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Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2018
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Sipped neat it's big and intense — mango, lime, sugarcane, fennel and a briny olive-and-glue funk that a few tasters had to warm up to (on ice it settles). Fans call it their favorite white clairin, and it shines in a daiquiri or ti-punch. Fresh, floral, grassy, and greener than most agricoles you've met.
The community says- Vivid tropical fruit
- Fresh floral character
- But: Glue/solvent note
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How does Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2018 taste?
Summarized by AI from 96 community reviews.
Intense, funky white clairin, great in daiquiris A repeat favorite among white clairin drinkers — fruity, vegetal and salty-savory. The catch is the sharp edge and glue note; a couple felt the 55.9% isn't perfectly tucked in.
Aroma profileClairin and high-ester agricole lovers who like it raw and savory
Anyone put off by solvent, olive brine, or sharp white spirit
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neatCocktails & mixing
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
for me the best sajous and the best clairin still! mango Madness, with light umami note, some white chocolate, pepper and fresh lime and discreetly smoky. incredibly Sweetffig and mega in the daiquiri.
Review by Dr.Django
Most helpful mixed review
Casimir 2016: Complex from the nose to the finish with herbal and fruity estery notes. A fruity dirtiness emerges on the finish, which is quite long for an unaged rum and becomes increasingly mineral. Sajous: The 6% abv is characterized by more volume on the palate. The rum is somewhat more demanding and less complex, also with vegetal notes and even more light and yellow fruits. The finish is somewhat spicy with a hint of lemon cake. White Clairins are great rums! It would be a dream if all varieties were available in 20 cl bottles.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
First white rum from Haiti tested on a split. I was very surprised, being used to white rums from the French West Indies. It is very vegetal, mineral and on citrus fruits. Some notes of mangoes and a smoked finish. Nice discovery, to be tested in ti punch.
Review by Timo Groeger
Also Clairins sind ja echt schon klasse, gefallen mir sogar leicht besser als die Pendants von Martinique/Guadeloupe. Hat mir am Besten gefallen, wegen dem höheren ABV. Hier kommt zur Frische/Pflanzlichkeit auch noch eine leichte Fruchtigkeit hinzu.
Review by HenryL
A bit sharp-edged, quite a strong olive nose. But a wonderful Clairin! I’m not so into the olive, but on the second tasting I noticed it less strongly; in the mouth, hardly any of it comes through anymore.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Looking at the price tag you get a lot for your money with this release. A very fresh and floral nose with lots of fruit and and sweet pastries. Draws really nice curtains in the glass and the empty glass is really nice. Even the day after there are still some notes left in the glass.
Review by F.L.O.
Still my favorite Clairin to this day. Simply top, fruity, pure and a great daiquiri.
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
Number 2 from the community tasting. This was the greenest of today's Clairin tasting. The nose is already very agricolic: lime, sugar cane and fennel, plus a hint of anise. In the mouth it is quite sharp and sour. Towards the back, the rum gets a bit broader, riper and more yellow: the pear turns into peach at the end of the finish. This is very nice, but also somehow somewhat unspectacular.
Review by Mentalo
Unter den Clairins gehört der Sajous (ob gelagert oder ungelagert) ganz klar zu den Favoriten. Schön fruchtig mit pflanzlichen Noten. Die Alkoholintegration ist leider nicht ganz so gut gelungen. Trotzdem mein Favorit unter den weißen Clairins.
Review by Christian Rudt
Was in the online tasting yes many too sharp-edged. I must say I find him actually nice intense. The. Makes pure fun and also has enough power for Daiquri or Ti-Punch. Has ne nice balance between floral and fruity
Review by ilRummista
My favorite Clairin. Once you learn to drink this Clairin you won't be able to do without it.
Review by DosenZorn
Thanks to RumTaTa.My favorite of the unaged Clairins. Very much lime and pear, sugar cane, grass/hay. Only the alcohol could be better integrated.
