Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum HTR 1974
A world-class Caroni, often called a monument: explosive tar and rubber, immense depth, endless finish and surprisingly elegant balance for the power. A must-try benchmark for Caroni fans.
Seasoned Caroni lovers and high-ester fanatics who crave dirty workshop notes, massive cask strength intensity and want to experience a historic, top-tier Velier bottling.
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Monumental, nuclear-yet-elegant Caroni benchmark
If you already enjoy heavyweight Caroni like the 1996 Velier releases, this pushes everything further—more power, dirt and elegance—so it’s a bucket-list bottle worth hunting down once.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike oily, tarry, rubbery profiles and are uncomfortable with very high secondary-market prices.
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About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 9,915 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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Brachial part....
This one is heavy and I took down a note on it besides the fact that I loved the tannins in the finish and the Caroni flavours. I should have bought a few extra bottles when release because the cost has increased more than tenfold.
I will have to try it again at my leisure, but at our tasting I found it simply outstanding. A really rarely elegant Caroni, which for me is a mixture of LTR and HTR, especially on the nose. In the mouth, the rum goes down like oil, I have rarely found a Caroni to be so smooth and delicious without it being able to hide which distillery it comes from. I'm going to have to rethink my prey scheme...... Thank you very much for this opportunity, he knows who is meant :)
A rum tasted in Paris, late in the evening, then, more seriously, in Cologne. A full Caroni nose, but without excess. Dried herbs, tarragon, machine fat, butter and the rubber of masks and flippers, reminiscent of family vacations by the sea. A fabulous nose that makes you want to stay for ever, without even tasting it. The first palate gives a sensation of freshness, young wood and even fleeting candy. Then it evolves into a more classic Caroni with a mechanical workshop feel dominated by machine grease. Then the floral, vegetal and almost floral side returns in full force. Exceptional evolution on the palate! A long, elegant finish rounds off this incredible experience. The empty glass exhales mint and dried herbs to complement the mechanical workshop.