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Caroni 23 years 1998 Excellence Rhum Cask Strength 46 One of 225 - bottled 2021

  • 65.20% |
  • 0.70L

A Caroni 23 year old single cask (#46) distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2021 by Excellence Rhum, a specialist website created in 2012 that subsequently ope…More info

  • Distillery: Caroni
  • Appellation: Rhum
  • Country/Region: Trinidad and Tobago ,
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label

Lot presentation
Caroni 23 years 1998 Excellence Rhum Cask Strength 46 One of 225 - bottled 2021

The wine

A Caroni 23 year old single cask (#46) distilled in 1998 and bottled in 2021 by Excellence Rhum, a specialist website created in 2012 that subsequently opened a store in Paris.

The distillery Caroni

The Caribbean, Trinidad. Distillery closed, site dismantled.

In 1975, under pressure from across the country, the government of Trinidad nationalized a number of companies, including Tate & Lyle, the English giant of sugar production and owner of Caroni Ltd since 1937. The very competitive economic context, however, led to the closure of the island's sugar refineries and the collapse of the molasses production required for the production of rum. In 2001, the government sold its shares in Rum Distillers Ltd (Caroni) to Angostura and closed the distillery in 2002. Caroni Ltd would be definitively liquidated on 31 July 2003. In October 2004, Luca Gargano, the CEO of the Italian spirit distributor Velier and a passionate rum enthusiast and photographer, visited Trinidad to carry out research for a future report. There he found the site abandoned and, within its cellars, a huge stock of barrels, some distilled in 1974. The story of Caroni began in 2005 and the distillery immediately became the subject of lore.

Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Caroni
  • Vintage: 1998
  • Bottler: Excellence Rhum
  • Age: 23 years
  • Appellation: Rhum
  • Country/Region: Trinidad and Tobago ,
  • Alcohol percentage: 65.20 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown
Caroni 23 years 1998 Excellence Rhum Cask Strength 46 One of 225 - bottled 2021
Caroni 23 years 1998 Excellence Rhum Cask Strength 46 One of 225 - bottled 2021

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Caroni 23 years 1998 Excellence Rhum Cask Strength 46 One of 225 - bottled 2021

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format