Review #: 317
Description: Habitation Velier Savanna HERR
Spirit: Rum
Background: This is a high ester, unaged rum from Savanna distillery on the French island of Reunion. This comes from a molasses distillate off of a pot still. Rumor has it that they made a large batch of it before having it sit in tanks figuring out what to do before HV decided they wanted to bottle some of it. As a funk junky, I’m excited.
Distillery – Savanna
Bottler – Habitation Velier
Brand – Habitation Velier
Selection – N/A
ABV – 61.1%
Age – Unaged
Nose – Oh my, super fruity: juicy fruit, watermelon, bubblegum, smarties candy, there’s a tiny bit of funk in the form of some staleness, like a weird overripe banana. There is a slight sweaty locker room tinge in there too.
Taste – More sweet fruit, guava, pineapple, smarties, banana cream pie, vanilla frosting
Finish – Big blast of molasses, burnt caramel, cooked bananas. If you have ever had a pixie stick and coated your mouth with sugar to the point where raw sugar goes down your throat and then you cough up a cloud of sugar, that’s the best way I can describe the way this leaves your mouth feeling. But without the discomfort of the coughing.
Score: 9
Would I buy a bottle? I’m kicking myself for not getting a backup. Around $60 and this is probably the best rum I’ve had to date.
Thoughts: I think my thoughts are pretty clear here. I love how much more approachable this is compared to DOK (which I love too). Super fruity and sweet and tangy and just keeps your mouth on an endless amount of flavors. It’s so good and I really hope to get hands on more of it.