Velier Arawaks & Casimir Clairin Vieux Vaval & Casimir (Whisky Live Paris 2021)

 #4568 21.01.2024 Having a go at a few more samples. Very nice rum especially when looking at the price upon release. A bit more specific notes. Nose Light wood, very fruity, light glue and marzipan, medium vegetal note. Palate Well balanced, light wood, fruity, spicy, light vegetal, nice herbal note. Finish Medium long, medium dry, fruity. There is a faint sugarcane note in the profile.

 What can I say about this mix...it amazed me! You can feel the vegetal part of the vaval and there are the "dirty" scents characteristic of casimir joined by the sherry cask which gives it a nice fruity and buttery note! A really successful experiment!

 A nice surprise! A clairin that takes a completely different turn with this sherry. A nice complexity, roundness, slightly spicy and roasted notes thanks to the sherry. We keep nevertheless this floral side of the clairin with licorice and relatively young fruits. A rather long finish without being interminable. A good value for money in my opinion!

 Not bad on the nose. Greedy behind a very present vegetal frame. On the palate however I am quite disappointed. There are spices to broth of kitchen which are really too present and not very pleasant. I didn't like this rum.

 Wow, I really like the sherry finish here. The freshness of the Clairins finds a wonderfully balanced counterpart in the heavy and sweet fruit notes from the sherry cask. Successful bottling!

 Chamomile tea meets green apple and is accompanied by fruit bread. Herbal tea notes linger in the taste, served on an oak board. Plus more fruit bread and dried apricot. A honey note is added in the finish. Very interesting rum.

 Day 5 of the Samples de Luxe calendarA Jamaican nose but not really, tropical fruits, funky and varnish.In the mouth the alcohol is well present, not super well integrated. It lets the fruits slowly come up. The finish is not so long, there is still some wood. Empty glass, not a lot of hidden aromas.I would have bet on a much older rum. The ageing has made this clairin a bit of a boilerplate and it has clearly lost its wild vivacity.

 This is unfortunately so not at all mine... I smell and taste here a perfume / wax note that bothers me absolutely!Too bad!

 Interesting - but for me personally too many spicy notes of anise and especially licorice.

 Not necessarily bad but not to my taste. I preferred the nose. The old clairins have a hard time convincing me.

 This old clairin has not lost all its markers which are balanced with the roundness of the sherry, the finish is too short but it remains a real good product.

 Bel équilibre sur ce vieux Clairins, plutôt sympathique

 בקבוק האיטי אחת המעצמות רום היום בעיניי החנונים. קלארין כבר נהיה סגנון מוכר ואהוב בעיני המון אנשים. הבקבוק הזה משתלב מצויין עם חבית האולורוסו. לא אגיד שציפיתי ליותר כי בכל זאת מדובר במשהו בן 4 אבל אני חייב לציין שהחולשה שלו היא מורכבות שקצת חסרה. פירות, קצת לקה, קקאו ושוקולד, ירוק. הוצאה טוב מאוד והפוטנציאל בשמיים

 Beaucoup plus de douceur pour celui ci vs le vieux Sajous mais il est aussi plus gourmand. Longueur en bouche très courte cependant. Agréable à boire

 Très bon et très gourmand, la bouche tapisse bien tout le palet avec un bel équilibre entre gourmandise et acidité