Buy selected and rare Caroni Trinidad Rum

Caroni was a distillery founded in 1918 in the Caribbean island state of Trinidad, which consisted of just a single estate with a sugar cane farm and is now a name that immediately sets rum lovers hearts racing. Equipped with both a pot still and a column still, the distillery produced its rum exclusively on the basis of molasses made from pure Trinidad sugar cane, resulting in a heavy, complex rum with an unmistakable character and flavour. The production of Caroni rum products was therefore always linked to the products and supply of the neighbouring sugar refinery. When the neighbouring sugar refinery ceased production, this inevitably meant the end of the supply of the raw material required for the distillery and so Caroni also had to cease production in 2003 and the distillery was closed. As only a few bottles were bottled under its own label, Caroni rum was only known to a few absolute connoisseurs and aficionados at the time and the closure of the distillery did not attract any particular attention at the time.
In 2003 and 2004, the remaining stocks of Caroni from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s were sold at auction, and a large part was secured by the well-known Italian importer, distributor and independent bottler Velier with the owner Luca Gargano from Genova, who quickly caused quite a stir with the few strictly limited bottlings of Caroni vintage and single cask rum available to date.
Several other independent bottlers such as Bristol, Bonpland, Compagnie des Indes, Samaroli and Rum Nation have also been able to secure barrels and have bottled some exceptional rums.
Velier s bottlings in particular are of outstanding quality, Luca Gagarno has demonstrated his excellent instinct for excellent rum and many years of knowledge with his selection - the limited bottlings always matured in the Caribbean with an angels share of sometimes well over 80% of the single cask rums from the 1970s and 1980s and vintage bottlings from the 1990s are among the most expensive rums today and are now rarely found even in the special auctions of Bonhams, Christies or Whisky.Auction.
Caroni is already a piece of rum history with a flavour and character that is certainly unique. Due to the small number of Caroni casks still in existence, this rum offers a special exclusivity and is certainly one of the best that the rum category has to offer today. The typical Caroni petrol notes with tar, wood and smoke are particularly appealing to lovers and fans of peated whiskies, and with its complex aroma and flavour it has rightly achieved cult status among connoisseurs.