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Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous Lustau Oloroso Cask 2017
Sour cherry, sherry and a whiff of glue lead here, with grassy sugarcane and dark caramel underneath. The Oloroso cask does a lot of the talking — several tasters find it softens the raw Sajous funk, and a few wish it hadn't. At cask strength the heat needs a few minutes to settle. One reviewer called it a "really nice daily driver," others just enjoyed the cherry-and-sherry combination.
The community says- Cherry and red fruit
- Good alcohol integration
- Sherry can dominate
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How does Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous Lustau Oloroso Cask 2017 taste?
Aggregated from 185 community reviews.
Cherry-and-sherry Clairin, funk toned down Widely liked as a fruity, cherry-forward sherry-aged Clairin. The recurring catch: the Oloroso cask tames the wild Sajous character, which disappoints purists but wins over people who find raw Clairin too much.
Sherry-bomb fans and people who find raw Clairin too wild
Purists who want the full unaged Sajous funk
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.4 sits in the “Very good” band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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21% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 185 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
Most helpful positive review
On the nose and palate: cane, vanilla, grass, sweet, cherry...a good rum.
Review by MarcT
Most helpful mixed review
Have 2 samples of this, so there will be 2 sessions. First impression: the smell immediately filled the room, one could recognize the Clairin, but in a muted intensity I have yet to find the Sherry component. The taste is quite hot and burning, but not unpleasant.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
31.10.2025 Retasting at Tom's wedding. ------- This one was hidden on a top shelf and I was the first one asking for it at the Tiki bar in question. The nose is fruity with sugarcane, nuts and vanilla trailed by grass. The palate is also fruity with lots of cane, wood and spices trailed by grass and tea and a hint of sherry. The finish is long and woody with sugarcane, grass, tea and dried fruits.
Review by Dr.Django
the white rums from Hait/Clairini taste very good. if you let this good base mature in a cask, it automatically becomes a masterpiece. you would think so, but it's not like that. in fact, a lot is lost in the cask and a lot is gained. very drinkable with a cherry aroma that I like.
Review by Giorgio Garotti
I had heard this rum when it was first released and it had made a decent impression on me, but now with the open bottle at home I must say that it really has something that captures me! A perfect integration between the sajous that retains its authentic flavors and the sherry cask that enriches it with black cherries, cream and meringues!
Review by Leo Krüper
Really different from the version without sherry storage. But different is not meant in a judgmental way. Both go great hand in hand. A lovely, interesting clairin. Great PLV and still available.
Review by Serge
I am a fan of all unaged Clairins and this is my first aged expression. So nothing to compare to. But i am – unlike other reviewers – not disappointed. Yes, in the smell is not much clairin left and the oloroso cask clearly takes the center spot. But this is ok for me. I also really enjoyed the taste where there is enough sajous left and works really nicely together with cherry, black cassis and dried plum as well as sherry. Really loved this. Got 2 bottles. Update: i am correcting this score down by a point due to more tasting experiences but also after a new side by side tasting with the other release aged in whisky and rum casks catching up in my mind.
Review by Jakob
Doesn't quite come close to its sister bottling at 50.1%, as the additional alcohol content works to the detriment of balance in a direct comparison.
Review by Galli33
Very cool rum with a super smooth finish🥃🤤This combination works really well😜 Lovely sugarcane/clairin notes meets sherry 🤙🏻 Really nice daily driver 😎But with a not so bad price-per-value rate… First tried in Wroclaw
Review by Godspeed
Update: Good but not great. Most conspicuously it lacks depth. Taste and alcohol integration is fine but I must agree with what someone said that it reminds you of a surface-only rum from Panama. I am a sucker for a beautiful bottle though and I just love how this one looks. Presents itself really well on the table. Perhaps that actually encapsulates this rum, great exteriors but not much in the way of layers. Too demanding to be a true easy sipper but not rich or deep enough to sit as a true tasting rum. That being said it’s not a bad rum. A tragic hero of sorts with its profile that lacks a home.
