Reverend357
Reviewed
September 23, 2017 (edited January 12, 2018)
Only 2 Rums left on my "rated but not yet written a note" list. Then I can go on to new stuff. Thankfully, both are awesome Rums.
This baby here is at the moment my personal top Rum. Discovered it by accident, I ordered a Ron Zacapa, but they had none left, and offered me this instead. Glad they did.
On the Nose you immediatly get intense raisins, dark dried fruits, plums, honey, cinnamon and a hint of citrus.
Taste is sweet, but not too sweet. I prefer my rums a bit sweeter anyway, so this is perfect, and I really don't care if they add sugar to achieve this taste. You also get honey, plums, spices like cinnamon and other christmas-ish spices.
The aftertaste is long, sweet and there is a bit of dried pineapple in there.
All in all, top shelf material, and at about 30 bucks a bottle this is gonna be a mainstay of my collection. Word of advice though, they renamed it to Botucal Reserva Exclusiva...couldn't find any Ron Diplomatico anywhere, until I figured that out.