Aroma visualization from community tastings
Velier Versailles VSG VSG 1998
Demerara collectors chasing the old Velier single-cask legend are the real audience here — this is a Versailles-still rum with a divisive cedar streak. There's burnt caramel and vanilla up front, milk chocolate and nougat on the palate, and then the glass turns into a dry cigar box of cedar that some love and others find takes over. Well-liked, but several tasters wish it had more length and grip.
The community says- Cigar-box cedar
- Chocolate nougat
- But: Short finish
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How does Velier Versailles VSG VSG 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 12 community reviews.
Cedar-heavy Demerara with chocolate and nougat Most rate it well but flag it as one of the softer, less complex Veliers — the cedar dominates and the finish falls short. A few also hit soapy off-notes in their samples.
Demerara fans and Velier collectors
anyone wanting a long, complex sipper
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How is Velier Versailles VSG VSG 1998 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.2 sits in the “Very good” band. 83% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
67% rate it 8 or higher. 6 selected write-ups from 12 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by cigares
Most helpful positive review
Très beau caramel au nez, caramel mou pour être exact. Un côté herbacé et fermenté, du bois de cèdre (boîte à cigares). Un nez envoûtant. Une bouche puissante malgré les 46,5% avec du caramel et de l’alcool, puis le côté boîte à cigares (cèdre) se développe jusqu’à tout dominer. Tout se remet en place en finale avec du chocolat au lait, de la vanille. Un autre rhum extrême avec un cèdre incroyablement présent en bouche. Mais la finale et le nez sont superbes.
Review by Jakob
Most helpful mixed review
Quite sweet and flat with a peculiar floral-nutty note that possibly indicates an oxidation influence in the sample. Either way, however, the base product remains a little too weak on the chest to impress.
Review by Oliver
No Versailles. More in the direction of Blairmont. The first sample had a blatant soap impact.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
15.11.2019 Having a great tasting event at this old hotel meeting new people. Notes Medium dark in colour. Nose Light roasted wood, dried fruit, light caramel, faint coffee, plum, light floral, Palate Oily, light wood, sweet, round, raisin, plum, faint coffee, light floral, faint iodine. Finish Medium long, wood, berries, light caramel, faint chocolate.
Review by Holle525
War sehr gespannt auf diese Abfüllung und habe oft gehört, dass diese eine der schlechtesten Velier Demerara Abfüllungen sein soll. Der Geruch erinnert gleich an Versailles und ist mehr als akzeptabel. Geschmacklich auch Versailles und meines Erachtens sehr gefällig. Allerdings fehlt es an Komplexität und Länge. Jedoch absolut kein schlechter Rum und besser als so vieles Andere.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... The Old Velier Demerara rum is the best thing you can taste in the rum world. The rums were aged in the tropics for several years by mistake and nobody refilled the barrel. The Andel tax was 90% or more, which is why the taste is especially full and intense. Even though it is an extra expensive product, I recommend to taste a rum from this series at least once in your life.
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
In the beginning the glas has a slightly floral nose that vanishes quickly. Then there is burned caramel, vanilla and roasted notes. On the palate you get the full side of chocolate nougat and spices. After a while come cedar joins. The end gets chocolate and wood. That wood in the end becomes like a very dry cigar box of cedar. The empty glas is full of that note.
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Auction results 3814 € – 4340 €
from 3 sales, latest 04/2026
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Avg. community purchase price 6155 €
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Details about Velier Versailles VSG VSG 1998
A rum from Guyana, bottled by Velier, at 46,5%.
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Community purchases
9 bottles logged by 7 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
11% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Velier Versailles VSG VSG 1998?
Community paid 1,080–4,840 €.
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9 purchased · 12 tasted · 4 wishlist · as of
About the Versailles distillery
The Versailles distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Versailles have been reviewed 697 times with an average of 8.4/10.
To Versailles →Read on in the RumX Guide
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