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Spring Spirits Caroni Trinidad Rum 1998 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 23 years · 56,8%

Spring Spirits Caroni Trinidad Rum 1998

Sip it slowly with a few drops of water — that's when this old Caroni really opens up. Rubber, tar and menthol lead the way, backed by smoky oak, licorice and a run of dried fruit: raisin, peach, dried apricot. At 56.8% it's oily and full in the mouth, with a long, dry, tannic finish. Classic dirty Caroni, and members rate it right up with the famous Velier bottlings.

The community says
  • Tar and rubber depth
  • Long dry finish
  • Opens with water

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549.00 €incl. VAT
incl. VAT 70cl · 784.29 €/l
Total 559.99 € + 10.99 € shipping from BE
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How does Spring Spirits Caroni Trinidad Rum 1998 taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Heavy, dirty Caroni — tar, rubber, dried fruit The consensus is clear: a heavy, dirty continental Caroni that punches well above expectations. One taster ranks it beside top Veliers — for fans of the style, that's the whole pitch.

Perfect for

Caroni lovers who chase tar and rubber

Less suitable for

newcomers put off by industrial, medicinal notes

Experience level · Connoisseur (5/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

9.0/10 Excellent

11 community reviews
8 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

Top 10% of Trinidad rumsTop 19% at Caroni

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9–10 73%
8–9 27%
7–8 0%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga
Sep 20261,509 reviewsGermany
9.1/10

9,2:On the nose, medicinal, industrial with menthol, rubber, tar, vegetal molasses with pencil shavings, black tea, fruits like cherry, peaches, dried apricots, raisins, roasted wood notes like chocolate, caramel, warm, spicy, balanced, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, molasses is slightly flowery, herbaceous, earthy with tobacco, sweet with hints of honey, dried figs arise, some mace, roasted nuts, smokiness. 9:On the palate, the attack is industrial, medicinal with rubber, tar, some menthol, roasted wood notes like chocolate, caramel, nuts, brown sugar, smoky, spicy with umami, oak barrel notes are stronger, molasses is herbaceous, slightly minty and fruits dried, lemon and pineapple. 9,1:The finish is long, dry&tannic, slightly dirty, industrial with rubber, bicycle tube, roasted oak notes like nuts, leather, fruity with dried, citrus fruits and dark molasses with licorice, black tea, earthy with tobacco. Edit:20.9.26

Review by Oliver

Oliver
Oct 20251,232 reviewsGermany
9.0/10

Excellent, continental Caroni

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Apr 20227,229 reviewsDenmark
9.2/10

This bottle is not cheap, yet well worth a try. I got a sample and I have to say its the odd one out, but very good because of the overall balance. Rest it for a good while and also give it a try with some water, because it will release a lot of flavours if you do. The nose has smoky wood as well as tar, menthol and earthy notes once rested. Trailing behind i can find raisin and licorice. The palate sets off with smoky wood, tar and fruits trailed by rubber, mint, chocolate and light herbal notes. The finish is very long with wood, fruits and a hint of tobacco.

Community shelf

82 bottles logged by 10 collectors.

A collector's bottle.

1% opened, 0 emptied.

81 sealed 1 open 0 emptied

What does Spring Spirits Caroni Trinidad Rum 1998 cost?

Community paid 386–570 €.

Current best price: 549.00 € – within the typical community range.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 590 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›

82 purchased · 11 tasted · 13 wishlist · as of

Details about Spring Spirits Caroni Trinidad Rum 1998

A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Spring Spirits, at 56,8%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
BottlerSpring Spirits
Raw materialMolasses
ABV56,8%
Age23 years
Vintage1998
Limited edition288 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl

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Caroni

Distillery

Caroni 

Avg Rating 8.8/10 over 620 Rums

No closed distillery is chased harder than Caroni. The Trinidad distillery shut down in the early 2000s and not a drop has been made since, but its heavy, oily, almost diesel-like rum became a collector obsession, carried to the world by Velier. Every bottle now comes from a finite, shrinking stock, even though auction prices for some Velier Caronis have fallen since 2022.

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