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CDI Caroni Trinidad 1993
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Here's the twist: this 22-year Caroni doesn't taste much like Caroni. Several tasters went looking for the classic tar and diesel and found a fruity, citrus-forward, lightly peppery pour instead — "guter Rum, schlechter Caroni" as one put it. There's dark chocolate, plum and cherry, a metallic edge and some tar, but at 48% many feel it's diluted and short.
The community says- Fruity, citrus nose
- Plum and chocolate
- But: Feels diluted
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How does CDI Caroni Trinidad 1993 taste?
Summarized by AI from 21 community reviews.
Fruity, light Caroni that lacks Caroni Divisive. A few enjoy the fruity, chocolate-and-plum profile, but most Caroni fans find it too light, diluted and short — closer to an Angostura than a real Caroni.
People who want a fruity, easy-sipping aged Trinidad rum
Caroni fans chasing the classic tar-and-diesel profile
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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21 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
This is a very rare bottle and there is a reason why. This rum is a typical Caroni from the nose to the finish. The nose is velvety with tropical fruits and camphor, some barrel with the typical polish and tar as well. The palate is well balanced with plum and cherries in the foreground and smoky barrel and ester to it. The finish is long and persistent with plum and spices. Price to quality is very good.
Review by Oliver
Most helpful mixed review
Hardly typical Caroni flavors present. Tastes more like an Angostura. Disappointing bottling from Compagnie des Indes.
Review by Timo Groeger
No idea, but unfortunately Caroni isn't really recognizable here. On the nose it's very fruity, we've got lots of citrus fruits here, on the palate lots of dark chocolate, but also some vanilla, pepper and spice.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Unfortunately for me an absolute flop. Tastes more like an Angostura rum with 1% caroni times obliquely viewed. Unfortunately very weak and quickly gone. Since the felicite with only 40% can even more....
Review by Agricoler
not really convincing. There are really clearly better Caroni's
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Caroni is a distillery from Trinidad, producing at the time of its greatest glory rum, which was added at a ratio of 1:10 to the naval blend. It was too strong and strange to be pleasant on the tongue. In 2000, the distillery ceased production and closed. Only in 2010 did tasters appear who took a liking to the rum because of its special taste. And the interest grew. Caroni belongs to the category of "you need to try before you die" rums. I recommend it, Caroni is a truly unique rum.
Review by Johannes
A really weak caroni! Is this even a caroni?! Tastes more like Angostura...
Review by John Coffey
Apart from the nose and this metallic side... We are very far from Caroni's usual standards
Review by Lukas Jäger
In short: good rum, bad Caroni. Little to no typical notes, but an enormous sweetness and fruitiness. On the palate, additionally a peppery spiciness. Overall, a good rum, but the name brings it into spheres in terms of price, which it does not live up to. Easy to drink or put another way, perhaps a little too much diluted.
Review by Frank
Very fruity on the nose, dirty it is not, rather a bit soapy, like soap powder. From fruit I have gooseberry. In the upper tones shortbread, lime-fresh.Spicy on the palate. Anise, salt licorice, briefly peppery at the beginning. Unfortunately too diluted, so a bit flat. Metallic.Also licorice in the finish. Quite short.
Review by Jakob
Has very little in common with the classic Caroni profile, but is otherwise quite pleasing.
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17 bottles logged by 12 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
17% opened, 0 emptied.
What did the community pay for CDI Caroni Trinidad 1993?
Avg. community purchase price 215 €.
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Details about CDI Caroni Trinidad 1993
A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Compagnie des Indes, at 48%.
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