Velier Isautier Small Batch 2007

Wow! My Isautier reference so far! I wouldn't have expected that. Extremely harmonious, palatable, mild and complex. Intense mango, papaya and peach notes are complemented by milk chocolate and mint as well as rose petals and eucalyptus tea. Very creamy mouthfeel, the alcohol is perfectly integrated. In the finish, the wood and a slight saltiness and bitterness are subtly noticeable, but then the mint and mango return. Very cool. It doesn't always have to be savanna after all. Very harmonious! If you know the 2007 savanna grand arome vintage, you can clearly recognize parallels here!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CAUTION, the bottle should be swirled well before use. The rum contains an enormous amount of barrel particles, which significantly change the smell and taste! On the nose, the rum makes a rather heavy, fruity but above all spicy impression. The aroma is dominated by intense orange peel, coconut, mango and passion fruit...possibly also from the cognac barrel? However, the rum is also a brute spice bomb in the form of intense Christmas spices, speculoos dough, baked apples and cinnamon. A pleasant caramel sweetness and floral notes round off the whole thing very nicely. Only subtly sweet in the mouth, rather dry. Herbs and Christmas spices dominate very clearly here, the rum hardly leaves much room for anything else. A very nice rum, which unfortunately leaves something to laugh about in the mouth

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.

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.

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.

The nose is flowery and fruity with lavender, marmalade and different stone fruits. I also get some hints of plastic and nail polish. The taste is more dry and spicy with notes of menthol and orange peel. This continues into the finish with some added peppery notes. Overall a good rum.

Tasted this at SDR23, so my review remains rather concise. On nose and palate very remniscent of frangipane with flavours of apricot, almonds, vanilla, marzipan and cake frosting. It presents an extremely dense profile combining confections with damp wood and bitter chocolate. I’m a little surprised reading rather stern reviews, as I, for one, am extremely glad I picked up a bottle of this.

And once again, a big thank you to Serge. Thanks for the recommendation and the sample. I find this rum very balanced and round in taste. It is very full-bodied and intense. It's simply a pleasure to drink.

Really good STOFF 🤩🤩 ...

La Réunion isn’t really my usual rum hunting territory as I’m not the biggest fan of their rhum. This one took me by surprise as it has an excellent nose and taste with a perfectly integrated ABV. Great stuff 👌🏻