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80F322F5-62B3-4E89-A3EB-BF320F838FC2Trinidad Caroni Corman Collins
Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare 1997 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 20 years · 49.1%

Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare 1997

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How does Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare 1997 taste?

Aggregated from 13 community reviews.

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas

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What does the community say?

7.5/10 Good

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

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Distribution of all 13 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 23%
7–8 62%
6–7 8%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 8%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Pavel Spacek

Pavel Spacek
Nov 20241,879 reviewsCzech
7.2/10

... Caroni is a distillery from Trinidad, producing rum at the height of its fame, which was added in a ratio of 1:10 to naval blends. It was too strong and strange to be pleasant on the tongue. In 2000 the distillery ended 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 really a unique rum.

Review by Jakob

Jakob
Apr 20251,666 reviewsSwitzerland
7.4/10

Crosstasting 1997 Caronis from continental aging: Surprisingly intense, the alcohol is quite present - the 49.1% are surprisingly powerful. Aromatically a lot happens, broad spectrum of wood, spices and the dirty HTR notes.

Review by Johannes

Johannes
Apr 20253,209 reviewsGermany
7.5/10

Surprisingly intense, really good for the low ABV.

Community shelf

17 bottles logged by 14 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

17% opened, 2 emptied.

14 sealed 1 open 2 emptied

What did the community pay for Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare 1997?

Community paid 150–326 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 322 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

17 purchased · 13 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of

Details about Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare 1997

A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Corman Collins, at 49.1%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
Raw materialMolasses
ABV49.1%
Age20 years
Vintage1997
Limited editionYes
Volume70cl

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Caroni

Distillery

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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6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
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