Velier Isautier Small Batch 2007 14yr 57%

RX12384 Very good Column Still Rum 991 bottles <250€

8.5/1076 ratings

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“Complex rum: spicy, woody, fruity, minty undertones.”

Distilled in 2007, the Isautier 'Small Batch' is a limited edition rum from Reunion, crafted by independent bottler Velier. Featuring an ABV of 57%, this rum offers a complex aroma with dominant spicy, fruity, and apricot notes, complemented by vanilla and barrel nuances. Users highlight its balanced profile with wood, spice, and fruity flavors, including minty undertones. While some detect a unique bitterness, others appreciate its integration of botanicals and complexity. This rum requires attention to fully appreciate its nuance, with notes of chocolate, tropical fruits, and a subtle Cognac influence from ex-casks. As a well-rounded rum with only 991 bottles available, it invites both intrigue and divided opinions.

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Highlights

Complex and aromatic profile
Well-integrated alcohol
Sophisticated wood influence

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How does this rum taste?

The Isautier 'Small Batch 2007' Rum combines spicy, woody, and fruity aromas with minty undertones. Distinct apricot and vanilla notes create a sophisticated yet polarizing finish.

Most frequently mentioned flavors

Aroma

Spicy Fruity Apricot Vanilla Barrel Woody

Taste

Woody Spicy Minty Fruity Intense Dry

Finish

Woody Vanilla Minty Bitter Orange peel Vegetal

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Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪

9 January 2024

8.8/10

“A rum balanced in aromas, for my taste far too much. A fine rum, but the column distillation limits its potential. The nose reveals a light roastiness accompanied by dark chocolate, wood and spice. On the palate there is wood, spice, faint roasting/roasting and balsamic notes with a not too long lychee/grape finish. One senses the use of ex-cognac barrels that give it a refined profile close to agricole. A rum that needs attention, but personally not my style.”

Aroma

Dark chocolate Toasted Spicy Barrel

Taste

Toasted Spicy Woody Roasted Solvents

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

20 December 2023

8.6/10

“20.12.2023 Having a retaste today and it's a lot better than the first time. I wonder if it's because the bottle has been opened and we took some glasses and then closed it again. Definitely a lot better and this time a much higher score. -------------- #4011 This one was very disappointing compared to the other two. Everything is off and not really balanced. maybe it's the triple cask maturation that went wrong? The price tag on this one is also half of the other two, but I wouldn't buy this one to be honest. Tomorrow I'll finish up the last 3 I have if the 15 year old (September 06 - December 21) has been added to the database.”

Aroma

Orange Vanilla Chocolate Woody Banana

Taste

Banana Dried apricot Woody Minty Spice

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Joachim Guger

23 January 2023

8.3/10

“Banana, lots of banana. Then very spicy and a prime example of tropical wood maturity, the oak is perfectly integrated. Great solvent. In the mouth then full-bodied and warm. Perfect alcohol. Horny plastic nodes in the finish. The little brother of the Traditionnel 2005 and equally good.”

Aroma

Banana Vanilla Spicy Nutty Mocha

Taste

Warm Furry Banana Caramel Oak

Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

21 December 2023

8.8/10

“Now that's a seductive rum! Wonderful, these mango and peach notes! The only thing that detracts from the overall impression is, in my opinion, the overpowering alcohol on the palate, of which there is really no trace on the nose. Now I really must try the 16-year-old brother (also molasses)! Thanks to Olivia for the sample. Update 2023-12-20: Online blind tasting 20.12.2023 with 6 very different, but precisely for this reason quite excellent rums, none of which I would particularly like to emphasize in retrospect, each tasted good in its own way and brought its character to the flight, which is why no points were awarded. A great tasting with friends, in which each of us contributed a blind sample. Order RX17286 RX726 RX9954 RX3604 RX39 RX12384 If you want to know what an extract of overripe apricots tastes like, try RX12384, simply delicious.”

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

crazyforgoodbooze

6 August 2024

9.0/10

“Wow! Meine Isautier Referenz bis dato! Damit hätte ich nicht gerechnet. Extrem harmonisch, süffig, mild und komplex. Intensive Mango, Papaya und Pfirsich-Noten werden von Milchschokolade und Minze sowie Rosenblütenblättern und Eukalyptustee ergänzt. Sehr cremiges Mundgefühl, der Alkohol ist perfekt integriert. Im Abgang macht sich dann dezent das Holz, sowie eine leichte salzigkeit und Bitterkeit bemerkbar aber dann kommt Minze und Mango wieder zurück. Sehr geil. Es muss halt tatsächlich doch nicht immer savanna sein. Sehr harmonisch! Wenn man den 2007er savanna grand arome Jahrgang kennt sind hier eindeutig Parallelen zu erkennen!”

