Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous Lustau Oloroso Cask 2017

On the nose and palate: cane, vanilla, grass, sweet, cherry...a good rum.

the white rums from Hait/Clairini taste very good. if you let this good base mature in a cask, it automatically becomes a masterpiece. you would think so, but it's not like that. in fact, a lot is lost in the cask and a lot is gained. very drinkable with a cherry aroma that I like.

Really different from the version without sherry storage. But different is not meant in a judgmental way. Both go great hand in hand. A lovely, interesting clairin. Great PLV and still available.

Doesn't quite come close to its sister bottling at 50.1%, as the additional alcohol content works to the detriment of balance in a direct comparison.

I am a fan of all unaged Clairins and this is my first aged expression. So nothing to compare to. But i am – unlike other reviewers – not disappointed. Yes, in the smell is not much clairin left and the oloroso cask clearly takes the center spot. But this is ok for me. I also really enjoyed the taste where there is enough sajous left and works really nicely together with cherry, black cassis and dried plum as well as sherry. Really loved this. Got 2 bottles. Update: i am correcting this score down by a point due to more tasting experiences but also after a new side by side tasting with the other release aged in whisky and rum casks catching up in my mind.

Update: Good but not great. Most conspicuously it lacks depth. Taste and alcohol integration is fine but I must agree with what someone said that it reminds you of a surface-only rum from Panama. I am a sucker for a beautiful bottle though and I just love how this one looks. Presents itself really well on the table. Perhaps that actually encapsulates this rum, great exteriors but not much in the way of layers. Too demanding to be a true easy sipper but not rich or deep enough to sit as a true tasting rum. That being said it’s not a bad rum. A tragic hero of sorts with its profile that lacks a home.

This one was hidden on a top shelf and I was the first one asking for it at the Tiki bar in question. The nose is fruity with sugarcane, nuts and vanilla trailed by grass. The palate is also fruity with lots of cane, wood and spices trailed by grass and tea and a hint of sherry. The finish is long and woody with sugarcane, grass, tea and dried fruits.

8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is sherry forward, with an earthy funk in the background.There are estery tropical fruits with overripe banana, dried fruits with apricots, raisins, vegetal notes with an olive, some glue.The wood is roasted and spicy with baking spices, vanilla, fruit cake, complex and inviting. On aeration, the sugarcane is juicy, grassy and waxy. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is tasty like a bag of sweets with dark fruit caramel sauce. There are strong sherry notes with red fruits, berries, dried fruits like raisins, prunes, some tropical with banana, pineapple.The sugarcane is vegetal, mineral with the olive, black tea.There's even a little bit of Sajous late on the finish.Excellent sherry aged rum, and fun zesty sajous funk.The wood is charred, spicy with vanilla, cinnamon.Our tasting buds are enjoying the balance and complexity in one.... 8,5:The finish is long, a bit bitter, dry, but tasty with dried fruits, berries, vegetal, waxy, mineral sugarcane with some tea, roasted, spicy wood with green pepper... Edit:31.1.2025, confirm the grade

Very cool rum with a super smooth finish🥃🤤 But with a miserable price-per-value rate…

A nice nose, quite lively, with cherry alcohol and a vegetal side.A full mouth from the start, still cherry and a clear agricultural side. A great aromatic freedom.a final a little disappointing, short with spices.a beautiful rum in which I don't really find Michel Sajous.

Have 2 samples of this, so there will be 2 sessions. First impression: the smell immediately filled the room, one could recognize the Clairin, but in a muted intensity I have yet to find the Sherry component. The taste is quite hot and burning, but not unpleasant.

The Oloroso cask has done a great job, but I find both on the nose and on the palate the Clairin comes through clearly, with the nose overall having more of the sherry cask.Overall a good to very good rum. However, I like both "sherry bombs" and the unaged Clairin profile, but neither are my favorites, either alone or in combination. Quite positive I find the alcohol integration and uniqueness.

J ai trouvé ce rhum d une très grande intensité et bien marqué par le fût de sherry. Un nez agréablement fruité faisant pensé à de la cerise noire, présence de la canne et fût bien présent avec un petit côté vin. Bouche intense et vive dans l attaque, mais le fruité revient rapidement avec du sucre brûlé et du végétal. La finale est douce et peu persistante ce qui contraste avec la puissance de ce rhum.

Beautiful, well-made rum that skillfully plays with the young freshness of the Clairins and a storage in sherry cask.

Thanks a lot Speed Flo for this surprise. Even though it's not normally my world, this was a nice detour