How does this rum taste?
- Floral and herbal complexity
- Long, dry finish
- Evolving flavors with aeration
The Vieux Vaval (First Release) from Velier is a limited edition Haitian rum distilled at the Arawaks distillery in 2015. Crafted using pot stills and sugar cane juice, this rum matures for eight years at cask strength with a 51.8% ABV. Noted for its complex ester and dried fruit aroma, it reveals a taste featuring floral, alcoholic, and sweet notes with a hint of medicinal apple. The rum sparks varied user reactions, with some praising its intricate profile, while others find it falls short compared to the unaged versions. It presents a uniquely floral and herbal character that appeals to adventurous palates.
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About the Arawaks distillery
The Arawaks distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Arawaks have been reviewed 439 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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"Franconian Tasting Gang on 23.11.24 at Jarek. For me, this was the negative surprise of the evening, and by far the loser of the evening. I don't really need to have it in my glass again."
"Grundsätzlich gefallen mir die Rums aus Haiti sehr. Dieser Rum wurde im Vorfeld sehr gehyped. Er wird seinem Hype überhaupt nicht gerecht. Schon an der Nase sehr alkoholisch stechend, was sich am Gaumen, bis zum Abgang durchzieht. Das dreckig fruchtige Profil wird von den Kräutern und Pflanzen untergraben."
"8,4:On the nose, it is estery with overripe tropical, dried fruits like raisins, prunes and vegetal with herbal notes.The wood is roasted. On aeration, the sugarcane is more evident, swimming in caramel, flowery, some medicinal notes with nail polish, perhaps glue.Citrus pleasantly rounds up the notes. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is stormy, unbalanced, funky with gemischt of different notes like spices, vegetal, salty, woody and fruity.It is bitter with an olive, wax, acidic with a vinegar, roasted and resinous wood, dry.Some overripe estery tropical and dried fruits round it a bit.After some rest, it becomes balanced with citrus, floral, herbal and dark notes like roasted nuts, chocolate, licorice, some caramel. The sugarcane is mineral and minty, the overripe pineapple tasty, some tea is obvious. 8,3:The finish is a bit rounder, long, dry, there come some more industrial notes like wax, rubber, bicycle tube, even dirt.The sugarcane is mineral, vegetal, the wood earthy and roasted. Fruit spectre is lingering from the palate.Bitterness continues.... Edit: 14.12.-more resting, oxidation balances the palate, new notes could be noticed like vanilla custard, marzipan, pastry, even cola"
"82 points. Tasted at the WLP 2023."