Clairin Vieux Sajous 2019 5 yo Vol.58,3% Cl.70

This is the fifth release of this aged Clairin transformed into Rum Vieux.

Distilled with artisanal methods in Haiti in 2019, it is refined under the tropical sun.

It is Clairin 2019 that becomes a real Rum, exceeding 5 years of age thus losing the primary characteristics of Michel Sajous' Clairin, to enrich itself with a new aromatic profile typical of aged rums.

Few bottles of this experimental Sajous were produced, all bottled at the full degree of 57 Avb, a record.

Originating from the Grand Terroir of St Michel de L’Attalaye in Haiti, this Pure Single Rum is made from 100% Cristalline sugar cane and is aged entirely in the tropical climate of Port-Au-Prince in 18 mixed barrels that have contained rum and whisky.

Produced with Cristalline cane, one of the best ancient varieties, now grown only in Haiti, hand-picked when perfectly ripe and transported on the backs of animals to the distillery.

It is pressed in the small mill, more gently than the typical way of the French Antilles.

Fermentation starts spontaneously with indigenous yeasts.

The distillation still is heated by the fire of the "bagasse", the cane fiber squeezed and dried in the sun.

Everything is done with respect for nature, the land, the culture and the Haitian rhythms.

Aged entirely in the tropical climate of Port-Au-Prince from a selection of 18 mixed barrels that contained rum and whiskey, Vieux Sajous 2019 is the first Clairin that, after exceeding 5 years of age, becomes a real rum.

Vieux Sajous 5 years marks a turning point in aging, the result of the experience of the short refinement of the Clairin Ansyen but above all due to the fact that the Clairin Sajous had a full alcohol content much lower than any other rum at the time of placing it in the barrel.

This Vieux Sajous is the demonstration of the great aging capacity that the Clairins of this distillery are showing.

The change in packaging, which recalls the famous Caroni rums, intends to give a visible sign of the extremely interesting quality and the high level achieved.

The result is extraordinary.