1997
Caroni fans who enjoy the dirty notes (tar, rubber, tobacco) but prefer a drier, more elegant, less brutal profile around 55% with strong wood, tea bitterness and long finish.
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How does this rum taste?
Most love its balanced, “elegant for Caroni” mix of tar, wood and dried fruits. Critics mention a mild nose and alcohol that can bite. Consensus: a complex, characterful Caroni-light style.
If you enjoy balanced Caroni like Bristol 1997 or cleaner heavy rums, this Sansibar pick gives you the tar and rubber you want, but wrapped in drier oak, tea and vanilla complexity.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to higher ABV, or drinkers expecting intense high-ester Caroni funk or obvious sweetness and an easygoing, rounded mouthfeel.
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About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 9,737 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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A lovely, rich, clearly Caroni nose with tar and rubber, but vanilla, dried fruit and plum are not far off. The palate is a little marked by alcohol, unlike the nose, which somewhat masks the superb perfumes of the nose. But they're there, mechanical workshop, fruit with plum and vanilla. The finish is splendid, once the alcohol has dissipated, with good length on fruit, vanilla, wood and a pastry note. A complex rum, with a beautiful bitterness. The palate is a little too alcoholic, however, so it loses points.
Very well balanced and complex rum. Almost to elegant for a HTR Caroni 😅
Not your typical Caroni, but it does have the typical Caroni notes though they are dialed down. The nose is kind of mild with wood, tar, light rubber and varnish trailed by spice, leather and light raisin. The palate is woody with tar, light rubber and tannins trailed by spice, leather and mango and the empty glass has chocolate and caramel after a while. The finish is medium long with wood, spices and dried fruit.
Good dirtiness, lingers long on the palate and in the finish, and changes on the way. The nose promises a rounder experience than it is in the mouth. I like it very much, great bottling.