Clairin Vaval Rum

Clairin Vaval is made by Fritz Vaval at the Arawaks distillery near Cavaillon in Haiti's southern peninsula, which has been operating since 1947. It is distilled from the fresh juice of the heirloom Madame Meuze sugarcane, fermented with wild yeasts and distilled in a small pot still, then bottled unaged by Velier with no water added or reduction.

The result is a raw, terroir-driven spirit, with fresh cane, citrus, ginger and red pepper on the nose and a vegetal, grassy palate full of salty, olive and mineral notes. One for adventurous rum lovers: sip it neat to explore its complexity, or use it to give real backbone to a Daiquiri or tiki cocktail.