Berry Bros & Rudd Caroni Caroni 1997
For seasoned enthusiasts, this 21‑year Caroni is a powerfully dry, dirty‑fruity cask-strength sipper. Expect rubber, tar, petrol, dark fruits, chocolate, bourbon oak and tobacco with an endless, complex finish praised across RumX reviews.
- Extreme complexity
- Dirty-fruity balance
- Endless finish
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How does Berry Bros & Rudd Caroni Caroni 1997 taste?
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World-class dirty-fruity Caroni beast For seasoned enthusiasts, this 21‑year Caroni is a powerfully dry, dirty‑fruity cask-strength sipper. Expect rubber, tar, petrol, dark fruits, chocolate, bourbon oak and tobacco with an endless, complex finish praised across RumX reviews.
Seasoned Caroni lovers and high-ester heavy rum fans who enjoy dirty industrial notes wrapped in dark fruit, chocolate and bourbon oak at full cask strength.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike rubber/tar and dry, slightly bitter profiles in their rum.
How is Berry Bros & Rudd Caroni Caroni 1997 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 9.0 lands squarely in the "Excellent" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This bottle is pretty expensive now, but being able to sample it while on a relaxing trip to The Netherlands won't blast too big a hole in my wallet. This one has to rest for a good while or it will bite you and burn your eyes. Also try with water to release even more flavours. The nose is alcoholic before resting but the the Caroni comes to life with rubber, tar and petrol trailed by fruit, chocolate and a hint of wood and molasses. The palate is intense, complex and well balanced, warm and lightly woody with molasses, fruit, chocolate and tobacco as well as a hint of spices. The finish is forever with wood, rubber and tar as well as a jmhint of caramel.
Review by Romain de L
Deep gold robe, with nice legs. Nose of rubber, pretty round and easy, and as it opens up, cloves, tobacco, smokiness. Taste is very whisky like on the onset, peated almost, but round. Very long finale Overall very nice and quite sophisticated
Review by Mike H.
A very nice Caroni that is rather fruity. Thank you for the sample Eugen.
Review by DomM
Intense and well balanced Caroni.
Review by Thunderbird
A good Caroni with all the markers that is a little more on the dirty side, but the fruit still manages to achieve the necessary balance! I like him, he has the good corners and edges
Review by Johannes
For a 97 vintage, a nicely rounded Caroni with rather little dirty and more of the typical bourbon notes.
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63 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 25 members.
About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 10,072 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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