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d8e25260-77de-11ee-bfe9-6b6e83ec6761Trinidad Caroni Velier
Velier Caroni The Caroni Fine Spirit Auction (300cl) 1994 300cl bottle
Aged rum · 23 years · 59.36%

Velier Caroni The Caroni Fine Spirit Auction (300cl) 1994

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9.3/10 Excellent

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Review by cigares

cigares
Jan 20241,173 reviewsSwitzerland
9.3/10

A rum tasted at the Fines Spirits Auction stand at the WLP. A strong machine shop nose with freshness and lots of bitter, wet wood. On the palate, the fruit explodes, but the bitterness of the wood immediately takes over and holds sway through to the finish. A fine rum for which strong oxidation should reveal treasures of hidden aromas. Very reminiscent of the yellow Velier 23yo 1994, but with an even more distinctive personality.

Details about Velier Caroni The Caroni Fine Spirit Auction (300cl) 1994

A Column Still Rum from Trinidad, bottled by Velier, at 59.36%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
BottlerVelier
CategoryColumn Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
DistillationColumn Still
ABV59.36%
Age23 years
Vintage1994
Bottled2023
Limited edition3 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume300cl
Cask #R6183
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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