Diplomatico launches new cigar to pair with rum
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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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almost 2 years ago
One of the simplest and easiest rums to get started!
It is a beautiful sipping rum before or after meals. Not a whisky taste as much as others but that’s what I love about it!
Just simply great. Smooth and great value. Must have
Posted
almost 2 years ago
Heavy, reasonably sweet, and overall well done, but for the price ($35-40), I would go other directions.
Posted
almost 2 years ago
Nice and smooth. Great sipper. Beautiful copper color.
Posted
almost 2 years ago
Like liquid velvet smooth and dark. Sweet molasses with a little Carmel. It's the only rum I buy now.
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almost 2 years ago
Not sure my opinion counts for much, but this was the first proper rum I've bought (i.e. not Bacardi or Captain Morgan) to drink straight. I have never really drank spirits unmixed before, and I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to drink.
Good enough to sip, Nose: molasses, candied prunes, vanilla, toffee and hint of sweet bean
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almost 2 years ago
What a fantastic sweet taste.
Full of flavour and body.
Drink like an diplomatic pure..
Affordable, full of flavor and while tasty I found it to be pretty sweet. Taste of chocolate, orange, toffee... almost like a dessert. A great entry way to drinking rum neat or over ice for the first time. Enjoyable and recommended if you like your rum on the sweet side of the spectrum.
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I walked past this bottle a sum total of 400 times and never pulled the trigger on it because something always seemed like a better buy for it's price. I finally bought this guy and gave it nothing but high praise before having it. Now my thing is I quite enjoyed the younger brother of the Diplomatico's was it outstanding? No but it was a a very nice not just for the price but in general. So I finally decided to buy this ugly bastard of a bottle and give it a try. First pop of the top it has that same spice fragrance that Bumbu and Kilo Kai have in it. Which made me excited because for reasons unknown that certain spice is quite good at making a well composed blend, i.e. removing the alcohol burn and making it one complete taste. Pouring it in the glass you get an overburden of alcohol smell and oak. Which is fine by me. However 1 quick swig of this and even letting it breath you get a large bit of burn. It's a very dry burn too, the worst kind. Now I mean you get the oak aged taste with a very very minor hint of that secret spice however the harshness over powers the flavors. After incinerating my tongue with repetitive intake of said liquid in an idea that the harshness would stop eventually (sometimes the first sip of any rum can be harsh) to no success. Ultimately I have found that the anejo is a much better rum in both cost and taste and I will continue to buy that bottle it need be rather than this. Mixed down it's actually a very nice drink with some strong oak and alcohol flavor however when I am paying $40+ for a bottle I don't like mixing. I want to enjoy it for all it's worth rather than polluting with diet coke. Save this one for the shelves and go for the Anejo.
*PS the secret spice is banana