Aroma visualization from community tastings
Jack Tar Caroni La Lune 1997
"All the expected Caroni notes are there once rested," as one Danish taster put it: rubber, tar and smoky wood, with a light orange note running through it. The nose can charm with vanilla and ripe orange, but the palate turns drier and more one-track. Several fans call it a good Caroni that just isn't top-tier — a touch too simple next to the heavy, oily bottlings.
The community says- Classic Caroni markers
- Lovely orange note
- Lacks complexity
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How does Jack Tar Caroni La Lune 1997 taste?
Aggregated from 20 community reviews.
Classic Caroni tar and rubber, a bit simple A well-made 1997 Caroni with all the rubber, tar and smoke you'd want, plus a hint of orange. Most agree it's good but lacks the depth of high-end Caronis.
Caroni fans who love tar, rubber and smoke
Anyone new to heavy, dry, high-ABV rum
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What does the community say?
10% rate it between 6 and 8. 11 selected write-ups from 20 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
#4090 This is a very nice Caroni and a smoky one indeed. In the glas it's a bit cloudy but nothing that matters. All the expected Caroni notes are there once rested, rubber, tar and smoky wood. There is a light orange note in the profile and I like that. Well balanced and good ABV integration. Draws really nice and slow curtains and the empty glass has even more smoke and fruit flavours.
Review by JFehr
Most helpful mixed review
Somewhat bitter. Alcohol not optimally integrated
Review by Tschusikowsky
Very good Caroni. Sensationally good nose for a Caroni. Properly emphasized rubber. Otherwise chocolate, fruit, leather, menthol, smoky and then some peach and coffee on the finish. Unfortunately, it loses a little of its momentum on the finish and is quickly gone; it is also less complex on the finish. But it is still good fun to drink.
Review by Adrian Wahl
I don't find the typical Caroni notes as present as the other tastings suggest. A good Caroni but, as far as I can judge from my experience in this area, not at the top level
Review by Johannes
Alcohol not optimally integrated, somewhat unround, lacks some complexity and intensity.
Review by Jakob
A wolf in sheep's clothing - In the nose first with beguiling vanilla note, fully ripe orange notes and a little wood and caramel. Then much more brash on the palate: burnt wood, heavy spices, plus the typical Caroni HTR flavors with the focus on gum notes quite typical of 97 releases. Unfortunately, the sweetness of the nose is missing as a counterweight, which is why the impression on the palate remains somewhat too one-dimensional for me overall.
Review by zabo
Finde diese Abfüllung im Gegensatz zu seinem Bruder dem La Sol, nicht ganz so gut. Was nicht heißen soll, dass er schlecht ist. Die typischen Marker sind da, aber der andere hat mir einfach besser gefallen.
Review by DutchRumPirate
What a delightful Caroni on the nose. Lovely flowers, a touch of sweetness with fruity notes and delicious rubber,. Taste: the same sweetness fruity notes, chocolate, fruit, leather, a touch of menthol, and especially iced tea peach. The finish is reasonable to long, but not complex. It's a delicious Caroni and easy to enjoy, but it lacks complexity or volume compared to high-end Caronis. But the price reflects that. It is a delicious rum, but based on experience with other Caroni's I now give this rating.
Review by martin slezák
Colour amber, drops slowly trickling Aroma: kerosene, leather, peat, mustiness Taste: kerosene, old leather, spices, fine peat, bitter almonds, wood Long pertoleum finish
Review by Matej
So honored to try another Caroni sample. The aroma is a wonderful palette of wood, smoke and tar scents. Later, the aroma of fruit (orange) and chocolate comes to the fore. I wouldn't have guessed such a high ABV from this aroma. The taste itself offers a combination of wood, smoke, black pepper, but there are also technical flavors (mostly rubber). What I loved was heavy cigar flavor. Finish is long (at least for me) with flavors of wood, smoke, rubber but there is again that tar flavor. Overall great, gently rum from Trinidad with high ABV, which does not prevent individual aromas and flavors from showing their potential. Love it.
Review by Michael Grünfelder
Im Großem und Ganzen ein sehr fruchtiger Rum. Aber etwas mangel in der Ausgewogenheit. Am Anfang ist der Alkoholgehalt sehr present wobei die Nase eher mit fruchtigen und holzigen Aroma überwiegt. In der Mitte kot dann doch das Fruchtige raus. Im abgang sehr warm um prickeld was an schwarzen Peffer erinnert.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →If you do not like Caroni rum - there is no shame in recognising that. If you a Caroni buff then this is a bottling which is well worth seeking out. I do fancy from the profile that it does have a good chunk of tropical ageing. Which for me...
Details about Jack Tar Caroni La Lune 1997
A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Jack Tar, at 61,3%.
Community purchases
8 bottles logged by 7 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 21 tasted · 8 wishlist · as of
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