San Zanj Haitian White Rum (75cl, 43%)

San Zanj is the unaged white rum in the Ak Zanj family, blended from two clairins and one cane-juice rum. It is wild-yeast fermented and Creole-column distilled in Port-au-Prince, then bottled at 43% ABV in a 750ml bottle with no oak ageing. The name means "Without Angels", referring to the absence of cask ageing and angels' share. The rum is made from fresh sugarcane juice and sourced and blended by Berling S.A. It is a vivid, grassy, funky white rum in the Haitian clairin tradition, with the two-clairin blend adding rustic complexity. On the nose there is sugarcane juice, green grass, white flowers and clairin funk, with overripe banana and wet earth. The palate is bold and savoury, with cane sweetness, a peppery mid-palate and a long grassy finish.