Rum: Caroni 1996 Velier 20 Year Old Heavy Rum | 700MLA genuine marvel in the world of fine rums, the Caroni 1996/2016 20 Year Old 34th Release from Velier is a limited masterpiece of only 1466 bottles.Order from the Largest & Most Trusted Premium Spirits Marketplace!Featured inROLLING STONEMEN'S JOURNALUS WEEKLYALL ORDERS PLACED ARE GUARANTEED and WILL NOT be cancelled like with other retailers. Many other small liquor store sites will end up cancelling your order due to the high demand and unavailability.Size: 700MLProof: 114.36 (57.18%ABV)Origin: South AfricaDistillery: CaroniDetailed DescriptionA genuine marvel in the world of fine rums, the Caroni 1996/2016 20 Year Old 34th Release from Velier is a limited masterpiece of only 1466 bottles. Featuring a robust ABV of 57,18%, this 20-year-old Trinidadian rum encapsulates decades of masterful distillation and aging, earning an impressive 9.1/10 rating from the RumX community.Caroni 1996 Velier 20 Year Old Heavy Rum | 700ML Tasting NotesNose: Delicate and impressive depth on the nose.Palate: This is extremely rich and very balanced in flavour.Finish: Perfect, long lasting finish.Distillery InformationCaroni is a cult rum producer of Tinidad, the southernmost island country of the Caribbean. The distillery ceased operation and production in 2002, but a warehouse of barrelled rums continues to drip-feed the market. This limited supply has given Caroni rum a cult status with bottles reaching astronomical prices. Caroni was once one of the fifty-odd rum distilleries on the island with approximately 9000 employees producing rum from its own sugarcane fields. It is reported that the company began distilling as early as 1899 and by 1975, was owned entirely by the government. The heavy, dark, high alcohol rum was a reported favorite of the British Navy. In 2001, 49 percent of teh company holdings were sold to Angostura Bitters. The sugarcane industry plummeted in the early 2000s and the Caroni Distillery lost its local source of molasses. Closure was inevitable. Angostura remains the only distillery in the country operating with molasses imported from Guyana. In 2004, Italian distributor Luca Gargano acquired the bonded warehouse with hundreds of barrels of rum. The first Velier Caroni rums were released in 2005, the same year the distillery was demolished. These rums as some of the last produced in Trinidad are therefor collectors item that are highly soughtafter. Any interested collectors of Caroni are advised to purchase with caution as due to the popularity and demand of the label, fake bottles are prolific.