Velier Sonson Pierre Gilles Clairin Sonson 2020
Highly praised Haitian clairin with fresh cane, olives, hay and citrus. Lively but approachable at 51.1%, offering characterful, authentic flavours that many find smooth and engaging neat.
Fans of rustic, agricole-like white rums who enjoy fresh cane, olives and herbal, slightly salty notes at a moderate but lively cask-strength ABV.
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Fresh, salty, characterful Haitian clairin
If you enjoy Sajous or Casimir but want something a bit smoother and less briny, Sonson hits that fresh cane and olive sweet spot without added sugar.
Beginners expecting sweet, easy 40% rums or anyone who dislikes herbal, briny or slightly astringent profiles in their white spirits.
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About the Sonson Pierre Gilles distillery
The Sonson Pierre Gilles distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Sonson Pierre Gilles have been reviewed 161 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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I loved the 2018 Sonson, a really different nose, much less gourmand than the 2018, with more alcohol and ester than the 2018, it reminded me of Japanese ryoma rum. on the palate it's very iodized, there's some hay, it's astringent, with a hint of ginger, wild, and suave. Overall, I like it a lot less than the 2018, mainly because of the nose, which is a lot even on the palate! But in the end, there's not much difference with the 2018 on the palate, which just goes to show how important the nose is!
Auto-translatedTasted at the UK RumFest, and not a fully in depth tasting - overall impressions were that it’s a smooth rum and similar but maybe less pronounced briny/olive flavours than the Sajous. The woman on the Velier & LMDW stand was great, really knowledgeable and clearly enthusiastic about their rums.
Overall a pleasant Clairin that works very well neat that I tasted at the Sweden Rumfest 2023. It’s like all Clairins from Haiti and in this case from Sonson Pierre Gilles distillery in Cabaret. It’s produced from the local sugar cane variety, Madame Meuze, that after the cane is pressed is reduced to syrup that after fermentation is distilled in their pot still by Stephan Kalil Saoud.
A rum tasted in a bar in Genoa. Fruity on the nose, with very ripe pineapple, apple alcohol, sour apple and a distinct herbaceous edge. The palate is relatively smooth, still with sour apple and herbaceous notes. The length is there, but the finish develops false bitter tastes of rotten apple and drugs. A pity.
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