Clairin Communal Casimir
Clairin · Distillerie Faubert Casimir
Clairin Casimir is rum in its most elemental form — wild-fermented, pot-distilled, and bottled without aging. It tastes like a specific hillside in Haiti, not a category. For anyone who thinks terroir only belongs in wine, this bottle is a compelling counterargument.
Nose
Bright and arrestingly funky — overripe banana, fresh sugarcane, and a grassy, vegetal quality that reads as raw terroir. Tropical fruit and a hint of citrus round out the picture.
Palate
Full-bodied for an unaged spirit. The agricole-like cane juice character is dominant, with layers of tropical fruit, green olive, and a faint minerality that tastes like the soil it grew in. There's a pleasant oiliness on the tongue.
Finish
Long and persistent with lingering banana, cane sugar, and a clean, slightly herbaceous close.
- Base Ingredient
- Fresh sugarcane juice (heirloom varieties)
- Distillation
- Pot-distilled, single pass
- Country
- Barradères, Haiti
Cocktail Suggestion
Ti' Punch Haïtien — 2 oz Clairin Casimir · 0.5 oz fresh lime juice · 0.25 oz cane syrup · Build in a rocks glass, stir briefly, add one large ice cube or serve neat.
Food Pairing
Griot (Haitian fried pork) with pikliz
Faubert Casimir cultivates his own heirloom sugarcane in the sun-blasted hills of Barradères, Haiti, fermenting the juice with wild ambient yeast and distilling in a rudimentary copper pot still that has remained unchanged for generations.
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