Caroni 1997 19 Year Old Milano Rum Festival 50cl

A 50cl bottle of Caroni Rum from Trinidad and Tobago. This was distilled in 1997, matured for 19 years in a single cask and bottled at navy strength of 57% ABV. This was produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Barmetro and the Milano Rum Festival.

This is one of 390 bottles; this was bottled from cask number 62.

The Caribbean island of Trinidad was once to home to more than 50 distilleries, today just one remains. Caroni is one of the island's lost distilleries, having closed its doors for good in 2002. It was established in 1923 and utilised both pot and column stills to produce the characteristic 'heavy' rum it has since become known for. The distillery supplied rum to the British Navy for many years and the raw materials were sourced from its own sugar refinery. In an unpopular move, the Trinidad government sold a 49% share of Rum Distillers Limited to Angostura, and the Caroni distillery closed a year later. Shortly after its closure, Luca Gargano of Italian spirits company Velier discovered hundreds of barrels of maturing Caroni rum, some dating back 30 years. These casks were purchased and bottled, 'Caronimania' took hold and the rum rapidly gained cult status amongst spirits fans.

This Caroni 1997 19 Year Old sold at our online auction for £100