Trinidad Caroni Quarterdeck Rum 1998/2022 24 Year Old #37 (70cl, 50.7%)

A 24-year-old aged rum from the Caroni Distillery on Trinidad, distilled from molasses on 30 January 1998 in a column still and bottled by Duncan Taylor on 18 February 2022 from single oak cask number 37. It is bottled at cask strength 50.7% without chill filtration or added colour, with an outturn of 281 bottles, and presented in a black cylindrical gift tube with a red wax seal motif. The rum combines sweet and fruity impressions with darker notes of leather, tobacco, oak and smoke, alongside caramel, coffee, butter, nutmeg and banana, with dry wood tones providing contrast. Vanilla pods and raisins meet cocoa and marzipan on the nose, with roasted pineapple. The palate brings cinnamon sticks, dried berries, caramel-coated apples, honey and espresso, while the finish is long and dry with a fine sweetness.