CARONI - Velier Paradise n°4 - Vintage 1996 - Full Proof Heavy Trinidad - Cask 3786 - 68.10%
The famous Caroni Distillery was founded in 1918 in the state of Trinidad & Tobago (Trinity) . This state distillery then has its own sugar factory to ensure its supply of raw material, high quality sugar cane produced on site. Heavily equipped with different types of stills (column and iron stills), this legendary distillery has long remained secret and mystical. Indeed, few of their rums have been bottled under their own label. Their eaux-de-vie have a very unique aromatic profile with fragrances of hydrocarbons, sweet spices and honey. However, the government decided to close the distillery in 2002 following a crisis in the sugar industry. As a result, their rarity has greatly increased, taking these rums with such atypical character into a mythical dimension.
Paradise #4 is the first edition of one of the 23 barrels selected as the best by The Tasting Gang on April 12, 2019, among the last 136 barrels of Caroni. After the tasting, each chosen barrel was decanted into 4 dame jeannes of 54 liters which were stored at Caroni Paradise in Cognac. Barrel #3768 comes from stock which, after distillation, remained in Trinidad until 2019.