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Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Stefano Cremaschi) HTR 1996 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 20 years · 70.8%

Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Stefano Cremaschi) HTR 1996

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3500.00 €incl. VAT
incl. VAT 70cl · 5000.00 €/l
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How does Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Stefano Cremaschi) HTR 1996 taste?

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9.2/10 Excellent

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

Top 4% of Trinidad rumsTop 7% at Caroni

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9–10 93%
8–9 7%
7–8 0%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Dec 20237,207 reviewsDenmark
9.4/10

14.03.2020 Had a nice afternoon and evening with friends. Notes. Medium dark colour. Nose: wood, roasted, rubber, tar, cherry, earthy, mint. Palate: wood, light smoke, tar, rubber, citrus, oily, leather. Finish: very long and warm, wood, coffee, citrus, chocolate.

Review by Pavel Spacek

Pavel Spacek
Nov 20241,879 reviewsCzech
9.2/10

Sweet and semi-mild with a huge Caroni profile. I like this rum. Nice choice, Stefano! ... Caroni is a distillery from Trinidad that, during its heyday, produced rum which was added in 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 stopped production and was closed. Only in 2010 did tasters appear who liked the rum precisely for its special taste. And interest grew. Caroni belongs to the category of rums "you need to try before you die." I recommend it, Caroni is truly a unique rum.

Review by Maxence

Maxence
Maxence
Feb 2026185 reviews
9.1/10

Nose takes a lot of time to open. It feels slightly too dry at first with too much wood and spices to my liking. If you're patient enough, it becomes incredibly well balanced between fruity, round and typical Caroni notes. Wonderful. Palate delivers the same kind of profile with even more sweet notes and this funky touch of candy I really like. Overall, a super solid rum as I would expect from a 20 years old 1996 single cask Caroni 👏🏼

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29 bottles logged by 25 collectors.

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0% opened, 0 emptied.

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What does Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Stefano Cremaschi) HTR 1996 cost?

Community paid 239–2,614 €.

Current best price: 3500.00 € – above the typical community range.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 1671 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

29 purchased · 15 tasted · 24 wishlist · as of

Details about Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Stefano Cremaschi) HTR 1996

A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Velier, at 70.8%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
BottlerVelier
Raw materialMolasses
ABV70.8%
Age20 years
Vintage1996
Limited edition270 bottles
MarkHTR
Volume70cl
Cask #3718
Single cask

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Caroni 

Avg Rating 8.8/10 over 620 Rums

No closed distillery is chased harder than Caroni. The Trinidad distillery shut down around 2002 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, which is exactly why the prices keep climbing.

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