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Caroni 1997 Bar Metro 19 Year Old 50cl / 50th Anniversary

Lot: 6023452A

Caroni 1997 Bar Metro 19 Year Old 50cl / 50th Anniversary

Winning Bid: £162

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caroni
Age: 
19 year old
Vintage: 
1997
Region: 
Trinidad
Bottler: 
Bar Metro
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
57%
Bottle Size: 
50cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
Production method: 
column still
Base: 
trinidad molasses
product Details

Caroni 1997 Bar Metro 19 Year Old 50cl / 50th Anniversary

An independent bottling of Caroni, distilled in 1997 and bottled 19 years later.

The Caroni distillery is said to have been established in 1918, however there are several historical references that suggest distilling was happening there earlier in the 20th century. It became part of the Tate & Lyle firm in 1936, who used it as a base for expanding their eventually considerable sugar operations in Trinidad. Caroni was a key ingredient of the British Navy rations, where its famous high-ester 'Heavy' rums helped to make up the signature flavour. Sadly, with the decline of the Trinidadian sugar industry, Tate & Lyle sold a 51% controlling stake to the government in 1970, before it became fully nationalised in 1975. Despite being self-sufficient in molasses, the newly established Caroni (1975) Ltd continued to lose money for the next 25 years until the government tried to minimise its ownership, selling off 49% of its share, just enough to retain control. Angostura were the preferred bidders, but a dispute over the value of Caroni’s warehoused stock scuppered the deal, and Caroni was closed for good in 2003.

Specially bottled to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bar Metro. Bar Metro was founded in 1966 by Giorgio d'Ambrosio, and is a world famous whisky bar in Milan that have bottled numerous private casks of whisky. They continued that great tradition on their 50th birthday with this rum from the sought-after lost Trinidad distillery. The cask was selected with the help of the Andrea Gianone and Giuseppe Dolci of the Milan Rum Festival.

This was bottled from cask #62 which produced 390 bottles.

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