Caroni 20 Year Old (That Boutique-y Rum Company) | 500ML

Introduction

Rum: Caroni 20 Year Old (That Boutique-y Rum Company) | 500ML

Almond, hazelnut and cocoa lead before cooked banana and almost an note of mince pies emerge. Oaky cigar box and floral vanilla add beautiful depth.

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Size: 500ML

Proof: 126.4 (63.2%ABV)

Origin: Trinidad

Distillery: Caroni

Usually, when you have such a characterful iconic rum like Caroni you typically wouldn’t finish it because, frankly, it doesn’t need anything else. But the problem with that approach is that you may never taste some amazing flavours because you weren’t brave to experiment. At Boutique-y Rum HQ, the choice was made to pop Caroni in a peaty whisky cask and see how these two big profiles would work.

Caroni 20 Year Old (That Boutique-y Rum Company) | 500ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Almond, hazelnut and cocoa lead before cooked banana and almost an note of mince pies emerge. Oaky cigar box and floral vanilla add beautiful depth.

Palate: A thick and heavy palate carries notes of sweet tobacco, rich molasses and a little smoke against a buttery biscuit base. Full bodied spice fizzes away underneath with a little pineapple juice.

Finish: The molasses continue to simmer away in this supple finish.

Distillery Information

Established in 1923 on the site of the old Caroni sugar factory with both column and pot stills, Caroni produced rums notable for a distinctive heavy profile which was supplied to the British Navy. Despite protests, in 2001 it was sold by the Trinidad government to Angostura, and it was then closed in 2002. But wait, that was not the end of Caroni distillery! The winds of fate changed when, while visiting Trinidad in 2004, Luca Gargano learnt of a warehouse full of barrels of rums in the derelict distillery. The barrels were purchased, bottled and sold and are now frantically sought out by collectors – a phenomenon termed Caronimania.