Aroma

Mango Strawberry Rose Papaya Cream Toffee

Taste

Mango Peaches Minty Rose Salty

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user crazyforgoodbooze

Leo Tomczak

5 October 2022

8.8/10

“First Isautier and at the same time first Agricole from Reunion for me. Wow. Horny stuff. Already in the nose incredibly complex, peach and tropical wood, maybe some pepper.In the taste then full mouthfeel and incredibly well integrated alcohol. Really Agricole Feeling as with Martiniques does not come up, for this the rum is too mature. Rather long and good oak barrel aging. Finish is then nice and long, also here at no time alcoholic sharpness, rather sweetness and desire for more.”

mto75

30 January 2023

8.6/10

“now finally times the brother of the 16er in the glass, but based on molasses. The notes on the nose I like really well, allspice, milk chocolate, caramel, fruity jam, barrel. On the palate roasty-spicy over to slightly salty, then in the finish rather woody and with a slight bitterness.”

Aroma

Allspice Milk chocolate Vanilla Caramel Fruity

Taste

Spicy Woody Roasted Caramel

Serge

24 February 2024

8.6/10

“Very tasty ... really like the profile. The cognac cask really comes into its own. Update: The bottle is now empty and it was delicious to the end - even if the last few drams in the bottle were quite cloudy.”

Aroma

Spicy Papaya Leather Menthol Medicinal

Taste

Intense Woody Minty Delicious Furry

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Serge

Basti

12 March 2024

8.4/10

“Takes a while to develop in the glass. Lots of fruit on the nose, peach and apricot are very present. There are also floral notes, spices and wood. On the palate, a very present mint note and also lots of fruit and wood.”

Aroma

Fruity Sweet Fresh Dried fruit Floral

Taste

Sugarcane Floral Flowery Barrel Bitter

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Basti

Jarek

3 October 2023

8.3/10

“Promising on the nose. Good on the palate, but less good than the nose suggests. Second try: I like the nose even better than before and I also enjoy it more on the palate this time.”

Aroma

Apricot Mango Spicy Caramel Nutty

Taste

Woody Spicy Roasted Salty Citrus

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Jarek

Tim

19 January 2024

8.8/10

“Round rum with a thoroughly pleasant and complex nose. A subtle sweetness in the mouth complements the otherwise somewhat sour and bitter side. You also have to love the herbal notes to rate the rum 9/10. However, the vanilla, chocolate and tropical fruits bring the rum very close for me.”

Aroma

Vanilla Caramel Fruity Mango Banana

Taste

Spicy Toffee Caramel Sweet Bitter

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Tim

Thunderbird

16 February 2023

8.0/10

“A well-balanced rum! Too well-behaved for me though, it lacks the surprising elements”

Aroma

Spicy Vanilla Fruity Dark chocolate

Taste

Woody Spicy Intense Fruity Roasted

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Thunderbird

Frank

23 May 2022

8.9/10

“I was looking forward to this one. First Isautier for me. Beautifully intense, powerful and good on the nose. Spicy fruity and creamy sweet. Pleasant creaminess with vanilla meets apricot and papaya. Also has something of fruit bread. In addition, slightly woody and the scent of dried tobacco leaves. I really like what I smell there. Also full-bodied and intense on the palate. Again spicy-fruity-woody, with a pleasant acidity of blackcurrant and lemon zest. A bit bitter, then salty, then fruity sour sweet. Mint comes through and the wood, perhaps with some more hazelnut and chocolate toffee. Still bitter on the finish and increasingly green. I like it decidedly well.”

Aroma

Spicy Fruity Complex Concentrated Apricot

Taste

Intense Delicious Fruity Spicy Woody

Tom Buteneers

15 July 2023

8.2/10

“Always nice to taste some samples on vacation. Girlfriend prefers yesterday’s Rasta Morris Bielle. I agree that it’s more elegant, but for me two different drinks. This is, in my Tagesform, an easy sipper with some nice bourbon and wood influences and not overly complex. Solid 8.2.”

Photo of the rum Small Batch taken from user Tom Buteneers

MarcT

17 July 2024

8.4/10

“A good Rum, as usual tasted without looking at the stats. The Rhum is of the Molasses type I think, and I recognize French cask maturation. I never had Isautier before, so I am not sure what to expect. The cask is very present on the tongue, which I do not get often. Fruit, wood and spices. The aftertaste is has a mix of herbs and malt to it. The Alcohol is not rough, and there is no sweetness overall. In total this Rum is well made, rounded and balanced - just not my taste.”

Aroma

Spicy Woody Apricot Caramel Yellow fruits

Taste

Woody Spicy Intense Orange peel Fruity

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What are the key facts about this rum?

Country
Reunion

Distillery
Isautier

Bottler
Velier

RumX ID
RX12384

ABV
57%

Category
Column Still Rum

Vintage
2007

Cask number
#36

Made from
Molasses

Distillation
Column Still

Age
14 years

No. of bottles
991

Bottle volume
70cl

Price range
<250€

Type of spirit
Rum

What is the price trend for this rum?

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