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Caroni 1996 Full Proof 23 Year Old Heavy - The Last Caroni
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This was the culmination of Luca Gargano's labour of love, the 39th and final Caroni release in this iconic series from Velier. This is a blend of 24 barrels of heavy rum, aged in Trinidad until 2008, and Guyana until 2019 when it was bottled. A subsequent third instalment of the Caroni Employees series followed this in 2020, the first from Velier to be bottled from a neutral tank (to prevent further ageing). This suggests that The Last Caroni is a reference here to a rum drawn directly from oak casks in their natural tropical climate.
Distillery
Distillery status
Closed
Age
23 year old
Vintage
1996
Ageing
Tropical
Sweetened
No
Region
Trinidad and Tobago
Brand
Bottle count
5,522
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
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