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5C57EE11-FC5D-4C69-9253-B6A0EBE1E170Trinidad Caroni Valinch & Mallet
Valinch & Mallet Caroni Single Cask HTR 1997 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 19 years · 51,8%

Valinch & Mallet Caroni Single Cask HTR 1997

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845.70 €incl. VAT
incl. VAT 70cl · 1,208.14 €/l
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How does Valinch & Mallet Caroni Single Cask HTR 1997 taste?

Aggregated from 16 community reviews.

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?

8.8/10 Very good

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

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9–10 19%
8–9 81%
7–8 0%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by Vincent D

Vincent D
Mar 2023761 reviewsFrance
8.8/10

My first Caroni. It's woody, fruity and sweet. It's hard to believe it's over 62°. The profile changes completely on tasting. Now I understand what makes these rums so special. It's woody and heavy. On retro-olfaction, there are hints of tar in the mouth and the whole thing ends in a strange bitterness. It's disconcerting.2nd tasting, it's even richer. It seems sweeter. I can't find the 62° at all, it just slips away. I finish on an almost salty, metallic note. I kind of understand the interest in Caronis. It makes you want to go for even more typical bottles.Edit: 👍Edit2: oxidation has taken its toll on the power of this sample, but it's still very pleasant and typical of what I now know of Caroni. Very good.

Review by Jeremy Roger 🇫🇷

Jeremy Roger 🇫🇷
May 202171 reviewsFrance
9.1/10

A silky, smooth, tasty Caroni. A real treat for the taste buds. A little muskiness that reminds me of Neisson on the nose. Excellent! A finish of metallic, tropical fruit and rubber ❤

Review by Simon Leroux

Simon Leroux
Simon Leroux
Sep 2021222 reviewsFrance
8.7/10

Typical and very well reduced. A good Caroni.

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Community shelf

18 bottles logged by 16 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

16% opened, 1 emptied.

15 sealed 2 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for Valinch & Mallet Caroni Single Cask HTR 1997?

Community paid 120–248 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 240 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›

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Details about Valinch & Mallet Caroni Single Cask HTR 1997

A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Valinch & Mallet, at 51,8%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
Raw materialMolasses
ABV51,8%
Age19 years
Vintage1997
Limited edition300 bottles
MarkHTR
Volume70cl
Cask #100
Single cask

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Caroni

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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 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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