Diplomatico Selección de Familia

A rich, sweet and fruity amazing rum with a long after taste that caresses the palate.

taste - 7.5/10
smell - 7/10
sweetness - 9/10
price/value rating - 6/10

Mild on the nose, some noticeable vanilla but not much else. Taste is brown sugars big time!

I really enjoyed this one straight. Oaky nose. Sweet, with some vanilla. Just a little afterburn. Surprisingly it did not mix well, so I will stick to straight up.

A drier, less sweet version of its better-known, puddingy kid brother.
Not sure it really works, if I'm honest.
A bit like having low-sugar sweeties.

A great rum for sipping, goes down smooth and also no burn. However I recommend to stop at 2-3 glasses because of the strong taste. The Reserva Exclusiva you can sip all night long though :D.

Caramel, dried fruit (plum) and vanilla in aroma; sweet caramel start, raisins and dried fruit (plum, cherry, apricot), round body; decent warming tail with touch of raisins and plums.

About 4 months ago, I happened upon the "last" bottle of this on the shelf of a nearby store, so I eagerly grabbed it. I rated it as an 8 in my spreadsheet, but never bothered to write a review for a rum that I may never find again. Well, three days ago while stocking up on rum favorites, I found several more bottles of this one at the same store and bought two of them. Now it is time for my rating, which remains the same.

I had it classified as Semi-Dry, which means that the added sugar was estimated to be between 10-19 gpl. Now I see that Earl Elliot has estimated this amount to be a little higher, and I can agree. It gets classified again to just plain Sweet. Imagine a much less sweet version of their popular DRE and you can get an idea of what this mildly spiced smooth tasting rum tastes like. It is worth the few extra bucks!

And if you are hell bent in finding the best Sweet rum without going into Sugar Bomb territory, this is the best one that I have found other than Vizcaya VXOP 21.

It is light years better than their overly priced and overly sherry casked Ambassador, whereby much of that cost had to go into that extremely fancy bottle. I wisely kept that bottle after finishing off the rum in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in 2022. That is when I realized that a MUCH cheaper Louisiana rum was light years better and that I had been severely ripped off with the Ambassador. I now keep my cost per bottle of rum down to just $50 US max, thanks to that Ambassador episode.

On the nose, caramel, slight chocolate. While tasting, it is sweet, tiny bit earthy. Finish is smooth, not burning. I will buy my standard diplomatico again, to compare, but I understand why this rum is more expensive. Recommend!

A good rum in all respects, delicate, aromatic, and tasty.