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Venezuela | Aged | 40% ABV | Pot Still Distilled
Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva rum is distilled from molassis in copper pot stills and then aged in small oak casks for on average 12 years before being bottled.
Produced in Venezuela, which has a rich rum history dating to 1896, the Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva distillery is located on the northern slopes of the Andes mountains.
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Posted
almost 10 years ago
The Diplomatico was my first Rum many years ago ,and i love him until today.
Nose: sweet , caramel,vanilla smoke,fruit,nutty
Tase: sweet,caramel ,vanilly, fruity,nutty,smoke,oak
the Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva before 2012 was a little bit better .
Posted
almost 11 years ago
So far, this is my absolute favorite rum. You don't need ice to mellow it out, it has almost no burn, but still full of flavor. I wouldn't dare put this in a cocktail or with coke, it would be a disgrace to do that. It is extremely smooth.
Posted
almost 9 years ago
I've tried hundreds of rums, and have I've 75 different types in my cellar at home. I have 4 cases of this. It's that fantastic. Rich and creamy, heavy caramel and toffee, without being overwhelmed with hard oak. This is the epitome of rum, the gold standard by which all others are judged. Superb!
Posted
over 7 years ago
Wow, this is like sweet, rum-flavored pancake syrup. Based on the reviews here, I went out and bought a bottle ($40), and was hoping to discover a new favorite sipping rum. It never happened. From the first sip, I was like.."huh?" My background is, I have dietary restrictions and don't drink soda or eat a lot of candy (sugar) or sugary drinks or food, even. So maybe my tolerance for sugar is low, who knows. But this stuff is cloyingly sweet, the aftertaste is similar to that of having eaten hard candy. You can taste this sickly sweet residue in your mouth for long afterwards. Don't get me wrong, it's not "bad" rum, it's sweet and slightly pleasant, but for a rum purist, it's horrible. I can't believe I just blew $40 on this bottle of rum-flavored syrup. It also has a strong scent of vanilla, no doubt added. Like I said, it's not rum, it's a liqueur. It has a nice burn down the throat, but the sticky sweetness is horrible for me, and it makes me want to brush my teeth. Sorry guys, I'm voting against the grain on this one.
Posted
8 years ago
Diplomatico RE was my first sipping rum. Couldn't have chosen a better one to start with. Being new to the rum review game, I won't try to use fancy lingo like flavor notes, legs or complexity. I will just say that it smells and tastes like sweet deliciousness with a subtle burn. Drinking it neat is the way to go. Ice and water takes away from that creamy goodness and mixing hides that great flavor. I have graduated to less sweet rums but this will always stay in heavy rotation at my house. At around $35 USD (01/2016), this is a must have.
Posted
over 8 years ago
As tasty as this is, rating is down as it's not a rum - it's a liqueur:
Nose: Big caramel, toffee, butterscotch (you get the idea). Vanilla and dark fruits, maybe some orange skin. Tiny prickle of spice from the oak. The combination is not complex but it is certainly very hedonistic.
Palate: Big caramel, toffee, butterscotch. Vanilla and dark fruits......oh wait. Nose, taste and repeat. Very viscous and mouth-coating, actually quite cloying. Yep, it's a liqueur. Delicious though.
Finish: Actually surprisingly long, didn't expect that. Lashings of vanilla and a bit of oaky bitterness but I get the impression that the finish is just there because my mouth is still coated with the sticky rum and I'm still getting "palate" and not an actual "finish".
More here:
https://rumtastic.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/diplomatico-reserva-exclusiva-review/
Posted
over 7 years ago
I'll give a mention to this fellow that nailed the rum review:
https://rumtastic.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/diplomatico-reserva-exclusiva-review/
It's just too sweet for me. Rums by their nature will tend to have a sweeter note, but this is playing to a crowd that wants liquid candy in their mouth.
I'm currently experimenting with drier and spicier rums to mix it with in order to try and bring some semblance of balance.
Posted
over 8 years ago
Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva comes in a nice bottle and the rum is delivered in a nice tube (as in the picture).
The smell is very sweet with lots of caramel, cacao and vanilla.
In mouth this rum is very velvety with a small hint of spice at the end. The taste is full of vanilla, cacao and orange.
The finish is long, mild and sweet with a little bit of spice.
A sipper that also goes well as a blender. This one should be in every collection :)
Posted
10 years ago
Diplomatic RE is an excellent sipping rum. Sweet enough but not quite as much as Zaya . Buttery caramel flavor with the smoky burnt oak misting through. I can sip a good glass of rum for two hours. Add a twist of lime and try that with this rum. Let me know if after about 30 to 45 minutes you , you don't find the nose has evolved to a different rum. All in a good way. If it were not more expensive than Zaya, it would also be a 10 but I have to say 9.
A luxurious adventure of rich evolving tastes: molasses, chocolate, toffee, vanilla, orange, at a very reasonable price. Quite smooth and easy on the palate. I surprise devotees of high end bourbon and scotch with this sipping rum. Mmmm...
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Perfect for pyrate crews, but for captains...
7
/10
out of 10
Its a rum thats for sure. Its not a bad rum, thats also for sure.
Here it is:
1. The packaging is simple, effective.
2. what do we smell? strong alcohol and spices. it really stings the nose a little.
3. what do we taste? well, its like the nose. It's not a complex rum at all. What is complexity? Are there layers of taste? No, not here. It tastes one and the same. Then the actual taste itself, its a relatively stingy alcohol with spice to it. I do not share the idea that sugar has been added or that this is a particulary smooth rum. What do I taste tho is a strong sense of nutmeg in there. It is almost nutmeg-alcohol.
Compared to plantation 20th XO this is a serious step down in everything. Plantation is more smooth and significantly more complex. This is not a rum for a captain, it is for the crew. On the same side it is much better than havana club 7th años. So I would say its in the middle there. I am happy I bought it cheap because I would not buy it again for myself.
I do not recommend this for rum-lovers who go pure and mature, but if you look for a mixing rum I think this is about as good as it gets.
I am honestly disappointed somewhere after all the good news about it. The prices it got are defnitely faulty to the quality-price ratio. If we just look at quality and leave price out of it, I would give this rum right between the plantation XO and the havana club 7 Años... that lands this rum at a 6,5.
BUT - here it is. I often say "its either good or it isn't". This just manages to fall to the right side of it. But then we must choose? Is this recommendable to most or is this tasty but not quite great? It's right in between there. I am not going to sugar coat it for you. It's a rum, it will always have a little sting, but if you will go for sipping this you ll have not nearly the experience your deserve to have. I am going to round it up to a 7.0 but it's a 7.0 with an "x" behind it's name. Just know that. There for it ends at "recommendable to most" and that is exactly what this tastes like. The rum you must have tried to measure all other rums against. Not a bad rum, but I would not call it good either. I would not serve it the pirate captain, but to serve it the crew itself is a bit too far down -- this is perfect for the quartermaster & sailing master.
As always if my opinion changes I also change the rating of the review. Thanks for taking an interest in reading my view on it.