Wine for sale: Caroni
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.
- Caroni 16 years 1989 Small Batch Special Release €1,962
- Caroni 12 years 2000 Velier 100° Proof bottled 2012 Extra Strong €330
- Caroni 15 years 2000 Velier Millennium One of 1420 - bottled 2015 €883
- Caroni 21 years 1996 Of. 100° Imperial Proof bottled 2017 Velier Extra Strong €476
- Caroni 18 years Velier Navy Rum 90° Proof - bottled 2018 Celebrating the 100th Anniversary Extra Strong €256
- Caroni 16 years 1998 Velier Full Proof 32nd Release - One of 2750 - bottled 2014 €1,072
- Caroni 20 years 1996 Velier Trespassers 35th Release - 3038 bottles - bottled 2016 Full Proof €1,013
- Caroni 20 years 1996 Velier Trilogy Cask n°R3711 - bottled 2016 LMDW 60th Anniversary €1,649
- Caroni 23 years 1994 Velier 36th Release Double Maturation - bottled 2017 Guyana Stock €727
- Caroni 17 years 1998 Of. 110° Proof bottled 2015 LMDW Extra Strong €377
- Caroni 20 years 1996 Velier Cask n°5541 bottled 2016 LMDW Trilogy €1,566
- Caroni 20 years 1996 Velier Cask n°5602 bottled 2016 LMDW Trilogy €1,649
- Caroni 17 years 2000 Velier 110 Proof One of 2700 - bottled 2017 €1,235
- Caroni 21 years 1985 Velier Full Proof bottled in 2006 €2,016
- Caroni 22 years 1983 Velier High Proof bottled in 2005 €1,430
- Caroni 24 years 1982 Velier Full Proof bottled in 2006 €2,862
- Caroni 1974 Bristol Spirits Bristol Classic Rum bottled in 2008 €1,170
- Caroni 17 years 1996 Velier High Proof 31st Release - One of 3910 - bottled 2013 €907
- Caroni 20 years 1992 Velier Full Proof 1621 bottles - bottled 2012 €1,855
- Caroni 16 years 1997 Silver Seal Whisky Company Single Cask n° 16 bottled 2013 €715
- Caroni 1997 Silver Seal Whisky Company Heavy bottled 2011 Wildlife Series n°2 €637
- Caroni 18 years 1996 La Compagnie des Indes Single Cask n°SC3 bottled 2014 €260
- Caroni 19 years 1991 Velier Full Proof 1518 bottles - bottled 2010 €2,731
- Caroni 20 years 1992 Velier Stock of 14 barrels 3977 bottles - bottled 2012 €1,170
- Caroni 15 years 1998 Velier 104° Proof bottled 2013 Extra Strong €391
- Caroni 18 years 1992 Velier Stock of 33 Casks 16236 bottles - bottled 2010 €2,183
- Caroni 18 years 1992 Velier Stock of 14 Casks 6253 bottles - bottled 2010 Full Proof €2,666
- Caroni 21 years 1998 Rossi & Rossi Small Batch - One of 900 - bottled 2019 Rum Nation Rare Rums €260
- Caroni 18 years 1997 Sansibar Single Cask n°861 - bottled 2015 Limited Edition of 288 bottles €208
- Caroni 1997 Of. Spirits Shop' Selection Bourbon Barrel Cask n°21 - One of 236 - bottled 2017 Joint bottling with LMDW €422
- Caroni 23 years 1996 Velier Tasting Gang 38th Release - bottled 2019 Full Proof €1,012
- Caroni 24 years 1982 Velier Stock of 15 drums One of 4600 - bottled 2006 Full Proof €2,992
- Caroni 20 years 1996 Velier The Heavy Wall 100° Proof 34th Release - One of 3800 - bottled 2016 Special Release €1,040
- Caroni 17 years 1994 Velier Full Proof One of 2293 - bottled 2011 €1,756
- Caroni 23 years 1996 Velier The Last 39th Release - bottled 2019 Full Proof €1,298
- Caroni 21 years 1997 Berry Bros & Rudd Cask n°181 - One of 231 Exceptional Casks €1,105
- Caroni 2000 Velier Special Edition Nita -Nitz- Hogan 3rd Release - One of 1247 - bottled 2020 Full Proof €1,105
- Caroni 21 years 1998 Velier Special Edition Kevon Slippery Moreno 2nd Release - One of 1400 - bottled 2019 Employee Serie €1,886
- Caroni 23 years 1996 Velier Special Edition David Sarge Charran 2nd Release - One of 953 - bottled 2019 Employee Serie €2,384
