HTR

Approachable Caroni with dried fruit and tar

Classic Caroni notes
Well-integrated alcohol
Easy sipper
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Classic Caroni tar, rubber and smoke meet dried fruits and caramel, with alcohol impressively integrated. Reviewers call it complex yet approachable, often an easy sipper.

356.03 €

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Details about this rum

Country
Distillery
Bottler
RumX ID
RX496
ABV
55%
Vintage
1998
Mark
HTR
Made from
Molasses
Age
18 years
No. of bottles
5,836
Bottle volume
70cl
Rum Nation • Caroni 1998   18yr   55% HTR

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX reviewers love this approachable Caroni for its easy-sipping balance and well‑integrated 55% ABV. Expect classic tar, rubber and smoky edges wrapped in dried fruits, raisins and caramel, with touches of spice noted by many. Several call it complex yet smooth, a relaxed way into the HTR profile. With 63 community reviews, strong buyer confidence, and only 5836 bottles, it's a popular pick for fans of characterful Trinidad rum.

    Aroma

    Tar Dried fruit Dried dates Raisin

    Taste

    Tar Dried fruit Rubber Caramel

    How is this rum rated?

    Rating (0-10)
    8.5/10 65 reviews
    Top 38% Trinidad

    On the nose it does not give its best, in fact it seems less strong than expected. On the palate, however, it arrives with all its typical tar and barrel strength. A great Caroni!

    A fine Caroni from '98, first fruity, then with mechanical workshop aromas. The palate is suave, with milk chocolate, tropical fruit and noble oak. The finish is long on rubber, smoke and wood. Empty glass like dark chocolate and fruit. I like it a lot and it's better with oxidation.

    very relaxed caroni! nice mix of dried fruits like date and raisin, fruit bread and dark chocolate, as well as the typical smoky and medicinal gum and iodine notes, plus some mocha, honey and leather.

    8,8:On the nose, we cannot miss Caroni marks, with intense industrial accents like tar, rubber, roasted wood with nuts, toffee, spicy with ginger and dried fruits like raisins, dates. On aeration, a molasses brings a black tea, minty with floral hints, an orange is there, so are dried apricots and from wood, cinnamon and cocoa. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is strong, dirty with tar, rubber, medicinal with menthol, fruity with dried fruits, citrus, spices like cinnamon, umami, vanilla, roasted, smoky wood with nuts, leather, cocoa, later chocolate and dark, herbaceous, vegetal molasses, especially with black tea.When rested well, an intense blue berry arises... 8,5:The finish is long, a bit imbalanced with strong dirty, industrial tones like petrol, tar, rubber, very dry, tannic, otherwise with similar notes as on the palate, well, new might be some confectionery, honey.. Edit:14.6.25, oxidation helps upgrading it for 0,2...😉

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    The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 9,344 times with an average of 8.8/10.

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