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Spirits Shop Selection Caroni The Legend Collection HTR 1997
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Caroni devotees will feel right at home here: this 1997 HTR is all rusty machine-shop, tar and rubber, with roasted wood, dark chocolate and burnt sugar underneath. A few tasters catch sour cherry and tropical fruit if they let it breathe, plus a light sweet undertone beneath the dirt. One member likened it to the well-loved Thompson and Bürgermeister bottlings. The one gripe: at 63.8% the alcohol runs a touch hot.
The community says- Classic Caroni tar
- Very long finish
- Keep in mind: Hot alcohol integration
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Auction results: 303–329 € (6 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 03/2025). How the range is built ›
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How does Spirits Shop Selection Caroni The Legend Collection HTR 1997 taste?
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Dirty, tarry '97 Caroni with long finish A classic dirty '97 Caroni — tar, rubber, roasted wood and an endless finish. Most rate it high; the common note is the alcohol could be integrated better.
Caroni fans who love tar, rubber and heavy industrial funk
Anyone wanting sweet, soft or fruit-forward rum, or who dislikes high ABV
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Is it right for you?
Yes, if you're after bold, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
22 community reviews
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
Not too bad a release, would have loved a slightly better ABV integration. Needs to rest for a good while before it releases its flavours.
Review by Johannes
Most helpful mixed review
A good '97 Caroni, but nothing outstanding.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, the first impression we get is vegetal and spicy with baking spices and anise, slightly metallic.The wood is roasted with caramel, some fruits pop up like sour cherry, lemon and rubber from industrial notes. On aeration, the rum is dirty, furry, tar arises and a lot of roasted notes like chocolate, nuts, coffee and some confectionery, the molasses is dark with black tea and musty. If we wait long, we notice tropical fruits. 8,9:On the palate, the attack is slightly sweet, mineral with roasted, smoky wood notes like burnt sugar, pastry, dark chocolate and later butterscotch, fruity with berries, dried fruits, tropical, when the rum is really oxidized, from dirty industrial notes, rubber and tar are present, as the molasses is dark with black tea and herbaceous...very round and tasty. If we are patient, tropical fruits and tannins might be detected. 8,6:The finish is long, less round, dry&tannic, smoky and roasted, furry, mineral and minty, dirty, industrial, less fruity...
Review by mto75
Top 97 Caronis often have something like cake/baking mix, butterscotch/fudge alongside the dirty notes on the nose...and the Spirits Shop delivers really well here! On the palate, there's plenty of workshop, toasted and burnt sugar. A really good bottling that (almost) comes close to the Thompson Krake or the Mayor!
Review by Banana Joe
A really great 97 Caroni with an eternally long finish. I'm glad to have got hold of a bottle of this. I would like to have another one. I don't have that many comparisons yet, but this one is on the top shelf for me.
Review by Leo Krüper
Classic 97 Caroni, whose profile I really like. This one also has the slightly sweet undertone under the heavy tar notes that you/I love about Caroni.
Review by Skyfly
My first Caroni. From the smell alone, I would have guessed whisky first; intense cask notes, plus vanilla, rubber, and anise. On the palate, tar, dark chocolate, and a mineral taste come through. Medium finish, but very alcohol-heavy – lingers for a long time.
Review by Master P
As expected, the opening is intense with the typical dirty, smoky rubber notes. There is still some vanilla, but I miss the fruity notes. Taste is ok, roasty and tarry, slightly sweet and again no fruitiness. The finish is long but too alcoholic, unfortunately. But still a good drop.
Review by Alex Kunath
Nose: You can immediately notice the Caroni DNA. Alternating rusty and fruity powerful notes come through on the nose. Taste: The notes from the nose are clearly reflected on the tongue. Delicious! However, the alcohol could be better integrated.
Review by Peter Sjoroos
Revisiting. Still a fantastic rum for the price
Review by Arnaud Faverjon
Yum! Those little notes of camphor, a beautiful integration of the alcohol, fruits, a very nice balance, that mechanical grease side which takes us away from the usual tar notes, I loved it!
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Spirits Shop Selection Caroni The Legend Collection HTR 1997 at live auctions
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18 bottles logged by 17 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
16% opened, 1 emptied.
What does Spirits Shop Selection Caroni The Legend Collection HTR 1997 cost?
Community paid 247–462 €.
Current best price: 791.10 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 428 €. Price history with 6 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Spirits Shop Selection Caroni The Legend Collection HTR 1997
A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Spirits Shop Selection, at 63,8%.
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