Ron Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva Rum

Dusty old bottle, tired of buying up bourbon to get my local liquor store to pity me with a bottle of BTAC... such a lost cause. So - let’s try something different and if it sucks then blend it somehow into my own Frankenstein-Dovetail-ish bottle. Color: old copper penny Body: medium legs, light but viscous, oh so smooth, zero burn or heat Nose: molasses, dusty oak, wet leaves, cola, ethanol, pipe tobacco, faint ginger Palate: sweet maple syrup, oak, ginger beer, maybe a dash of spearmint, bit of cigar wrapper but predominantly sweet Finish: sweet molasses, less so oak and tobacco but they’re there This could be Kentucky’s day job - flat Ale-8-one, barn funk and tobacco. Sweet as all get out, far sweeter than any bourbon or sherried scotch I’ve ever tried but hey, it’s made from molasses and cane sugar. There are, however, bits of bourbon DNA pulled from the oak. I’m sipping this early on election night and wondering when else I would reach for this. For now it’s a placeholder for the Stagg Jr I’ll be chugging by midnight. Maybe a beach vacation? Maybe as a mixer - but it honestly holds its own and doesn’t need much. Could do amazing things to a high-rye Kentucky mule with crisp, cold ginger ale and ice. This begins my foray into rum, and possibly cocaine... but to keep it PC let’s say not. Night is young though and anything could happen - like a meteor. Which would be a shame because my bottles would evaporate, and I’d rather drink them.

Good stuff, exceptionally easy to drink, but to my taste overly sweet which makes it a bit one-dimensional.

Way too much added sugar and spice.

nose : 강하진 않지만 달달하고 산뜻한 향이 나는데, 겨울철 시원한 수정과에서 올라오는 계피향과 초콜릿 향, 오크향이 가볍게 느껴집니다. palate : 완전 달달하고 부드러운 초코릿 또는 흑설탕 맛이 나고, 상큼하게 톡 쏘는 스파이시하기도 합니다. 마직막에 바닐라와 오키함이 느껴집니다. finish : 다크초콜릿이 혀에서 녹아 없어 졌을 때의 느낌과 달달하게 식은 설탕커피의 맛이 짧게 여운을 남깁니다.

A very solid sipping rum - very dark and almost syrupy in texture. Another review said it almost tastes like a bottled cocktail rather than a rum, and that’s right - which isn’t to say this is bad, just that it feels like a little “more” than just rum. Other than the sweetness, there’s also a hit of spice (cinnamon in particular stands out to me) and just enough heat to give this some heft while remaining smooth.