Caroni 1996 Extra Strong Imperial Proof 21-Year

Like all the full proof rhum, this one is quite complicated to be drunk. It has to be warmed up in the glass, and tasted slowly, waiting for each single drop to evaporate in your mouth. The high content of alcohol will expand all the flavours of this rhum in your whole mouth. There’s a great complexity of notes from caramel to tropical fruit and some spices. The trick is to drink it drop by drop otherwise the alcohol will be overwhelming.

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

N- Dark fruit mashes gelatin with crushed asam boi. Well integrated of good spices, full oak with a pleasant fragrant of light brown sugar nuance. Easily additive aroma that make you well intoxicated by nosing alone. (23/25)

P- Crème brûlée with brandy soaked cherry. Husky and oak-y in the mid palate that translate to whiff of bitter herbs, works well with the delicate sweetness at great harmony. Powerful creamy body. (22/25)

F- Medium length. Full, minty sweet, waxy and more light caramelize cherry on the return. (22/25)

Balanced:- Utterly delicious, well composed by it's own nature. (22/25)

Weighted Rate:- 89pt

— at The Rum Bar KL.

Lidt for stærk til mig... men helt klar i familie med den fantastiske 15’er Dog mere potent....

Wow - this gear has more grunt than a truck load of pigs! Not for everyone - High on alcohol and it does have some bite - But a great piece of Trinidad`s rum history that once gone is gone forever. I got one bottle to drink and one to collect, along with the 17 yo and the 15 yo. I personally enjoyed this a lot but my wife does not agree! :)

Eigentlich ein Rum wie man ihn sich wünscht. Zumindest bisher kann ich mit den Caroni-Aromen aber nicht viel anfangen. Bei diesem hier war es besonders "schlimm".

Au nez on retrouve forcement les hydrocarbures propres aux Caroni mais dans une juste mesure, ça n’emporte pas tout sur son passage et une place est laissée à la vanille.
En bouche la térébenthine est plus présente mais est mêlée à un boisé et une touche floral qui rafraichie le tout.
C’est plus fruité sur la finale avec l’arrivé de saveurs de prune, pruneau et anis.

Caroni 1996
Velier
Distilled: 1996
Bottled: 2017
Aged 21 Years
57,18%

Country of origin: Trinidad
Raw Material: Molasses

Color: Mahogany

Nose:
Powerful and dry. Smells like in a lumber mill, being smoky and tarry. Furthermore there are notes of chewing tobacco, leather, licorice, roast lamb, almond biscuit and fruitcake.

Taste:
Powerful and bold, complex and very spicy. Notes of chestnuts, almond biscuits, roasted almonds and tons of licorice. Furthermore I taste chewing tobacco and espresso.

Finish:
Medium long, dry and spicy with notes of old wood and tobacco.