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Dictador Solera Distillery Icon Reserve 20-Year rum

Dictador Solera Distillery Icon Reserve 20-Year

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Colombia | Aged | 40% ABV

Dictador iconic product. Dictador 20 Years Old is aged in American Oak ex-Bourbon barrels, then finished in ex-Port casks. Your rum for the special occasion. Taste it neat!

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406 Dictador Solera Distillery Icon Reserve 20-Year Ratings

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vomi1011 🇩🇪 | 402 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

The Dictadors have changed. The new bottle (no solera) is different to my old impressions. It's more on the cocoa side, a completely different rum.
The old version has a lot of fermented fruits like Nine Leaves 2.
Now all Dictadors are more similar to each other than the old bottlings.

This rum has a recognition value (it's pot still + column still blend). It needs 30min in the glas until it opens the aromas.
The flavor profile is honey with cocoa and spices like pepper and nutmeg. It's not sweetened.
Unusual combination, that's why it has a unique taste.
The smell is a combination of vanilla, cocoa, spices and some wood. I can not clearly separate all flavors, but I enjoy this composition.
The taste starts with a little bit cocoa, then slightly a woody note (or call it paper) shows up followed by some vanilla. It's not watery but I noticed the dilution, it's thiner of course. I would prefer 45% I think. Then I got also some dry fruits and different spices like pepper and nutmeg. They are not very dominant, you get only some hints of them.
A good rum, not very complex but unique. Would rate it with 75 points.

Smell: cocoa ***, honey, dry fruits **, some vanilla, pepper, nutmeg, some wood
Taste: cocoa, paper or wood, honey, dry fruits, vanilla, spices
Very nice aftertaste with floral notes

Country: Columbia
City: Cartagena
Material: Sugar Cane Honey ( 30% pot still / 70% column still)
Age: 20 years. Solera, but just the angels share (evaporation loss) will be filled up with younger rums (some times ago with same age rums)
Barrels: American oak barrels (bourbon)
Master Blender: Hernan Parra

Sweetness: 1.5/5
Spice: 3/5
Fruits: 3/5
Mildness: 3.5/5
Complexity: 3/5
Value (37€): 3.5/5

Linas 🇳🇴 | 33 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Mutch better than Dictador 12 , Coffee taste.Complex. Good rum

Mic0411 🇩🇰 | 26 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Ikke helt balanceret og har ikke så lang en eftersmag, men en god rom uden megen sødme

Trina Amberger 🇳🇿 | 7 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

smooth and tasty, enjoyed it with a few cubes of ice and Pilsner chaser! 😁

Vesslan 5 🇸🇪 | 37 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Flaskan var fin.
romen var ok!

cesar 🇨🇭 | 24 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

belle bouteille et très beau packaging, au gout puissant en réglisse très fonce, il reste toutes foi très bon mais s'adresse a un public de connaisseur, parfait je pense pour une fin de repas car il reste tout de meme lourd.

Peter 🇭🇺 | 91 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

Once again,after finishing a 12yo Dictador, i had another present of my wonderful wife. The bottle didn't last long either,just like the 15yo El Dorado. Its hard to find a better rum then this.Addionally,the bottle style of Dictador is the coolest i ever seen

Jens Thomsen 🇩🇰 | 97 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

Dictador 20-Year Rum er speciel alene på grund af, man ikke møder mange rom fra Columbia. Duft og smags noter bl.a. lidt honning.

Martin Grönvall 🇩🇰 | 115 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

Lidt frækt med en anderledes flaske.
Kompleks smag, lidt sødme, ok eftersmag.

Felipe P 🇺🇸 | 70 ratings
Posted almost 10 years ago

Trying to save face for the reps, tried the 20 year after the 12. It is even worse! Couldn't even choke it down.

Sean 🇨🇦 | 10 ratings
Posted almost 10 years ago

A rich, caramel and vanilla solera with interesting sweet wood notes. It has a very specific smooth to it that I haven't encountered with any other. I feel the average rating should be higher for this rum. Then again, this might be like the cilantro of rums. I'd say if you want to trying something a bit different, give it a shot. I was presently surprised.




Brand Details

Type: Aged
Company: Dictador
Country: Colombia
Name: Solera Distillery Icon Reserve 20-Year
ABV: 40%
Years Aged: 20
Raw Material: Cane Syrup
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led: No

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