Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva

I like this rum. It's smooth and sweet with a taste of toffee. Gives me a good mood :-)

This rum was a great surprise - actually didn„t like dark rum till this one.

A lovely rum with a buttery caramel flavour. Very smooth and not to be ruined by mixing with coke or something similar. Doesn't even need an ice cube to help it out. Great value.

Für jemand der noch nie rum getruncken hat ist dieser rum der absolut bester .
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Very good rum for begginer, very sweet.
The first word was "MAGIC" the first time I drank this rum !

One of the best sipping runs around and at under $50 is on par with a Zacapa XO if not better.

Not as dramatic as the title, but just doesn't work with my taste at all. Not a fan.

The gold standard by which I compare all other sipping rums. A must-try

The nose is sweet, but can't put my finger on it. I'm thinking fruit - perhaps cherries or raisins. Upon tasting, you can taste the sweet flavors, and very smooth finish. Very little burn, almost nonexistent. A nice rum, but it doesn't beat my favorite Plantation 20 Anniversary.

I've really enjoyed - and reviewed here - the lesser Diplomatico rums (Reserva and Anejo). For some reason I've waited a long time to step up to the Exclusiva, but now that I'm here I'm not disappointed. At this level, the heavy pot-still component (a full 80%) dominates, especially given its long aging, and lovers of such rums should be ecstatic. However, the column-still component brings this rum back to Earth, keeping it, I think, out of "Robert Parker" territory (meaning too much stress on the viscous, chewy, woody overtones at the expense of subtlety). There's plenty of sweetness (perhaps too much for the whiskey drinkers out there) but delicious flavor complexity added by the oak, and a wonderful heady aroma, to boot. And the color - divine!

I'd strongly encourage anyone to try a vertical tasting of these core Diplomatico products. That's a great way to understand the taste implications of Diplomatico's precise blending and aging strategy. Like its siblings, the Exclusiva is a top-flight sipping rum, and a tremendous value to boot. Highly recommended.