CoR Caroni Trinidad No. 4 1998
Loved by Stefan Persson, cigares & 51 more
For seasoned enthusiasts: a 24‑year, cask‑strength Caroni that rewards slow sipping. RumX members praise its intense yet balanced mix of rubber, tar, black tea, dried fruits, dark chocolate and dry oak.
- Classic Caroni profile
- Intense complexity
- Great alcohol integration
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How does CoR Caroni Trinidad No. 4 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 58 community reviews.
Dry, intense, classic Caroni dirt For seasoned enthusiasts: a 24‑year, cask‑strength Caroni that rewards slow sipping. RumX members praise its intense yet balanced mix of rubber, tar, black tea, dried fruits, dark chocolate and dry oak.
Caroni fans and seasoned drinkers who enjoy dry, high‑proof rums with rubber, tar, tea, dried fruit and oak rather than sweetness or fruit bombs.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike dirty, industrial Caroni notes and prefer soft, sweet 40% rums.
How is CoR Caroni Trinidad No. 4 1998 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.5 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 58 ratings
Review by Stefan Persson
Got this sample for free from RumX. It’s a single cask bottling from the legendary Caroni distillery that closed down in 2003. It’s a column still rum distilled in 1998 whereafter it’s tropical aged for 11 years in an ex-bourbon barrel and then continentally aged for an additional 12 years in an ex-whisky barrel before bottled in 2022 in just 250 bottles with a cask strength of 62,9%. Overall a very intense, complex and round rum.
Review by cigares
Dégustation chez J. B. Labat et au German Rum Festival en parallèle avec le cask #10. Un nez plutôt léger en atelier mécanique et avec pas mal de fruits. Comme un côté beurré aussi. La bouche est vive, mais comme au nez, plutôt équilibrée entre les notes d’atelier mécanique et les fruits. La finale est longue et délicieuse, tout comme le verre vide. Un rhum avec assez peu d’aspérités mais plutôt dans l’équilibre. Un meilleur nez que le cask #10 mais la bouche est nettement moins intéressante.
Review by SaibotZtar
Needs a lot of time in the glass. On the nose, first sweet with burnt sugar, oak wood, dried fruits, leather, rubber, and asphalt (tar). On the palate, a bit more fruity, not as funky as some other Caroni... Leather, rubber, and dark chocolate. Alcohol well integrated. The pour is a bit bitter but still within limits.
Review by DomM
Little more wood forwards and more dry than its CoR brother. Intense, dirty, herbal.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
16.05.2023 Normally I don't do tastings during the week because I have to go to work pretty early the next day. This blind tasting just stating "Colours of Rum" just tickled my brain to say "book and participate" and I didn't regret it. It wasn't only a great experience, but we had a blast of an evening with many new faces around the table. Caroni's are expensive and so is this one. It stil does pretty well though and the traditional Caroni notes are there. Nose and palate are intense but in a good way. ABV and wood are really well integrated and the fruit takes a backseat here. The palate is lightly oily and medium dry with a herbal touch. The finish is long and kind if fresh and spicy with a light medicinal note.
Review by RumTaTa
Nice mix of Caroni funk and dried fruits on the nose, really like it. On the palate, the Caroni funk dominates, accompanied by a pleasant sweetness and spice. The finish continues the palate experience without the sweetness. Without being an expert, I'd say: a typical Caroni.
Review by Serge
A bit less sweetness and fruit on the nose (and palate) than the 98s I've tried so far. Instead, dried thyme on the nose and palate. Especially at the beginning... unfortunately it fades after a while. Overall, I really like it because sometimes the sweetness in the Caronis is really too much for me.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un Caroni dans les standards de son Millésime. Le nez est plutôt doux, sur le bonbon au caramel, couplé avec du sucre brulé, des notes de raisin sec et de noisettes grillées. Le côté fumé et pétrolifère monte progressivement sans s’imposer. Le profil est bien dosé et d’une belle rondeur. Un Caroni conventionnel mais agréable. L’attaque en bouche est marqué par le duo sucré du caramel et pétrolifère du goudron et du caoutchouc. Des notes herbacées sur le thé noir et des fruits exotiques viennent se mêler au profil, qui se veut plutôt sec, intense et assez sombre (noisettes grillées, bois, fumé, piment, chocolat). Le profil est plutôt agréable, il pourrait être un bon Caroni « de tous les jours ». L’alcool est bien intégré. La finale est longue, axée sur le chêne bien pimenté, fumé voir brulé, le tabac et les hydrocarbures. Les tanins et les notes médicinales, herbacées et fruitées donnent une jolie tonalité et équilibrent le profil. Un Caroni à la fois intense et tout en rondeur, avec une belle palette aromatique. Il manque toutefois un petit quelque chose pour tutoyer les sommets.
Review by Jarek
Ich bin kein Caroni-Experte, aber persönlich habe ich schon bessere Caronis im Glas gehabt. Es ist fast alles da was ich von einem Caroni erwarte, aber von allem nicht genug. Immer noch ein sehr guter Rum, aber keine Spitzenklasse.
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 TheJackDrop
Notes issues du Whisky Live Paris 2024 - à revoir et approfondir. Caoutchouc, pruneaux, petit thé, et peut être une minéralité (étrange non ?) pour le ce petit Caroni. On rêve en voyant la bouteille, mais en bouche finalement, c'est pas non plus l'extase. Chocolat noir et légers tanins en fin de bouche.
Review by Andi
Schwarztee, intensiv, Eiche, Gummi/Teer, dreckige Noten und einen sehr trockenen Abgang.
Review by Jakob
Direktvergleich der 1998er Caronis von Colours of Rum: Durchweg typische HTR-Profile, No. 4 zeigt sich etwas intensiver im Gaumen. Typische Noten von dunklen Gewürzen, leichter Süsse sowie etwas Röstaromatik aus dem Fass.
Review by Vladimír Rejholec (AlkoTip)
The nose is distinctly dry, barrel-like, with a hint of dried wood. After the first sips, it's black tea, dried raisins, with hints of fruits. The taste of an oiled machine, rubber, tar, mixed with slightly sweetened caramel, burnt sugar, coffee, spices, wood and a barrel spreads in the mouth. You want to taste this insanely beautiful madness. The finish is long, warm, with no unpleasant spiciness.
Review by Christoph
Ein sanfter Caroni, zumindest was die Nase angeht. Im Geschmack und Abgang kommen Caroni Fans auf ihren Geschmack wobei es noch deutlich dreckigere gibt.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
"That said the sweeter and fruitier notes make it much approachable. Don't get me wrong this isn't the type of rum you want to be giving someone who is just dipping their toe in the world of aged rum but it's certainly more forgiving that a lot of Cask Strength..."Read full review →
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22 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 8 members.
About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 10,122 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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