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Caroni 12-Year rum

Caroni 12-Year

Trinidad and Tobago | Aged

7.6/10
60 ratings
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Turambar 🇫🇷 | 19 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

Un rhum au nez étrange, sur le vernis, le pétrole, le plastique. Il a besoin d'aération. On retrouve alors des fruits exotiques frais, de la vanille; de la cire et un aspect huileux. Bouche dans les mêmes notes, plutôt grasse, sur le vernis, les fruits exotiques, le grillé. Finale longue. Un excellent produit, un peu déroutant toutefois pour débuter.

Fredrik 🇩🇰 | 50 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

With its 50%, 100proof profile, this thing will kick you in the nuts ever so gently. No sugar, no color, just a punch in the mouth. This is just lovely!

Banana 🇮🇹 | 10 ratings
Posted almost 10 years ago

"One Piece"! Like the comics of Eiichiro Oda.
I'm talking about a comics of incredible, phantasmagorical and flaky pirates. The first time I've drunk this RVM, I've had indeed the sensation that the pirates' RVM was exaclty like Caroni.
Maybe the 50° that don't dominate the flavor, maybe the big structure or the striking copper colored or the salty taste with scent of earth, perhaps the simplicity of the bottle, but these are alls factors that make Caroni an amazing, evocative RVM.

I know it should not be done, but if it's possible, late in the evening, close your eyes and try to drink it directly to the bottle...

Bengt 🇸🇪 | 7 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Amazing taste. Like no other.
Between whisky and rum but it is rum !

M.R.J. 🇫🇮 | 201 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Oily, smoky, and full of fruity notes. This one is a pretty heavy rum that is tasty. Of course no additives. The spirit of Trinidad in a gorgeous bottle.

Jesper Frandsen 🇩🇰 | 50 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

Anderledes Rom end jeg er vant til - er meget positivt overrasket - smager af gummi/fad noter brænder lidt på tungen uden at være for meget

vomi1011 🇩🇪 | 403 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Velier Caroni 12y

Smell: After an hour in the glass, it smells very leathery. I would definitely mistake it for a 1997 Bristol. Lots of leather, little fruit, some tar and barrel aromas such as oak with earthy aromas.
Not complex, very straightforward without any sophistication.

Taste: Slightly dried fruit, oak, then immediately leather with bitter substances (tannins). It's like Bristol 1997-2017.
Then tar is added, the bitter substances remain quite dominant with the oak on the palate. It has little sweetness.
The finish is a bit spicy with a lot of leather, tannins and oak. Dried fruit develops with oak in the aftertaste.

Aftertaste: oak, dried fruit, tannins, some tar

Conclusion: Not a superb caroni, more like a usual 97. But the quality is okay, even if the tannins seem a bit too present to me.

Overall rating: 86 points

Sweetness: 1/5
Fruit: 1.5 / 5
Sharpness: 3/5
Value (200 €): 3/5

Rei 🇩🇪 | 120 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

This heavy rum was distilled in 2000 from the last Trinidad molasses and bottled in 2012. Golden to light brown colour. Nosing reveals smell of sweet alcohol and a oaked profile which borders on slightly musty. Palate has a very dry profile. It is quite hot, oily and spicy (white pepper with a little ginger and nutmeg) and it has a very long oaked finish with very little sweetness.

Oliver 🇩🇪 | 4 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

... yes indeed! If someone asks me how a good rum should taste - here it is! It is rough and pleasant at the same time.

Rene Rum (PREMIUM) 🇨🇭 | 547 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Meine zweite Caroni Verkostung, ich bin gespannt, ist leider nur ein Musterfläschchen, hatte bisher "nur" den 1974 Bristol Caroni im Glas.
Schön leuchtendes Bernstein im Glas. Genau so wie ein Rum ohne Farbstoffe aussehen muss.
In der Nase schwere Holztöne wie eine alte Kommode aus den Zwanzigern, etwas erdiges fast animalisches, sehr speziell, sehr komplex. Ich freue mich jetzt auf den ersten Schluck.
Im Gaumen sehr ehrlich und hart, wieder diese erdigen Noten, gewachstes Holz, verbranntes Tannenholz, Harze, reiner Kakau und 1000 Aromen mehr, einfach nur wow ! Unmöglich alle Nuancen aus diesem Muster herauszufinden. Ich will mehr !
Im Abgang einfach nur himmlisch, ein wenig rauchig, doch etwas fruchtig mit einer dezenten Süsse.
Ich muss noch ein paar Flaschen einbunkern, eine solche Konzentration an Aromen ist fast nicht zu übertreffen. Leider wurde die Destillerie aufgegeben.
Ein Rum für besondere Tage mit Zeit und Musse. Nicht unbedingt für Einsteiger.

My second Caroni tasting, I'm curiously, it's only a sample bottle, had so far "only" the 1974 Bristol Caroni in the glass.
Beautiful brilliant amber in the glass. Just like a rum without dyes must look.
In the nose heavy wood tones like an old chest of drawers from the twenties, something earthy almost animal, very special, very complex. I'm looking forward to the first sip.
In the palate very honest and hard, again these earthy notes, waxed wood, burnt fir, resins, pure cocoa and 1000 flavors more, just wow! Impossible to figure out all the nuances from this pattern. I want more !
In the finish is simply heavenly, a little smoky, but somewhat fruity with a subtle sweetness.
I have to bunch a few bottles, such a concentration of aromas is almost not to be surpassed. Unfortunately, the distillery was abandoned.
A rum for special days with time and leisure. Not necessarily for beginners.

Olivye 🇫🇷 | 4 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Le style caroni avec une belle puissante en attaque!! Belle représentation de cette belle distillerie




Brand Details

Name: 12-Year
Years Aged: 12
Type: Caroni
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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