Velier Carrere Montebello Flora Antillarum

This balanced yet light-bodied 19-year-old rum offers aromas of peaches and vanilla, with flavors of hay and mandarin, but lacks the expected intensity for its age.

8.4  / 10  (36 reviews)

Complex aroma, light body, lacks expected intensity.

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    How does this rum taste?

    • Complex aroma profile
    • Pleasant spice and fruit balance
    • Harmonious flavor notes

    Montebello Flora Antillarum, bottled by Velier, is a limited-edition rum produced at Carrere Distillery in Guadeloupe. Distilled in 2002 from molasses and sugar cane juice using a column still, it aged for 19 years and is bottled at 41.3% ABV. Tasting notes reveal intense aromas of peaches, vanilla, and tea with a hint of demerara sugar. The palate features hay, vanilla, and mandarin, with herbal and woody undertones. Reviews suggest a pleasant olfactory profile, but note a lighter body than expected, questioning the cask strength’s impact. The rum is particularly appreciated for its aromatic complexity, although its pricing and intensity garner mixed feelings.

    Aroma

    Peaches Vanilla Flowery Tea

    Taste

    Hay Vanilla Herbal Woody

    How is this rum rated?

    8.4  / 10  (36 reviews)
    Top 25% Guadeloupe
    Top 22% Carrere

    "A good expression of montebello!Very rich and fruity but I would have liked to hear it with more degrees.The yield would have been better!"

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    8.5 / 10
    Review by: Giorgio Garotti

    "A very sweet fruity nose! Almost sherry-like!The palate is, although the rum light and thin comes along, quite intense and complex!Fruit and herbs alternate harmoniously!The finish is then again typical Agricole!A good rum, which would probably have been excellent with higher ABV"

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    8.0 / 10
    Review by: Thunderbird

    "An old agricultural rum with a very pleasant olfactory profile, oscillating between fruits (tropical, dry and orange), spices, vegetable notes, coffee and caramel, for a very harmonious whole. In the mouth, the rum is very light and sweet, carried by a profile of sweet spices, cinnamon, hazelnuts and almonds, a succinct fruity side and aromas of cappuccino, chocolate, caramel and hay are also felt. The finish is slightly lacking in impact, though citrus, wood, spice, chocolate, and herbal and floral notes come through. A very good rum on paper, but very expensive for the final rendition, which lacks the intensity to be a level above."

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    8.2 / 10
    Review by: TheRhumhoe

    "Becomes a bit too sweet and sour for me overall, which I attribute to the dilution of the original distillate. Initially with beautiful complexity of fruits, honey, nougat and spices - but at the back just too thin and almost watered down, which gives the citrus fruits in the interplay with the sweetness too much weight. Too bad, because for me the assumption remains that more would have been possible here with more ABV also taste."

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    8.3 / 10
    Review by: Jakob
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    Bottler
    Brand
    Montebello
    RumX ID
    RX12787
    ABV
    41,3%
    Category
    Column Still Rum
    Vintage
    2002
    Made from
    Molasses and sugar cane juice
    Distillation
    Column Still
    Age
    19 years
    No. of bottles
    482
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Velier • Carrere 2002 &nbsp; 19yr &nbsp; 41,3% Montebello Flora Antillarum

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    Ø Market value
    242€

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    About the Carrere distillery

    The Carrere distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Carrere have been reviewed 1,127 times with an average of 8.0/10.


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