ago, I think it was the moment when I realized the extent of the possibilities with white rum! Since then I can't get enough of it, a very wild side, as if you were in a stable with horses and oxen, a change of scenery, I think it's a Clairin character trait.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Jan 20245,622 reviewsDenmark
8.4/10

31.12. 2019 Last tasting of 2019 went into 2020. Celebrating with family and friends who like rum we ended up having a great party according to my notes. Notes. Transparent in colour. Nose: fresh, intense, fruit, herbs, polish, sugarcane, floral. Palate: Intense, spicy, oily, sugarcane, polish, citrus. Finish: long, spicy, citrus, anise.

Review by Morgan Garet

Morgan Garet
Morgan Garet
May 2023283 reviews
8.5/10

Encore un superbe clairin gourmand et très végétal à la fois. La canne fermentée et bien sucrée domine du nez à la finale.

Market value

Avg. community purchase price 40 €

What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.

How we calculate this →

Details about Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2013

A Clairin from Haiti, bottled by Velier, at 53,5%.

CountryHaiti
DistilleryChelo
BottlerVelier
CategoryClairin
DistillationPot Still
ABV53,5%
Volume70cl
AgeUnaged
Vintage2013

Embed this rum on your blog Create widget →

Community purchases

14 bottles logged by 13 collectors.

A drinker's rum.

50% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.

7 sealed 5 open 2 emptied

What did the community pay for Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2013?

Community paid 38–48 €.

What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

14 purchased · 22 tasted · 1 wishlist · as of

About the Chelo distillery

The Chelo distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Chelo have been reviewed 1,360 times with an average of 8.2/10.

To Chelo →

Read on in the RumX Guide

You may also enjoy

Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:

Price alerts · in the RumX app

Never miss a price drop.

Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.

★ 4.8/5 on App Store & Play Store
Oliver, founder of RumX Oliver · Founder

By rum lovers, for rum lovers

I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.

What began as my digital tasting diary is now the world's most comprehensive platform for rum fans, today carried by a small team with Jakob, Lukas and Katharina, with Robert supporting us as a freelancer. We combine the collective intelligence of our community with an integrated marketplace, so you can choose with confidence, without paperwork, detours, or expert jargon.

Oliver, Stuttgart

About RumX →YouTube channel (in German)
53,000+ Active tasters
320,000+ Independent reviews
25,000+ Rums catalogued
★ 4.8/5 iOS & Android app
As featured in
Stern Stuttgarter Zeitung Rumporter fizzz About Drinks

Rating guide

RumX's 0–10 scale is strict. Here's what each band means.

9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good your rum Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.
` between two key/value pairs terminates the expression and Hugo fails the whole build with `unexpected "{" in operand`. Put notes here. `headerDeliveryCountry` feeds the aria-label of the destination picker under the express row (commerce/express-destination.js). The strip's visible text is rendered by Hugo itself in rx/price_block.html — nothing else needs seeding. */ -}}