Clairin Sonson Cabernet-Haiti

Clairin Sonson is the most audacious and polarizing expression in Velier's legendary Spirit of Haiti series — and the rum that serious enthusiasts describe as requiring courage to make and fortitude to drink. Introduced in 2018 as the fifth single-estate clairin in the Velier stable, Sonson is produced by Stephan Kalil Saoud at the tiny one-pot-still distillery in Cabaret, a village north of Port-au-Prince, using the local Madame Meuze sugarcane variety — pressed into juice, reduced to syrup, spontaneously fermented with wild yeasts, and distilled over an open fire in a single copper pot still. No filtration, no dilution, no additives — bottled at still strength at 53.2% ABV exactly as it comes off the still. The current Cabernet-Haiti vintage is named for the sugarcane varieties unique to the region. Wine Enthusiast called it complex and distinctly savory — green olive leads into mango and charred coconut, finishing with a fleeting hint of espresso. Community reviewers describe the nose as vibrant sugarcane and herbal with fresh lemon, grass, pandan, desiccated coconut, and subtle olive, while the palate brings sweet vegetal notes, tropical fruits, passion fruit, herbal complexity, and a slightly smoky mineral midpalate. It is at once sweet and salty, funky and floral, grassy and deeply savory — a rum unlike anything you have ever tasted. Buy Clairin Sonson online with fast shipping right to your door.