Caroni 1998 by C. Dully Selection is a Heavy Trinidad Rum drawn from Christian Dully's selected stocks and bottled in 2021 at 54.2% volume. The release is numbered to 280 bottles, carrying the classic post-closure Caroni appeal in a slightly more rounded register than the most extreme Velier releases. AGEING: distilled in 1998 and matured for 23 years, this bottling combines tropical identity with later continental refinement before bottling in Scotland. It is presented at full proof, natural colour and without chill filtration, with the vatting of barrels giving breadth rather than a single-cask edge. SERVING: serve neat at room temperature in a tulip glass and allow it to rest. A few drops of still water can open the compact structure. Pair with espresso, bitter chocolate, grilled beef or a full-bodied Nicaraguan cigar.
Tasting notes
Dark amber copper.
Tropical fruit, rubber, vanilla, oak polish, cherry, light smoke and tobacco.
Oily and rounded: tar, leather, coffee, spice, light wood, cherry and dark tobacco.
Long finish with rubber, dry oak, pepper, tobacco leaf and gentle tar.
Caroni was founded in 1918 near San Fernando in Trinidad and became the emblem of Heavy Trinidad Rum. The distillery closed in 2002, leaving finite stocks that later became central to the collector market. C. Dully Selection is the Swiss independent bottling project of Christian Dully, launched through CIDU Collection, selecting small runs of whisky and rum with a collector's eye for provenance and character.
RumX: 8.5/10 from 24 reviews.
