Diplomatico Blanco

Vanilla, coconut like taste with coffee light smel... Oak barrel... Not as I would prefer. Good for cocktails...

It will go well with a cold cola or something like that. I did not enjoy it straight up.

I am a huge fan of Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva as a sipping rum. Diplomatic Blanco is not for sipping and/or people who generally enjoy the smoky, complex flavors of sipping rum. This rum goes through a distillation process 4 times, really purifying the flavor of the rum. I find it comparable to Kettle One, and in fact, enjoy with a whisky ball and a lemon twist. It also mixes well with dark and stormy and mojito cocktails.

Color: White
Nose: Mild aroma of buttery caramel, baked banana and vanilla. I've heard others say oak, mint and lime, but I did not get those notes.
Taste: Mild and smooth. Subtle traces of caramel, banana, lemon (hence the recommendation to serve over ice with lemon twist)

Overall, highly recommend for mixers and vodka drinkers that have never enjoyed rum. Bottle runs around $40.

this is dangerous stuff, i could mix with this all day long.

Nice white rum, but bit too expensive for the output. Its good quality and etc but there are better ones.

Tried this with the Diplomatico Ambassador so it was always going to struggle to stand out. Not bad but wouldn't try again

This rum has been modified and has had an increase in ABV with a new name called Planas. After reading reviews for both, I decided to grab that last bottle of Blanco on the shelf of the liquor store before it is gone. At $27, it was a bit steep, but it is a good dry white rum with only 8 gpl of added sugar.

On the nose is faint alcohol and nothing else. On the palate, I was groping in the dark to find hints of coconut and banana. Going down the pipe was minimal burn with no unpleasant after taste. It can't quite compete with Plantation 3-Star Artisinal or Vizcaya Cristal, but it is still a good white rum that won't go to waste.

Sharp aroma with ethanol only, burning taste similar to vodka. Aftertaste better with vanilla and cocco tones.

Once heard, that its best white rum. Maybe its true but alcohol is still strong in this one as in all white rums

Price: $23 and change. That's premium territory and with this selection, I'm 99% convinced there's no complexity or eye-popping flavor profiles to be found in any silver/light rum. The Diplomatico Blanco Reserva is rather boring. On the nose I get alcohol, slight floral and wood notes. It has a creamy mouth feel that's a little syrupy up front and the sweetness lingers on the lips after the rather quick finish. It tastes like powdered sugar donut flavored, sweet vodka. A faint hint of wood and Dutch Cocoa come in at the very end after the swallow and it just isn't that smooth either. Makes great cocktails however, so does the $9/liter Calico Jack. Until I come across the Plantation 3 stars or any other highly regarded silver rum, I'm stocking the bar with these light rums: Calico Jack, Cruzan and Wray and Nephew (overproof). Their flavor/quality per price point is excellent in my book. This was expensive for meh.