Velier Caroni 100% Trinidad Rum 21
Complex Caroni, tar and vanilla
Reviewers love its balanced mix of bold Caroni traits—rubber, leather, oak, and deep sweetness—while blending in subtle dark fruit and vanilla. It's frequently called an ideal sipper and an essential for Caroni enthusiasts.
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Fans can't get enough of this Caroni, calling it complex, powerful, and highly balanced. Classic notes of rubber, tar, and leather are joined by vanilla and a surprising fruity undercurrent. Many enjoy sipping it slowly, comparing it to other top Caronis, often saying it's the benchmark for the style. If you love deep, rich, and slightly "dirty" rums with a touch of sophistication, this is a must-try collectible.
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About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 8,878 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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Grandiose Velier Caroni. 1996 produced outstanding Caronis. This blend from different batches is able to marry everything that makes Caroni so special. Typical dirty notes paired with a good deal of complexity. One of my favorites.
Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Top Caroni and an excellent representative of the great '96 vintage. Balanced, complex, Caroni-typical notes, dark fruit and beautiful sweetness. An ideal entry-level rum into the high-quality world of tropically aged Caronis with a price-performance ratio that is no longer quite so easy to finance, but still relatively good for Caroni. Excellent.
Very nice combination of Caroni notes, fruits, smoke and brunt notes as well as a mint and a certain sweetness. Very well made aged Caroni blend - very accessible and enjoyable.
A 1996 Caroni that doesn't deny its vintage, tar and tropical fruit in equal measure. A smell of marzipan gives this rum a pastry-like quality. You can still find it in a few stores, but at inflated prices, as if it were about to go up in price, which is possible given the quality of this beverage. More mellow than Navy Rum 100th and Kill Devil 1998 65.5%, but even more complex and deep in flavor. Delicious! Tasted again and the fruit and sweetness took precedence over the tar. A real delight! Clearly an undervalued rum. The end of the bottle is delicious.