- Caroni 20 years 1998 Velier Special Edition Dennis X Gopaul One of 1151 - bottled 2018 Employee Serie €1,847
- Caroni 22 years 1996 Velier Special Edition John D Eversley One of 1192 - bottled 2018 Employee Serie €2,086
- Caroni 20 years That Boutique-Y Rum Company Batch 1 - One of 501 €208
- Caroni 19 years 1991 Velier Stock of 8 casks - One of 3976 - bottled 2010 €3,544
- Caroni 18 years 1994 Velier Stock of 23 Barrels One of 6943 - bottled 2012 €1,365
- Caroni 22 years 1993 Compagnie des Indes Cask n°TC6 - One of 221 - bottled 2016 €364
- Caroni 18 years 1994 Velier Stock of 10 Barrels One of 2633 - bottled 2012 €1,561
- Caroni 22 years 1993 Compagnie des Indes Cask n°TC4 - One of 350 - bottled 2016 €250
- Caroni 17 years 2000 Velier 110 Proof One of 582 - bottled 2017 €1,327
- Caroni 16 years 1998 Velier No Smoking 33rd Release - One of 3850 - bottled 2014 €1,192
- Caroni 1996 Velier Special Edition Dhanraj Dan Maharaj 5th Release - One of 730 - bottled 2021 Employee Serie €1,769
- Caroni 18 years 1997 Silver Seal Whisky Company Rum is Nature Cask n°48 - One of 280 - bottled 2015 Whisky Antique €894
- Caroni 15 years 2000 Velier Single Cask n°4681 - bottled 2015 LMDW Joint bottling €2,497
- Caroni 1998 Velier Special Edition Ganesh Buju Ramgobie 3rd Release - One of 1295 - bottled 2020 Employee Serie €1,404
- Caroni 1996 Velier Special Edition Mahesh Sonny Black Bridgelal 6th Release - One of 689 - bottled 2021 Employee Serie €2,185
- Caroni 1996 Velier Special Edition Ricky Dirty Harry Seeharack 6th Release - One of 630 - bottled 2021 Employee Serie €2,185
- Caroni 1998 Hidden Spirits The Wild Parrot Single Cask n°WP98626 - bottled 2018 €478
- Caroni 34 years 1974 Velier Stock of 7 drums - One of 2000 - bottled 2008 Full Proof €5,099
- Caroni 1998 Bristol Spirits Bristol Classic Rum bottled in 2015 €187
- Caroni 10 years Bristol Spirits VSOC - Bristol Classic Rum €124
- Caroni 1998 Rossi & Rossi 2nd Batch - One of 4580 - Release 2014 Rum Nation €188
- Caroni 1997 1423 Ltd. Single Barrel Selection Box Set 4 x 20cl Casks n°53-190-193-216 - bottled 2016 €54
- Caroni 1995 Bristol Spirits Bristol Classic Rum bottled in 2015 €353
- Caroni 15 years 1999 The Creative Whisky Co James Dinnen Series One of 150 €187
- Caroni 1998 Velier Special Edition Dayanand Yunkoo Balloon 4th Release - One of 1180 - bottled 2020 Employee Serie €1,300
- Caroni 2000 Velier Special Edition Basdeo Dicky Ramsarran 4th Release - One of 1251 - bottled 2020 Employee Serie €1,196
- Caroni 1998 Velier Special Edition Balas Brigade Bhaggan 4th Release - One of 1158 - bottled 2020 Employee Serie €1,196
- Caroni 16 years 1997 A.D. Rattray Cask n°105 - One of 125 - bottled 2014 Shinanoya Cask Collection €335
- Caroni 17 years 1996 Velier The Faces 30th Release - One of 1460 - bottled 2013 €2,183
- Caroni 15 years 2000 Velier Single Cask n°3767 - bottled 2015 LMDW €4,602
- Caroni 20 years That Boutique-Y Rum Company Batch 2 - One of 1875 €236
- Caroni 23 years 1998 Excellence Rhum Cask Strength 46 One of 225 - bottled 2021 €401
- Caroni 1996 Velier Special Edition 6th Release - One of 754 - bottled 2021 Caroni Employees United €2,891
- Caroni 15 years 2000 Velier Full Proof Single Cask n°4655 - bottled 2015 The Nectar €4,768
- Caroni 1996 Whisky & Rhum L'Esprit Cask n°BB 4 - One of 214 - bottled 2016 €399
- Kill Devil 24 years 1998 Edition Spirits One of 237 €214
- Caroni 1996 Bristol Spirits Bristol Classic Rum bottled in 2014 €226
- Caroni 17 years 1993 Velier One of 4279 - bottled 2010 €1,847