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Dictador iconic product. Dictador 20 Years Old is aged in American Oak ex-Bourbon barrels, then finished in ex-Port casks. Your rum for the special occasion. Taste it neat!
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over 2 years ago
The main impression is as if you are drinking liquid fire, which dissolves in your chest. Perfect harmony of pepper, coffee, vanilla and toasted barrel.
Posted
over 2 years ago
Very pleasant and absolutely drinkable. I like the clean finish. Yes it's a little sweet but also a little dry which is a perfect marriage. I have to watch my consumption seeing it goes down so easily! I would've given it a 9/10 but I gave it an 8 seeing it's $60 instead of $45. But, I will be keeping this in the bar for the foreseeable future. Enjoy.
Posted
3 years ago
Balanced flavor and aroma. Mild, slightly sweet. Very good for me.
Posted
3 years ago
new to the whole rating game, but i found this rum to be very fragrant and flavorful. there is a rich sweetness like caramel that can easily take you away for a moment.
Really good Rum, strong cofee and chocolat flavors, spices, also dry, little tastes of sweetness
Posted
over 3 years ago
Im Geruch ein wenig Karamell, Vanille und ein bisschen Nuss- Toffee.
Farbe Schönes dunkles Bernstein,
Im Geschmack am Anfang Wallnuss, dann Toffee, Karamell, Kaffee mit einer fast nicht wahrnehmbaren natürlichen Süße und Holznote, im Abgang findet man die selben Noten mit ein wenig Alkohol.
Sehr rund alles zusammen, sehr gut.
Fazit: ein ganz anderes Geschmackserlebnis als die von mir bis jetzt gekosteten Rumsorten und nicht süß !
Gefällt mir sehr gut das ganze, sehr gut !
Ein neuer Rum unter meinen Besten. Wird nachgekauft und hat einen fixen Platz in meiner Sammlung ! TOP !
Posted
over 3 years ago
Notes of vanilla coffee chocolate banana really smooth enjoy it neat as it is more liqueur than liquor
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over 3 years ago
Dry, smoky with long end, for sure better than 12y sibling
Posted
over 3 years ago
The 20 year old Dictador uses the Solera method that consists of the mixing of barrels of different ages in order to obtain better development of flavour. Rum barrels from 14 to 24 years old are mixed giving an average of 20 years old.
Posted
over 3 years ago
I really enjoyed this rum. A rum purest type of rum, unadulterated pure and as expected when it comes to what I expect from a rum.
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This Dictador is priced at about halfway between Dictador 12 and Dictador XO Insolent. So I needed to find out if it is worth the extra money over the 12 and is it almost as good as the XO Insolent? The answer to both questions is "YES!!!". The flavors are much more pronounced than the 12 and comparing side by side almost makes the 12 seem like a bourbon. Since this company also sells coffee and stores the beans in the barrels used to age these rums, coffee dominates the taste. You will either love these rums or hate them. I happen to love them. Great taste with no added sugars.
Since this is the second most expensive rum that I have ever purchased ($65), I consider it and it's older brother XO Insolent at $96 to be reserved for special occasions. I am glad that I bought a whole bottle to test side by side against the 12 rather than try one ounce at a bar and rely on my memory of what the 12 tasted like. These two are not even close in comparison to taste.
After only 5 days of opening this bottle and comparing it to my other highly rated rums, I have no choice except to raise my initial rating from a 9 to a 10! However, if you hate coffee, you will disagree with me on this one. This one for me is a $65 bottle of perfection in a rum. I would not hesitate to buy this one again on a regular basis. Only 25% of the rums that I have rated here fall into this category of repeat purchases being justified.
Update August 10, 2019: I now find myself with all three of my favorites: Dictador 12, Dictador 20, and Dictador XO Insolent. Time for side by side comparisons neat. This one makes the Dictador 12 seem like Angostura 1919. which is a good thing, but still not up to the level of the finest Dictadors. This is still damn good rum worthy of my 10 rating, but it lacks the refined finish of the Dictador XO Insolent. If that finish is worth an extra $35 US per bottle to you, then go for it.
May 11, 2022: This is one very sad day for this rum lover. Both of their rums aged 12 and 20 years were finally released to my area in new bottles with no more solera indication. Normally, I would have no problem with that, but tasting the 12 year and 20 year side by side shows me no difference whatsoever. Since this is an outright deception, I have no choice except to lower this once all time favorite of mine down to a 7. Since I will never buy it again, this would normally have me rate it as a 5 or less. But it is still a decent rum despite now being a rip off, so I will keep my new rating as a 7.