Diplomatico Reserva

Less added sugar than its exclusiva brother. Go for this one if you have to choose. And add the sugar yorself, if you really want it.

Bon gout, mais arriere gout puissant dans la gorge. Vraiment moins bon que son grand frere le Diplomatico reserva exclusiva.

This is a rum I would have no issue with mixing. It’s is a nice sipper, but it does need ice and will have the alcohol burn on the finish. Still a great value and good entry level diplomatico.

Little brother of the exclusive. But stlll good. Good price, good taste. Cant go wrong.

Prijemne sladke tony ve vuni i chuti. Velmi prijemne me tato lahev prekvapila a šlape na paty exclusivě!

Bought this on an offer as Exclusiva is one of my favs. This is similar but lacking the depth in flavour of the Exclusiva. I generally mix this for a nice Cuba Libra.

Excelente en aroma y sabor para tomarlo en las rocas

This is a great rum, caramel and fruity with a more traditional rum finish, great all round and a nice treat.

The orange lable Diplomatico Reserva was the Rum that changed everything i expected and known about Rum as a Rum novice living in a market where Rum is not too popular and choices are limited byeond the few big brands and the high tier extra aged rums that may cost small fortune. as a Single Malt drinker i felt initiated into a completely new dimension, different than the mass market products i embarked on a new journey. My impressions of the Orange labeled Reserva were of total surprise and the urge to drink more and more, such a pleasant sip, such rich complexity of a rainbow color of sweetness, from Raisins via Coffee, Tobacco, Chocolate and fantastic Sugar molasses. it's so delicate on the throat i would compare it to Solera Grand Reserva and close to XO in cognac and to the smoothness of 18 year old Malts. seriously good stuff in this bottle. was amazed and disappointed to discover that this is now discontinued and replaced by another bottling called Mantuano which is also very nice but lacks the smoothness of this rewarded pure sipper bottle.
Edit 26.6.22: It seems the Reserva had rather larger amount of added sugar which indeed had an impact on it's overall taste. my guess it was the European threshold for Rum so a new version with less added Sugar had to be introduced, which was the "Mantuano" which basically replaced the "Reserva".

I get a lot of chocolate/caramel/toffee and wine-like flavours from this.