Review by Timo Groeger
Like super rum. Very fruity nose, red fruits such as cherries are particularly recognizable here. You can smell it from a meter away. Also red fruits, cherry and sherry on the palate, but wood is also recognizable.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is sherry forward, with an earthy funk in the background.There are estery tropical fruits with overripe banana, dried fruits with apricots, raisins, vegetal notes with an olive, some glue.The wood is roasted and spicy with baking spices, vanilla, fruit cake, complex and inviting. On aeration, the sugarcane is juicy, grassy and waxy. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is tasty like a bag of sweets with dark fruit caramel sauce. There are strong sherry notes with red fruits, berries, dried fruits like raisins, prunes, some tropical with banana, pineapple.The sugarcane is vegetal, mineral with the olive, black tea.There's even a little bit of Sajous late on the finish.Excellent sherry aged rum, and fun zesty sajous funk.The wood is charred, spicy with vanilla, cinnamon.Our tasting buds are enjoying the balance and complexity in one.... 8,5:The finish is long, a bit bitter, dry, but tasty with dried fruits, berries, vegetal, waxy, mineral sugarcane with some tea, roasted, spicy wood with green pepper... Edit:31.1.2025, confirm the grade
Review by cigares
A nice nose, quite lively, with cherry alcohol and a vegetal side.A full mouth from the start, still cherry and a clear agricultural side. A great aromatic freedom.a final a little disappointing, short with spices.a beautiful rum in which I don't really find Michel Sajous.
Review by Jakob Mmmmhhh
The Oloroso cask has done a great job, but I find both on the nose and on the palate the Clairin comes through clearly, with the nose overall having more of the sherry cask.Overall a good to very good rum. However, I like both "sherry bombs" and the unaged Clairin profile, but neither are my favorites, either alone or in combination. Quite positive I find the alcohol integration and uniqueness.
Review by Eric Frechin
I found this rum very intense and well marked by the sherry cask. A pleasantly fruity nose, reminiscent of black cherry, with the presence of cane and a strong barrel and a hint of wine. The palate is intense and lively on the attack, but the fruitiness quickly returns with burnt sugar and vegetal notes. The finish is soft and not very persistent, which contrasts with the power of this rum.
Review by Johannes
Beautiful, well-made rum that skillfully plays with the young freshness of the Clairins and a storage in sherry cask.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Thanks a lot Speed Flo for this surprise. Even though it's not normally my world, this was a nice detour
Review by Santo
Vineux, beaucoup de fruits rouge au nez et en bouche avec un petit côté végétal. Un rhum agréable dans l'ensemble
Review by Stylo
It feels a little bit unusual for me to taste and give impressions on a rum that hasn’t yet been reviewed here on RumX..I’ll definitely come back a second time and adjust my thoughts, but here’s my first, quick, review. The nose has gotten the biggest influence from the ex-Oloroso casks, with red fruits (I get bitter cherries upfront, possibly figs), and a sweeter sugary note, almost like honey but not so strong. Then, the true Clairin essence starts to coming through, with grassy flavors, raw cane, a fainted hint of green olives. What was a lime peel note i used to get from the unaged Sajous, now seems to me more like chamomile. The palate is an whole other story: the fierce soul of Haiti is still there (sugarcane, grass, lime peel) maybe a little bit softened by those red cherries.
Review by Basti
An der Nase überraschend viel Klebstoff, jede Menge Sherry und auch grasige Anklänge. Erinnert etwas an die Hampden Pagos. Am Gaumen schön cremig mit ordentlich Sherry, Agricole-typischen Aromen und fruchtigen Noten. Leicht sauer.
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Details about Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous Lustau Oloroso Cask 2017
A Clairin from Haiti, bottled by Velier, at 56,7%.
Community purchases
297 bottles logged by 215 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
19% opened, 29 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Chelo Clairin Vieux Sajous Lustau Oloroso Cask 2017 cost?
Community paid 68–121 €.
Current best price: 92.67 € – within the typical community range.
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+6 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
297 purchased · 190 tasted · 73 wishlist · as of
About the Chelo distillery
The Chelo distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Chelo have been reviewed 1,318 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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