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Caroni 1974 Full Proof 34 Year Old Heavy
The oldest vintage in this series of Caroni rums from Velier, this is an example of the distillery's lighter style LWR mark (often thought to mean "Local White Rum"). It was distilled in the Blair column still in 1974 and bottled for Velier in France in 2008.
Distillery
Distillery status
Closed
Age
34 year old
Vintage
1974
Production Type
Traditional rum
Still
Column still
Ageing
Tropical
Sweetened
No
Cask type
7 x barrels
Region
Trinidad and Tobago
Brand
Bottle count
2,000
Base
Molasses
Series
Distillery
Caroni
A historic rum distillery that was once owned by British sugar merchant, Tate & Lyle, before being nationalised by the Trinidadian government in the 1970s. It eventually closed in 2003 and the last of the distillery's stock and its brand name were acquired by Italian distributor, Velier.
Founded
1918
Production type
Traditional rum
Brand
Caroni
A historic rum distillery that was once owned by British sugar merchant, Tate & Lyle, before being nationalised by the Trinidadian government in the 1970s. It eventually closed in 2003 and the last of the distillery's stock and its brand name were acquired by Italian distributor, Velier.
Founded
1918
Production type
Traditional rum
Company
Velier
An Italian importer and distributor founded in Genoa in 1947. Under the ownership of Luca Gargano since 1986, it has become one of the most important companies in the world rum. It represents a huge array of brands in Europe as well as marketing a number of its own.
Founded
1947
Company type
Distributor,
Importer,
Independent Bottler
Series
Caroni 1st-39th Release
A collection of numbered releases of Caroni rum from the historic lost distillery on Trinidad. They were bottled and marketed by the Italian distributor, Velier, and released between 2005 and 2019, culminating with the 39th, The Last Caroni.
Dates of production
2005-2019
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