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5048C269-8A5F-44D2-A402-06519FEB3CBETrinidad Caroni Milano Rum Festival & Barmetro
Milano Rum Festival & Barmetro Caroni HTR 1997 50cl bottle
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Aged rum · 19 years · 57%

Milano Rum Festival & Barmetro Caroni HTR 1997

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8.4/10

9 community reviews
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8–9 78%
7–8 22%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Jan 20246,325 reviewsDenmark
8.8/10

03.01.2020 In a cottage with friends for the weekend with a few bottles of rum. Notes: Dark in colour. Nose: Wood, roasted, rubber, tar, cherry, mint, light caramel. Palate: Oily, wood, roasted, rubber, light tar, dried fruit, vegetal, dry. Finish: Long and dry, wood, light nutts, light smoke, cherry, rubber, tar.

Review by Jakob

Jakob
Apr 20251,568 reviewsSwitzerland
7.8/10

Crosstasting 1997er Caronis aus kontinentaler Lagerung: Ausdruckstarker Caroni mit präsentem HTR-Profil. Alkohol erkennbar, ohne finale Ausgewogenheit - die fehlende Balance kostet ein paar Bewertungspunkte.

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Auction results 218 € – 257 €

from 2 sales, latest 03/2026

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Avg. community purchase price 230 €

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11 bottles logged by 10 collectors.

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0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.

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What did the community pay for Milano Rum Festival & Barmetro Caroni HTR 1997?

Community paid 149–240 €.

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Details about Milano Rum Festival & Barmetro Caroni HTR 1997

A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Milano Rum Festival & Barmetro, at 57%.

CountryTrinidad
DistilleryCaroni
ABV57%
Volume50cl
Age19 years
Vintage1997
Cask no.#62
Limited edition390 bottles

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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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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
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