My search for great Clairins from Haiti has ended

Enclosed is my list of Haitian Clairins, ranked in my order of preference. These are NOT for beginners!!!! The first three are recommended to adventurous souls. The last three are recommended to no one! Clairin Le Rocher 2018 Clairin Sajous 2017 San Zanj (for beginners to clairins) Ak Zanj (aged 8 years and removes the unique tastes) Clairin Casimir 2018 Clairin Vaval 2018 Saint Benevelonce Rum Clairin These are all in a class by themselves and I agree that they should be called Clairins instead of Agricoles. As for my mention in my reviews of two rotting corks from Velier Clairins, the problems were visually obvious to any idiot as to the cause. However, since Luca is so highly revered on this site, I will allow for him to do his own job to find the problem on his own. Normally, these cork makers would get a "You're FIRED!!" notice. However, these Haitian Clairin distillers simply need to be informed as to what they are doing wrong, and this is so ridiculously simple to correct!

Oh yea, Clairins are a league of its own! I just know the Sajous and Casimir, I like both because they are so special (Sajous is definitely the better choice). But, as you know, every batch is different, because of the wild yeast fermentation. The cork problem: where people work, there can be mistakes. ;-)

Rene: I assure you that the cork problem that I encountered here was not caused in the work place. Two corks were good and both were synthetic with no coating. These were found on Sajous and Casimir 2018. The two bad corks were both real cork with a "special" white coating. This chemical reaction is what ruined both. These were on Le Rocher and Vaval. I was not going to let the cat out of the bag on this one, but the unsuspecting buyer will not be able to see this until pulling the clairin out of the gift box and then removing the outside foil completely.

I haven’t tasted mine yet (Casimir, La Rocher, Sajous, Vaval, Boukman & Providence), but as you say and as I also heard before is the Sajous and the La Rocher two of the best. Will be interesting to see if my opinion is the same and if they can match the Rivers Antoine thats also an non Agricole made from sugarcane juice.

My search for great Clairins from Haiti has ended Stefan Persson user image

mmm.... my Casimir 2015 has a natural cork and looks ok. Usually cork is chemical resistant, but can be dry out and break. And yes, there is sometimes a poor quality on the market, but it’s only a matter of the price. Look that the cork gets wettened by the liquid in the bottle from time to time.

Rene: With the "special" coating on the two bad corks, there is no way that the liquid could have touched the cork. This probably what caused the corks to rot and break apart. This coating probably looked good in theory, but was a terrible idea.

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