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Nine Leaves Clear 2017
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The thing that catches everyone off guard is the sake note — this unaged, pot-still white from Japan really does taste of koji, marzipan and white tea alongside citrus and something floral and grassy. It runs surprisingly soft and gently sweet for 50%, with herbal edges. One taster half-joked "is this even rum?" A few find it too dry and short; most find it genuinely unusual.
The community says- Distinctive sake note
- Soft for 50%
- But: Short finish
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How does Nine Leaves Clear 2017 taste?
Summarized by AI from 26 community reviews.
Floral, sake-tinged Japanese white rum Polarizing but memorable: a floral, citrus-and-sake white that most find soft, dry and unlike anything else. A couple wanted more body and a longer finish.
People chasing an unusual, floral white rum with a Japanese sake twist
Anyone wanting a rich, full-bodied or classically sweet rum
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassy
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Review by Christoph
Most helpful positive review
I can understand why this rum has won awards. While you can still smell the alcohol in the nose next to fruity-floral notes, is just transferred, you are surprised in the taste of an incredible mildness and pleasant sweetness. In addition, there are then herbal notes of herbs. The Nine Leaves typical sake note I notice here only in the finish. The best unaged rum to drink neat that I know so far!
Review by cigares
Most helpful mixed review
A fairly neutral nose with a clear sake and marzipan character. You can't smell the watts. The palate is surprisingly smooth, with little aroma and a lingering aroma of sake, pastry, smoke and herbs. The finish is very short. A 50% rum, too dry and not generous enough to be a rum I could enjoy.
Review by Timo Groeger
Pretty cool actually this Nine Leaves. The fact that you can taste the sake so strongly is interesting. Otherwise, this rum is quite fruity, lots of citrus fruits, but also very vegetal and floral. Interesting rum.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6508 19.03.2026 Time to relax after work and there is no training today. Listening to the latest tracks from Alex Ender and Vini Vici. This is an OK bottling and it performs pretty well in a cola. The nose is fruity with nice mint and herbal notes. The palate is naturally sweet with marzipan, salt and sake. The finish is medium to long and dry with sake and a herbal touch.
Review by Romain de L
Interesting ! Nose is quite fresh, floral, engaging. Body is balanced, not too strong for a white, enjoyable. Quite long in finale. Honestly pleasant Since the distillery is now closed, thought I would enjoy again a taste gone somehow. It’s still interesting and pleasant. Worth a try!
Review by TheJackDrop
Euuuuh Is it really rum? Amusing To sum up, my tasting notes: On the nose: Sake, Alcoholic, Marzipan On the palate: Sake, Herbaceous, Fermented Finish: Herbaceous, Sake
Review by Rummiamo
A monster of elegance. It combines typical references of white rums with a whole Japanese thread that recalls koji and white tea. Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, this is the true expression of the distillery, much more than the aged ones.
Review by Han
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Review by BnBrt
My favorite from Nine Leaves among what I've tasted so far. Nose more alcoholic than other Japanese rums I've tasted but with the same floral side. For me a great white rum, well balanced, a ti punch in a bottle. A nice attack, a bit of citrus, fruit and the smoothness of brown sugar. Interesting length with still the fruity/autumn fruit notes already felt in other Japanese rums.
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12 bottles logged by 11 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
25% opened, 1 emptied.
What did the community pay for Nine Leaves Clear 2017?
Avg. community purchase price 99 €.
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Details about Nine Leaves Clear 2017
A Pot Still Rum from Japan, distilled by Nine Leaves, at 50%.
About the Nine Leaves distillery
The Nine Leaves distillery is located in Japan. Rums from Nine Leaves have been reviewed 865 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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