Cadenhead‘s Caroni HTR 1997
For experienced palates: a 20‑year, 60.6% Caroni that rewards patience with dirty tropical fruit, tar, rubber and smoky wood. RumX members love its balance of classic HTR grime, spice and subtle sweetness.
- Classic Caroni dirt
- Great complexity
- Long warm finish
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How does Cadenhead‘s Caroni HTR 1997 taste?
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Dirty, powerful continental Caroni For experienced palates: a 20‑year, 60.6% Caroni that rewards patience with dirty tropical fruit, tar, rubber and smoky wood. RumX members love its balance of classic HTR grime, spice and subtle sweetness.
Seasoned Caroni fans who enjoy high‑proof, dirty profiles with tar, rubber, smoky wood and spice, and don’t mind resting a glass to let the complexity unfold.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers looking for an easy, fruity sipper rather than a dry, smoky, oily Caroni profile.
How is Cadenhead‘s Caroni HTR 1997 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.7 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
14.12.2023 Retasting this rum and I still love it. The Caroni notes are more subtle but the overall balance is nice. --------------- Once this rum is rested the Caroni notes just come crawling across the table. I rested it for 15+ minutes before giving it a go. The nose has smoky wood, tar and rubber trailed by caramel, orange and a light earthy note. The palate is kind of in your face with roasted/smoky wood, tar, rubber, mango, caramel and light tobacco and iodine. What I like is the warm pepperyness on the palate. The finish is long and warm with wood and some earthy notes.
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Great fruity caroni.
Review by Skyfly
Köln-Bonner-Rumtreffen: angenehmer Caroni, alle Marker vorhanden, am Anfang etwas Speck in der Nase. Etwas dreckig, ABV noch lange spürbar, aber sehr gut eingebunden. PLV passt bei dieser Abfüllung super!
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Very spicy. Has an interesting sweetness that goes well with the rest of the flavors.
Review by Leo Krüper
Sehr trocken, malzig. Etwas speckig in der Nase. Interessanter 97er.
Review by Rum Watcher
Great bottling and very different compared to the Kolonne Still Caroni from Cadenheads, which I had in my glass shortly before. Both great, but fundamentally different Profil🇹🇹.
Review by Banana Joe
Ungewöhnlicher Caroni, Assoziationen von Maggi, speckig und rauchrig. Wenig Frucht.
Review by Jason Tack
Now this is a continentally aged Caroni I absolutely love! Quite alcoholic upon first whiff but those diesel/tar notes are there! The taste is just right up my street... lots of dirty tropical fruits and those typical diesel/tar notes are present but with a nice hint of charred wood and spice. Very peppery on the finish but those dirty notes keep on coming! Love me a 97!
Review by Double Barrel
Nose: toasted/toasted bread and flank, spices (cloves), varnish and exotic woods (sandalwood), coffee with almond chips, rubber, petroleum/alcohol, slightly fruity (orange and coconut) and vanilla, floral.Palate: caramel/melasse/burnt sugars mixed with coffee, spices (pepper and clove), a teaspoon of wood oil, some rubber, slight sweetness (citrus), bitterness (amaretto) and floral essences (mimosa/geranium) plus peppermint/eucalyptus at the very end.It's long and it's good (CMB)!
Review by Harald
Farbe: Hellbraun Geruch: Komplexe Aromen, die aber schwer zu identifizieren sind, da ich diesen Rum als ziemlich verschlossen wahrnehme. Da sind einerseits Allgemeinhin mit "lecker" assoziierte Aromen, wie schwach süß, Karamell, Orangenkuchen, Kakao, Sandelholz und Marzipan. Andererseits ist da etwas dreckiges, wie Motoröl, Lederpolitur, Air Freshener und Gummi. Geschmack: Kräftig, intensiv und sehr würzig. im Mund cremig und mild. Beim Schlucken eine Explosion von Aromen - einerseits diverse Gewürze, (unter anderem Pfeffer, Ingwer, Nelken) und Kampfer. Andererseits Röstaromen, Holz, Leder und Tabak sowie leckere Lebkuchen, Toffee und Nugat. Komplex und aufgrund der Vielfalt schwer zu beschreiben. Abgang: Lang, sehr würzig und scharf. Etwas Teer und salziges Brackwasser. Hat einen bitter-trocken-holzigen Nachgeschmack, dabei leicht adstringierend.. Fazit: Ein sehr guter Rum, der allerdings nicht zu meinen bevorzugten Caroni-Abfüllungen gehört. Dazu ist er zu ausdrucksschwach und schmuddelig ohne klare Geschmackslinie.
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25 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 5 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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