Review by RumTaTa
This is the most balanced Clairin I have tasted so far: pleasant nose, you do not notice anything of the almost 56% alcohol. Likewise in the mouth, alcohol is very discreet. Blindly I would have guessed a barrel-aged Clairin. Many fruit associations, floral tones and wood dominate. I like it very much!
Review by Émile Shevek
On the nose is huge with fermentates, esters, fruit (pineapple, cantaloupe melon, overripe mango, strawberry) and some citrus (grapefruit), brine, sweet seaweed, olives and vegetables, initially also glue/solvent, but then fades. On the palate it is pungent and creamy, the fermented remains in the foreground followed by the esters, the fruit heard on the nose, cheese, umami, vegetable, savory/brine, white chocolate, pepper and a distant smoky note. Overall it is dry and despite all these aromas maintains a disarming roundness and a very good abv, but one I would have preferred higher. It is somewhat reminiscent of Rivier Antoine. In the empty fermented glass.
Review by TheJackDrop
Top Clearly, this is a quality Clairin. I think I like Clairins more and more. To sum up, my tasting notes: On the nose: Vegetal, Sugar cane, Citrus fruit On the palate: Mango, Vanilla, Fresh
Review by Galli33
My personal favorite from the rum tastings by angelo canessa! Nose: vegetal, floral, fresh, agricole (but it isn‘t an agricole 😱), lime, melon, citrus, passion fruit, spicy Mouth: fruity, pear, mango, fruit schnaps, floral, earthy, soft, dry, sugarcane Finish: Short, astringend, dry, concentrated, smoky, earthy, vegetal, mango
Review by John Coffey
Very good white.. Beautiful floral side.
Review by Christoph
Already very close to an unaged Agricole. In the taste a little too sharp-edged for me.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
Neat or make superb daiquiri 🤙
Review by Mateusz
Very complex nose & flavour achieved by a traditional/simple process. Dense and oily texture. Sweet and sour on the nose with notes of sour cherry and dried apricot. Highly recommended!
Review by Martin Spooner
Tasted second in the Clairin session: nice fruity nose. However, also with a hint of glue. On the palate grassy but still nicely balanced. Maybe a bit like a fruit brandy. Nice aroma.
Review by Łukasz Leśniewski
Very good rum. Both aroma and taste. Aroma very fruity (mango, peach banana) and with notes characteristic of agricole rums. The taste is very pleasant-sweet, fruity, sugar cane. After a while there is an alcoholic pepperiness. The alcohol in this rum is brilliantly hidden in both aroma and taste.
Review by Oskar Trocki
Similar taste and nose to Paranubes Oaxaca but a little bit more dry with more overripe fruits on the finish
Review by Dario
Sehr guter Clairin, sehr eigenwillig im Geschmack. Als Dauquiri extrem gut, Pur muss man Lust drauf haben
Review by seefarr
I find the gluey smell quite difficult to get past but on ice it calms down a lot.
Review by Brad Patel
This is the cachaca adjacent tasting one
Review by VidDa Misat
On the nose, spiced rum raisin sorbet 😂, incredible
Review by Kieron Wood
Tasted at UK rumfest 2024
Review by Shtafermo Shtafermo
Brilliant. One of my favorites Agricole. High hester with green olive, varnish or gasoline, rotten fruit and vegetables, and a bit of citric tones. Beautiful.
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172 bottles logged by 161 collectors.
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37% opened, 19 emptied.
What did the community pay for Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2018?
Community paid 35–56 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 44 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+6 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
172 purchased · 100 tasted · 48 wishlist · as of
Details about Velier Chelo Clairin Sajous 2018
A Clairin from Haiti, bottled by Velier, at 55.9%.
About the Chelo distillery
The Chelo distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Chelo have been reviewed 1,374 times with an average of 8.2/10.
To Chelo →Read on in the RumX Guide
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