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Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Whisky Antique) HTR 2000
Sipped neat and slow — at nearly 68% this is not a mixing bottle. Expect the classic dirty Caroni signature: tar, rubber, bicycle-tube and smoke, cut by tropical fruit and even glacé cherry. The 18 years and long bottle time have rounded it, but the alcohol still runs hot. Menthol and roasted, bitter notes stretch out an enormous finish.
The community says- Dirty Caroni character
- Fruit-tar balance
- Enormous finish
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How does Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Whisky Antique) HTR 2000 taste?
Aggregated from 18 community reviews.
Tar, rubber and tropical fruit, hot and huge Tasters call it intense, complex and beautifully balanced between fruit and Caroni grime. A few note the heat pushes through; one felt the bottle was fading, but most rate it a top 2000 vintage.
Caroni devotees who love tar, rubber and petrol-heavy sipping rum
Anyone new to rum or sensitive to high, hot ABV
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How is Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Whisky Antique) HTR 2000 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.0 sits in the “Excellent” band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
0% rate it between 6 and 8. 7 selected write-ups from 18 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by cigares
End of the bottle and we're afraid the rum has stale. All the aromas are present, with perhaps a softening due to the long oxidation in the bottle. The nose is reminiscent of a machine shop, but also of tropical fruit. The palate is full and greedy. The finish is magnificent! An excellent representative of Caroni.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A Caroni as intense as it is elegant. Time has surely mellowed it, but the result is there: the nose offers a lovely contrast between the freshness of menthol, the roundness of dried fruit and caramel, spices and the empyreumatic notes of Caroni's style (licorice, smoky notes, hydrocarbons and well-roasted oak). A high-class rum. The attack on the palate is just as lively. The intensity of the oil and machine-shop notes rivals the warmth of the spices and smoky notes. A touch of saltiness and tropical fruit add a pleasant new dimension to the palate. Despite a powerful, dry profile, the alcohol remains very well integrated. The finish is extremely long, with mentholated, even medicinal notes, contrasted with warmer, roasted and bitter notes reminiscent of Caroni's dirty style. Exotic fruit, tire, rubber and tar all play off each other on the palate, exalting the senses. A rum that was clearly worth the effort when it was first released, and one that I'm sure you won't be able to taste any time soon. Nevertheless, this Millésime 2000 is a true nectar that perfectly represents the illustrious defunct distillery.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4305 21.10.2023 nice evening with the RumX guys.
Review by Maxence
Wow, this one is very intense and complex. Perfect balance between fruits and typical dirty Caroni notes from 2000 vintage. This one outclasses its sister cask selected for Lion's Whisky by far. An amazing rum. Probably the best 2000 vintage together with The Nectar in my opinion 👌
Review by Jeremy Roger 🇫🇷
The powerful aroma of the HTR mark Pungent on the palate, then gives way to the distillery's typical markers. Candied tropical limit fruits and cherry arrive at the back of the palate, with the HTR framework running throughout.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Caroni je destilerie z Trinidadu, produkujici v dobe sve nejvetsi slavy rum, ktery se pridaval v pomeru 1:10 do namornickeho blendu. Byl totiz moc vyrazny a divny nez aby byl prijemny na jazyku. V roce 2000 destilerka skoncila s produkci a byla uzavrena. Az v roce 2010 se objevili degustatori, kteri si rum oblibili prave pro jeho specialni chut. A zajem rostl. Caroni patri do kategorie rumu "you need to try before you die". Doporucuji, Caroni je opravdu unikatni rum.
Review by Oliver
Relatively wild nose with Spanish associations. A little too much alcohol present on the palate.
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Details about Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Whisky Antique) HTR 2000
A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Velier, at 67,9%.
Community purchases
27 bottles logged by 23 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Caroni Heavy Trinidad Rum (Whisky Antique) HTR 2000 cost?
Community paid 332–4,234 €.
Current best price: 2600.00 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
27 purchased · 18 tasted · 14 wishlist · as of
About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 10,324 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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