Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

Hugely disappointed with this. So much hype! It was so sweet i couldn't drink more than one glass. This product has some 44g per litre of added sugar - equivalent to 10 teaspoons of added sugar! That's practically a liqueur. Apparently, it also has lots of vanilla and other additives. "Aged... for on average 12 years"?? You are joking - it's a blend of rums aged up to 12 years. How much of it is 12-year old? You should be able to tell from the taste. But the taste is masked by all the additives. A rum like Santa Teresa 1796, for example, has no added sugar.
Good for alco-pop lovers or on your pancakes.....

Sampled the Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva and I can understand why customers enjoy this rum. It is sweet and has no burn whatsoever. Pretty good stuff for those who enjoy sweet rums (41 GPL), however, that is not for me as I prefer dry rums, hence my lower score.

I thought I would try this one and I gotta say, if you like sweeteners, you'll love this "rum". It has way too much added sweetener taste. I probably won't buy this one again. I have tried quite a few different rums and this one is NOT on my repeat purchase list.

Given the enthusiastic comments of other reviewers, i can only think that my bottle is either defective or counterfeited once tbis was one of the worst rums I have ever tasted. Excessively sweet and with a strange and not pleasent aroma and taste, I really feel sick tasting it. Such wasted money.A pity.

This is just sugared alcohol. One of the worst drops I have ever tasted. Even if I would like it I would not buy it - because they add sugar afterwards.

OK, to be clear, I mix my rums with Diet Dr. Pepper. It's simply how I like my rums. I will likely hurt someones feelings, but wow, I did not like this rum at all. I couldn't even finish my drink and then gave the bottle away to a friend (a good friend, not someone I didn't like). The flavor was just chemically smelling and had no normal vanillas or molasses flavors that is common in other rums. I would almost classify this as something other than rum. Again, sorry folks, I will stick with my Clement 6, Zacapa, and Don Q instead.

A watery, young rum that has been coloured with molasses.
Does not bring close to any depth from barrel or aged rum.
A rip-off in my oppinion

No smell. No taste. Sugar syrup, at best. Even homemade liquers are less cloying. The only thing pleasing is its sweetness and soft numbing in mouth and on your tongue. For me, it was barely drinkable. Not as terrible as Zacapa 23, but still... Okay, it was smooth and easily downed, but felt like drinking "liquid sugarcubes" or something.

Nose : sugar, fudge, cheap rum, cough syrup.
Taste : sugar, fudge, cheap rum, cough syrup. Very un-natural (who wrote about oak, vanilla or refined aromas? Where is it ??)
Finish : what ? Ah yes, some cheap candy aftertaste. And the need to drink a large glass of water after all that cloying , palate-drying sugar.

Worst than I thought. Very disappointed. It is not even a good flavoured rum liqueur.

This beverage dos not taste like an aged rum by any way. Everyone has the right to drink and enjoy it , I have no problem with that but please, please, stop to call it a rum !!!

Nez : sucre, caramel, alcool type rhum de base pour les gâteaux, sirop pour la toux (plus précisément : broncorhinol, pour les français!)
En bouche : pareil. Ecoeurant et artificiel. Qui a parlé de boisé ou de vanille, ils sont passés où ???
Final : arrière goût bizarre comme après un bonbon. Envie immédiate de boire un grand verre d'eau après tout ce sucre écœurant.

C'est bien pire que ce qu'on m'avait décrit. Une mauvaise blague, à peine un rhum arrangé, on pourrait peut être appeler ça "liqueur à base de rhum" ?
Cette boisson n'a en aucune manière le moindre point commun avec un vieux rhum. Chacun a le droit d'aimer ça, aucun problème... mais s'il vous plait arrêtez de dire que vous aimez le rhum, ça n'en est pas.

As soon as I opened it I could smell turpentine. This is absolutely a mixer at best.