Diplomatico Selección de Familia

I am a fan of the Reserva Exclusiva so thought I would try this. It's nice. I prefer the finish of the Reserva and it costs less.

Lots of flavours, warm and smooth.
You can smell (and taste) wood (alot), caramel, vanilla.
I didn't dislike the "extra alchool" feeling.
I guess this can be the base of a nice rum selection.
I payed 56,30€ and it's worth it.

An alluring golden colour and very little aroma leads to a smooth, dry okay opening taste with slight tingle on the side of the tongue. Sweet fruit (banana) flavour at the peak with a pleasant aftertaste. Not bad at all!

Diplomatico Selección de Familia is a premium rum that showcases the Venezuelan distillery's passion and expertise. Matured in American oak barrels, previously used for bourbon and sherry, this spirit offers a complex and deep flavor profile. Rum enthusiasts seeking a high-quality spirit will be impressed.

A bit too sharp for my taste. Aftertaste very good!

Nice dark caramel color. Vanilla, toffee, cinnamon are notable on the nose. Similar notes on the tongue with chocolate and additional spices. Nice, smooth finish with little burn. Overall, nice sipper that good either neat or on the rocks.

43% sharper than Reserva Exclusiva
Simply amazing
One of my “must have”

Solid. The Reserve Exclusiva was a step up, but this one doesn't do much more for me than that one.

Avast, mates! Burn and sink me, but I be no stranger to Diplomatico rums! As this rum goes, she has a decent smell about her with her caramel comin’ on board first, followed by oak, and THEN a hint of vanilla, a wee bit of fruit (fetch me up for daft, but I want to say raisins?) and barely a whiff of somethin’ roasty-toasty. As one might expect from Diplomatico rums, she be off to a fine start! On the tongue, she be smooth and sweet, but along side the sweet be a whisper of bitterness from the sherry influence. Never ya mind, tho, because the sherry be gone like the darkness at dawn, and the sweet be exposin’ herself as more of a cola flavor once she has the deck to herself, suitable for any biscuit-eatin’, candyfloss-lovin’ land-lubber lookin’ to cross the line into the world of pirate rum. She not be candyfloss sweet, but sweet enough for first steps into REAL rum, mates! There be zero burn on the tongue OR goin’ down the hatch, which be beggin’ the question: might this be a good sippin’ rum? Aye! This not be the kind of rum ya share with yer krewe. Maybe the ladies... MAYBE... but NOT the krewe. Arrgh!

Diplomático Selección de Familia is notably spicy with gentle fruit notes.