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Roasted wood and dried fruit, balanced finish

Woody, roasted aromas lead to dried fruits, grassy cane and pepper on the palate. Some praise a balanced, fruity finish, while others note a soapy bitterness.

Dried fruit notes
Roasted wood spice
Good drinking strength
142.62 €

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Details about this rum

Country
Distillery
Bottler
RumX ID
RX13232
ABV
47%
Category
Rhum Agricole AOC
Vintage
Made from
Sugar cane juice
Distillation
Creole Column
Age
13 years
Bottle volume
70cl
Velier • Saint James 2008   13yr   47% Sélection exclusive Velier

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members highlight its roasted wood, dried-fruit richness and herbaceous cane, delivered at a comfortable 47%. Several reviewers call the 2008 one of the stronger vintages in the Velier Saint James set, with a balanced, fruity finish. Notes of vanilla, pepper and grassy freshness appear across tastings. A recurring critique mentions a soapy, bitter edge. With 49 community reviews and rising trust, it appeals to fans of structured, woody agricoles.

    Aroma

    Woody Herbal Vanilla Flowery

    Taste

    Woody Grass Roasted Peppery

    How is this rum rated?

    Rating (0-10)
    7.3/10 52 reviews

    Wieder Eiche, erdig, sehr trocken. Und dann - diesmal zurückhaltend - die parfümierte Seife. Im Mund prickelnd und langer, guter Abgang. Intensive Zitrusfrüchte. Ausgewogen, gute Trinkstärke. Von oben (2015) runter verkostet bis jetzt der Beste.

    Franconian Tasting Gang am 10.05.2024 Zuerst ein großes Dankeschön an DomM, der dieses Set zur Verfügung gestellt hat. Mich persönlich hat es nicht abgeholt das Profil. Bis auf eine Ausnahme ist mir dieser Seifengeschmack too much. Die Reste aus den Gläsern sind aber dann dank DomM und Serge in einem spontanen und überragenden Cocktail gelandet.

    Tasted at a private tasting.

    7,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is fresh and herbaceous sugar cane, dried fruits and pears, roasted, spicy wood, slightly medicinal. On aeration, the cane is flowery, but a bit musty, roastedness brings nuts and dark chocolate.There are citrus fruits, some mild solvents flow underneath... 7,8:On the palate, the attack is fruity with dried fruits like apricots, raisins, grassy and vegetal sugarcane, the wood is roasted with caramel, quite dry and spicy with vanilla, peppery.Resting the rum helps green aspect if cane with flowery, grassy and herbaceous touch, a bit musty, lime and berries, a bitterness is inevitable. 8:The finish is the most pleasant, less dry, more balanced with variety of fruits like dried apricots, currants, cherry, peaches and lime peel, passion fruit in the end.The cane is floral and grassy, fresh with tea, slightly earthy. The wood is roasted, nutty, crisp, caramelized, spicy...

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    The Saint James distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Saint James have been reviewed 4,235 times with an average of 8.1/10.

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