Caroni Distillery
Dewar Rattray Caroni Trinidad Rum 1997 (16 year old) 61.7%
Bourbon Cask 108
Dist: 1997 Btl: 2013
Tasted: Oct 2013
The nose reminds me of the 13 year old that they bottled back in 2010. A full on molasses, date, prune, raisin, grainy coffee, liquorice and brown sugar monster! Stunningly pungent yet gentle with hints of medicinal, band-aid agricole notes. Whoa! Give it some time and aeration and the agricole notes really begin to assert themselves with oodles of menthol and eucalyptus. It’s not as alcoholic on the nose as you might think as those gorgeous coffee/ molasses/ treacle notes keep it well and truly in check.
The palate opens with a wave of molasses, dark chocolate and coffee before the alcohol arrives trailing some grainy coffee’d tannins in its wake. The medicinal rancio builds wonderfully as does the tongue numbing alcohol! Wow, what a hit! My god, its nose and eye-wateringly intense, but the finish is magical, full of marzipan impregnated dates, raisins, walnuts, burnt coffee and soothingly sweet molasses. I love this!
I’m so glad they didn’t bottle this at 46% because it really doesn’t take being diluted well at all. The nose becomes very light, almost insubstantial with a kerosene note appearing amongst the brown sugar sprinkled dried fruit and nuts. Slightly perfumed and ashy as well now. The palate is like the nose – very light and dare I say it watery? Lightly fragranced and nutty with the medicinal rancio a ghost and the finish almost non-existent.
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