Corman Collins & Bristol Classic Rum Caroni HTR - Le blog à Roger

Balanced fruit and tar, long finish

Balanced Caroni profile
Fruity, caramel notes
Long finish
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RumX members praise its balance of tropical fruit with classic Caroni rubber and tar, lifted by caramel and a menthol touch. Best enjoyed neat after resting, with a long finish.

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    How does this rum taste?

    Reviewers love this Caroni’s balance: ripe tropical fruit and caramel meet the distillery’s signature rubber-tar notes, rounded by a cooling menthol thread. At 58.5%, it opens beautifully with a little time, delivering woody, leathery depth and a long finish. Often enjoyed neat, it’s a limited 1997 release aged 22 years 11 months, selected by Corman Collins & Bristol. With 43 RumX reviews, confidence is building for this characterful sipper.

    Aroma

    Rubber Tropical fruit Caramel Woody

    Taste

    Rubber Leather Woody Caramelized

    How is this rum rated?

    8.7/10 43 reviews
    Top 26% Trinidad

    A very nice Caroni release. Fruity with sweet notes alongside typical Caroni profile makes a perfect match. Cheers to Roger and Corman 👏

    Another nice release from Corman Collins. Price to quality can be argued but it is still pretty good. The Caroni notes are there and I like the caramel note on the profile. I got a feeling of mint or eucalyptus on the profile but I'm not a 100% sure.

    Stärkster 97er Caroni, den Ich bisher im Glas hatte. Sehr ausgewogen. Einfach ein toller Rum. Zweitverkostung: immer noch geil und dreckig. Gegen den Bürgermeister 97er etwas schwächer, aber auch 5% weniger

    Nase: sehr alkoholisch, ich gebe ihm noch ein paar Minuten... Nach ca. 30 Minuten ist die alkoholische Schärfe deutlich milder. Und jetzt habe ich auch wieder die Assoziation zu einer alten, geteerten, schweren Eisenbahnschwelle aus Eichenholz im August bei 35°C im Schatten. Daneben Karamellsüße und Trockenfrüchte. Gaumen: sehr kräftig, viel Fass und Röstaromen, dadurch recht bitter und leicht salzig aber ausgesprochen rund und ausgewogen. Der Nachklang wird sehr dominiert von den Röstaromen und vom Fass. Ich bin kein Caroniexperte aber hätte mir mehr Fruchtigkeit gewünscht. Der Rum erinnert mich wegen seiner bitteren Seite sehr an verschiedene Guyana KFM Abfüllungen.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX7097
    ABV
    58,5%
    Category
    Column Still Rum
    Vintage
    1997
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Column Still
    Age
    22 years 11mo
    No. of bottles
    210
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    250€+
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Corman Collins & Bristol Classic Rum • Caroni 1997   22yr   58,5% HTR - Le blog à Roger

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    About the Caroni distillery

    The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 9,013 times with an average of 8.8/10.

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