Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum HTR 1982

A beautiful Caroni!!! Rather to enjoy. Lots of dried fruit, wood and spices. Liquid licorice. Tar and rubber are only faintly perceptible overall. Very round, warm and balanced. I was lucky to be able to buy a half-full bottle in a restaurant.

The Epic Velier Caroni Tasting: Complex with pointed sweetness and heavy fruit notes, which are contrasted by the barrel influences, tart spiciness and subtle Caroni dirt notes. One of the releases from the presumed "Paxarette era", which scores with sophistication and complexity despite 24 years of tropical storage.

Great roasted note! Sherry associations due to the addition of Paxarete. Dry finish.

Update: Second draw still very good. A little oxidation hasn't hurt and I'd add another point now. Great rum. I was looking forward to this tasting. I think this is my oldest Caroni Vintage so far. Great wood maturity with a bit of menthol and glue around the tar and gum notes with lots of raisin and dried fruit as well as tobacco. Absolutely dry on the palate (yay) but still with the great raisins and some petrol. I like it very much

Stoff zum Durchdrehen! Wunderbarer Caroni mit der typischen dreckigen DNA. (Gummi, Teer etc.) Dazu gesellt sich ordentlich Frucht, (Rosinen und getrocknete Früchte) augewogenes Holz, Tabak mit etwas Vanille und Menthol.

Epic Velier Caroni Tasting: Nice and round, rather fruity, not very dirty, perhaps not quite as complex. Finish not quite as long.

Great dry Caroni without sweetness

A nose with lots of fruit, baskets of tropical and yellow fruits. The attack on the palate is surprisingly soft, easy, almost sweet. The fruit arrives with great elegance. The palate brings out a hint of diesel, which was virtually absent on the nose, and gives great depth to the aromas. The finish is incredibly long, on fruit again with a slightly more pronounced diesel. In my empty glass, astonishing vegetal aromas. A very fine rum on the balance between fruit and Caroni typicity.

A Caroni of the great days, absolutely fantastic and representing a part of rum history. The nose evolves elegantly between machine shop notes (tar, rubber) and sweet roasted notes of coffee, roasted hazelnut and hot caramel. Spices (vanilla, pepper, licorice) harmonize perfectly with fruit (dried, tropical, grape) and smoky, toasty notes that move on to tobacco. A nose of great class. The palate is absolutely fantastic: the profile is heavy and opulent, with empyreumatic notes strongly marked by tar, rubber and hydrocarbons (petrol), with smoky notes of roasted wood, roasted nuts, coffee, tobacco and leather. Baked caramel and molasses add a touch of bitterness to this dark, intense but extremely well-balanced profile. The alcohol is perfectly integrated. The finish seems eternal, at once sensual on spices (vanilla, licorice, anise) and hazelnut, and intense on a darker profile, focused on leather, smoky wood and dried fruit. This complexity and depth are echoed on the palate with bitterness and petroleum aromas. An absolutely incredible rum for an unforgettable experience.

Stunning nose with an impressive balance and complexity. Palate lacks a bit of round notes and feels slightly too much dry. This sample comes from a recently opened bottle and might evolve in a good way. I feel like it has more to offer with oxydation.

Le nez est impressionnant, très expressif, gourmand comme il faut, bien équilibré. La bouche est tout aussi gourmande, un peu plus fruitée. Un tout grand Caroni, je le place au dessus du 1992 vache réduit par exemple.

The dirty Caroni notes are present on the nose, but rather restrained. Delicious fruit and spiciness predominate. Still surprisingly fruity on the palate, with some acidity. There is a slight minty note on the finish. Very tasty and balanced.

Integrated alcohol is the only big prop. Then mid watery, sour...come on, there are more and better Caroni bottlings. ... Caroni je destilerie z Trinidadu, produkujici v dobe sve nejvetsi slavy rum, ktery se pridaval v pomeru 1:10 do namornickeho blendu. Byl totiz moc vyrazny a divny nez aby byl prijemny na jazyku. V roce 2000 destilerka skoncila s produkci a byla uzavrena. Az v roce 2010 se objevili degustatori, kteri si rum oblibili prave pro jeho specialni chut. A zajem rostl. Caroni patri do kategorie rumu "you need to try before you die". Doporucuji, Caroni je opravdu unikatni rum.

Yesterday we had a great evening in my friends man-cave. Lots of laughter and wonderful rums. Also a rum with heavy oak. With a drop of water more flavours are released and after 30 minutes it gets even crisper.

Was ein epischer Abend mit einem Flight nach dem Anderen, die unbeschreiblich waren. Ich erspare mir jeglichen einzelnen Kommentar dazu, weil mir teilweise die Worte fehlen. Vielen Dank an Jakob. Summasummarum waren alle ausgezeichnet wie man an den Bewertungen sieht und unterscheiden sich nur in Nuancen. Alles oberstes Level 🤤😋