Dictador Solera Ultra Premium Reserve 12-Year

taste - 6.5/10
sweetness - 8/10
price/value rating - 7/10

I decided to try the Dictador 12 around the same time I first tried the Diplomatico Reserva. I wish I'd tried them in a different order, as I might have liked this rum better if I'd tried it first. However, it definitely suffers by comparison. The Dictador is not as smooth or as sweet. The nose is much darker - coffee and bark. I like coffee, but I didn't enjoy this rum as much as I'd hoped. It has almost a rubber, somewhat bitter or burnt undertone that I don't like. I haven't bought this one again. I am still interested to try the 20 year to see if it smooths out and losing some of that bitterness with additional aging.

Based on coffee and dark chocolate.. pretty much something more like cognac than rum! In this price you deserve better!

If you do like liquorice indeed you should taste this one. I do not like it very much in rum, it covers a lot. Smell was more promising, no sweet in the mouth, a surprisingly short finish, no burn at all.

Compared to the Dictador 10 year, the 12 year is more complex, with a touch of coffe and caramel, whereas the 10 year is softer, sweeter. I prefer the 12 year, still, since we can not give 'half' points, I rate this also with a 6 (a 6,5...)

Not too sweet, some faint hints of wood and licorice, a decent sipper. I am not a fan of the opaque bottle. I prefer to see the color and also see how much rum I have left :-)

I am keen to try older one, this one was good but little bit sharp.

Although it's not horrible there is nothing great about this rum. It is really smooth but I find the flavours to be very light. The dictador 20 is way better for a bit more money

Voici un rhum très sympa aux arômes de café, tiramisu. Il n'est pas sucré c'est un rhum plutôt sec sans acidité, l'alcool est présent sans être envahissant. En finale on retrouve le café sur des notes plus douces et toujours sans le côté grillé. Cependant, c'est un rhum fabriqué et bricolé par l'ajout de tout un tas de choses pas très naturelles....

Chutny rum plny kavovej vone, odporucam s kavovym zrnom alebo horkou cokoladou.