Velier Chamarel Blend 2014
For curious explorers used to higher ABV, this dry, unsweetened Chamarel cane-juice blend delivers herbal grass, salt, spice and woody tobacco with hints of chocolate and coffee. Best neat in small, attentive pours.
- Dry, unsweetened profile
- Herbal, salty complexity
- Long spicy finish
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How does Velier Chamarel Blend 2014 taste?
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Dry, salty, woody Chamarel twist For curious explorers used to higher ABV, this dry, unsweetened Chamarel cane-juice blend delivers herbal grass, salt, spice and woody tobacco with hints of chocolate and coffee. Best neat in small, attentive pours.
Fans of dry, woody agricole-style rums who enjoy salty, spicy edges, herbal grass notes and tobacco-chocolate complexity at higher ABV.
Those new to rum, anyone preferring sweet, easy sippers or who dislikes dry tannins, salty notes and 56.5% ABV intensity.
How is Velier Chamarel Blend 2014 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.1 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
11.10.2025 Retasting at Whisky Live, Hamburg. Still like it a lot. -------- This is a wow factor rum, because you don't expect a Chamarel to taste like this. The nose is fruity with spices and wood. Leather, tobacco and licorice and a hint of grass follows. The palate is intense, oily and dry with wood, fruit and spice followed by coffee, tobacco, chocolate and wine. Overall the palate is spicy. The finish is long and spicy with tobacco and raisin. The finish is dry like the palate. Price to quality can be discussed.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A blend of Mauritian rums with character. The nose has an agricultural influence, with vegetal notes of fresh grass, followed by spices (chili, pepper, vanilla) that accompany the wood. The fruit is more incisive, with citrus fruits such as orange and lime. A dry but harmonious olfactory profile. The attack on the palate could be reminiscent of Nine Leaves, with woody notes and atypical spices (salty notes, chili pepper) as well as whisky. There's also a roasted walnut sensation that stands out and reinforces the feeling of a rum from elsewhere. The fruitiness is succinct (raisin), followed by a floral, caramelized touch. The profile is dry and lively, but controlled, especially in terms of alcohol. The finish is rather long, still marked by those spices, that note of salt and roast that brings bitterness and dryness to the palate. The vegetal side comes out a little more, with greenery and tea. The fruit is generally effaced. A slightly bitter rum, but well-constructed and rather original for this terroir, which nevertheless lacks a little something to claim the top spot.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Solid rhum, but nothing more. That it was bottled by Velier, you do not notice here (the rhum is in no way somehow outstanding), but that should be heartily indifferent in an evaluation of smell and taste. We are not talking about the bottle price here ... So again: Solid bottling, solid 80 points.
Review by Frank
A fresh herbaceous nose, with a floral spice, something like mace. Slightly sweet of honey. Something fruity, perhaps slightly towards apricot. On the palate salty-sweet, spicy with anise and vanilla. But also something fruity, perhaps in the direction of sour cherry. Shortly comes something bitter and then immediately again something tart-sweet. A light almond note can also be heard. In the finish green tea and grassy sugar cane. Nice flavor curve.
Review by TheFrenchRefill
I was very taken aback by the salty side, I wasn't expecting it at all.
Review by Martin Ekrt
Vůně je mnohem výraznější než Chamarel 2013, který jsem měl před chvílí. Příjemná, svěží květinová vůně. Chuťově je na tom podobně. Nic divokého. Zase hodně propsaný sud a znatelné třísloviny. Závěr cca středně dlouhý. Kvalitní rum, ale moje očekávání byla vyšší.
Review by Scottyg
Nose is very earthy and floral almost like a garden. With a slight sweet smell. Woody and sweet taste some liquorice coming through. Again sweet earthy taste, changing to a sweet/menthol finish that lasts for a while
Review by Richard Krupa
Velice prijemny vzorek, alkohol akorat, prijemne chute dreva, lehce ovoce a tabak. Tohle me fakt bavi
Review by Anonymous
In buon rum ad un prezzo più che ragionevole....appena apertala bottiglia un po troppo alcolico ma con un po' di ossigeno l' eccesso sparisce
Review by Jason Tack
Still has that hint of sugarcane/molasses as a base taste but aftertaste is more like peated scotch whiskey. Very fresh.
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100 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.
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About the Chamarel distillery
The Chamarel distillery is located in Mauritius. Rums from Chamarel have been reviewed 816 times with an average of 7.6/10.
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