Dorcinvil Distillery Saint Benevolence Clairin

Clairin is Haiti's village cane-juice rum, made from fresh-pressed sugar cane with wild, spontaneous fermentation and heirloom cane, agricole in spirit though it cannot use the word. This Saint Benevolence bottling comes off a pot still at the Dorcinvil distillery, unaged and bottled at 50% to show that raw character intact.

Wild fermentation and pot distillation push the profile into savoury, funky territory: the nose is grassy, briny and smoky with green olive and mineral notes, and the palate keeps the olive and smoke alongside fresh sugarcane and a cardamom lift. The finish turns smoky and earthy with black pepper and a charred edge, even a meaty note. This is a characterful, polarising spirit, not a smooth sipper, rewarding for drinkers who like Haitian funk neat and excellent in a daiquiri.