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Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - First Release 2016
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People already curious about Haitian clairin will feel at home here — this is aged cane-juice rum with an accent. Overripe banana, pineapple and coconut on the nose, then a dusty, mineral, peppery palate with wood and a distinct medicinal streak running through. It needs air; poured straight from the bottle it comes off hot and solvent-y, but 15-20 minutes settles it into something rounded and honeyed. Dry, spicy finish for only four years old.
The community says- Ripe tropical fruit
- Dry spicy finish
- But: Solvent note
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How does Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - First Release 2016 taste?
Summarized by AI from community reviews.
Dusty, spicy Haitian clairin with a medicinal edge A well-liked, characterful clairin most tasters rate highly — spicy, mineral and honeyed with a medicinal edge. Give it air; poured fresh the solvent note can put people off.
Aroma profileclairin fans and cane-juice funk lovers
anyone put off by solvent or medicinal notes
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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96 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Eric Frechin
Most helpful positive review
Tasted in a line-up, 3rd bottle tasted. It remains a solid bottle offering a typically Haitian rum where vegetal, medicinal, and lemon notes mingle with spices. However, it stays quite classic in style.
Review by Johannes
Most helpful mixed review
Very unique, special style. You have to try it!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a rum that will separate waters as an either you like it or not. Right out of the bottle it can be pungent to some, but after resting for a while it becomes more gentle and light. Fruity with medicinal notes are there from nose to finish. There is also oak and spice in the mix. Price to quality can be discussed all the way to the bank :-)
Review by Stefan L
Hmm... I like it, maybe it’s time to look into more of those Clairins.
Review by Mentalo
Fruity, spicy, medicinal. I like the Sajous, even if the bottling can't quite keep up with the top bottlings. For me, the honey sweetness is too overpowering here. There is a hint of wood in the finish.
Review by Spyoner971
Leave to air for 15/20min, a little dry at first then becomes soft and a little honeyed and caramelized, medium length.
Review by Ondra RumRunner
Chelo Velier Clairin Vieux Sajous is a unique rum from Haiti that stands out for its natural production process and authentic character. The aroma reveals distinct notes of tropical fruit, vanilla, and citrus, complemented by hints of spices, floral tones, and an olive touch. A medicinal aroma adds interesting depth. The taste is dry and spicy with notes of pepper, wood, and tropical fruit, where citrus elements add freshness. A slightly mineral undertone along with medicinal and woody accents creates a harmonious and long-lasting impression.
Review by Arthur Moreau
The profile of the white clairins is only slightly present, but I like the spicy notes, very ripe fruit and a slightly sulphurous note.
Review by JB
Once past the solvent side which I am not a fan of, superb rum, complex, greedy and long in the mouth.
Review by martin slezák
Fazva zlatistá Vôňa horké mandle, tráva, tropické ovocie, prezretý banán Chuť. Tropické ovocie Neskôr horké mandle, korenie horkosť Záver stredne dlhý horké mandle, korenie
Review by Laurent Lamour
nice but not crazy, medium length
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
The nose is very alcoholic at first, and needs to be aired! Once opened, it is very greedy and pastry-like, with vanilla. There's citrus fruit and a slight woodiness. All wrapped up in a few medicinal notes that make this nose attractive and rather promising... It's young and well-balanced. On the palate, it's spicy and solventy. It's greedy and pastry-like, as the nose suggests. There's also a hint of butter. The finish is pleasantly woody and vanilla. It's a blend of agricultural gourmandise and Jamaican rebellion. Classic but good.
Review by Richard Krupa
Beautiful sweet coconut scent, I find the acidity a bit annoying in the taste.
Review by Morgan Garet
What a nose! It's got everything, but with a fine balance of pastry (vanilla, caramel), fruit (banana, apple, pineapple), wood, solvent and roasted coffee. Top-notch. On the palate, it's just as pleasant, with fruit taking over and a pleasant mineral edge. The finish is long on fruit and coffee. Excellent clairin!
Review by Nika
You know what I feel in in? The specific pastry. I am from CZ and in Tesco there is sweet pastry with maple syrup and almonds. That is exactly that. Also, when I bake, this is the scent of ready dough. Nice.
Review by Roman Lelek
Another day another Sajous Vioux…alk The same but each is different..this one is interesting - I like all of them but this one is great - as mentioned in description-mix of fruity spices and woody - and I agree with medicinal tones with honey / sugarcane (sweet) finish Nose - I can smell glue, technical and medicine part, spices and wood. Taste - complex - from sweet to woody and some glue. Finish- warm, dry with sweetness.. I can imagine to have the whole bottle home.
Review by L' Art Rhumiste
Beautiful complexity for a 4-year-old juice with two very distinct profiles. The nose is fresher, pastry-like and indulgent, and the palate more on the spicy, dusty and mineral side.
Review by Rado Vito
I am trying the sample, which I got from a great man and rum lover Jarda. Thank you very much, friend. When I opened the sample, I could smell the powerful content of the bottle. It is definitely agriculture rum, but it smell soft and very rounded - there is pineapple, grass and coconut. The taste is beautiful, you can distinguish cream and honey, but with fruits. It is really like some fruit covered with honey, the body is full with super dry aftertaste. Even the aftertaste has some fruits included inside. I can tell there is a mango, wood, cloves. This rum is wonderful. Only 4 years aged? The dry taste have to be miracle.
Review by Michal S
Pleasant aroma (tropical fruit, sweets, glue), taste of spices and pepper. OK rum.
Review by Anonymous
Gefällt mir sehr gut.
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241 bottles logged by 171 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
14% opened, 17 emptied.
What does Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - First Release 2016 cost?
Community paid 67–121 €.
Current best price: 134.20 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 79 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
241 purchased · 97 tasted · 30 wishlist · as of
Details about Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous - First Release 2016
A Clairin from Haiti, bottled by Velier, at 50,6%.
About the Chelo distillery
The Chelo distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Chelo have been reviewed 1,378 times with an average of 8.2/10.
To Chelo ›Read on in the RumX Guide
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