Jack Tar Caroni La Lune 1997

#4090 This is a very nice Caroni and a smoky one indeed. In the glas it's a bit cloudy but nothing that matters. All the expected Caroni notes are there once rested, rubber, tar and smoky wood. There is a light orange note in the profile and I like that. Well balanced and good ABV integration. Draws really nice and slow curtains and the empty glass has even more smoke and fruit flavours.

Very good Caroni. Sensationally good nose for a Caroni. Properly emphasized rubber. Otherwise chocolate, fruit, leather, menthol, smoky and then some peach and coffee on the finish. Unfortunately, it loses a little of its momentum on the finish and is quickly gone; it is also less complex on the finish. But it is still good fun to drink.

I don't find the typical Caroni notes as present as the other tastings suggest. A good Caroni but, as far as I can judge from my experience in this area, not at the top level

Alcohol not optimally integrated, somewhat unround, lacks some complexity and intensity.

A wolf in sheep's clothing - In the nose first with beguiling vanilla note, fully ripe orange notes and a little wood and caramel. Then much more brash on the palate: burnt wood, heavy spices, plus the typical Caroni HTR flavors with the focus on gum notes quite typical of 97 releases. Unfortunately, the sweetness of the nose is missing as a counterweight, which is why the impression on the palate remains somewhat too one-dimensional for me overall.

In the nose we recognize directly the mythical distillery with its classic notes of tar, oil. The nose is also very soft compared to the 61 degrees and it is thus in mouth that we find the power of the heavy caroni. The alcohol could only be better integrated and the aromatic palette is linear I would say. Good but not transcendent. A bit expensive.

Somewhat bitter. Alcohol not optimally integrated

Colour amber, drops slowly trickling Aroma: kerosene, leather, peat, mustiness Taste: kerosene, old leather, spices, fine peat, bitter almonds, wood Long pertoleum finish

So honored to try another Caroni sample. The aroma is a wonderful palette of wood, smoke and tar scents. Later, the aroma of fruit (orange) and chocolate comes to the fore. I wouldn't have guessed such a high ABV from this aroma. The taste itself offers a combination of wood, smoke, black pepper, but there are also technical flavors (mostly rubber). What I loved was heavy cigar flavor. Finish is long (at least for me) with flavors of wood, smoke, rubber but there is again that tar flavor. Overall great, gently rum from Trinidad with high ABV, which does not prevent individual aromas and flavors from showing their potential. Love it.

Im Großem und Ganzen ein sehr fruchtiger Rum. Aber etwas mangel in der Ausgewogenheit. Am Anfang ist der Alkoholgehalt sehr present wobei die Nase eher mit fruchtigen und holzigen Aroma überwiegt. In der Mitte kot dann doch das Fruchtige raus. Im abgang sehr warm um prickeld was an schwarzen Peffer erinnert.