From the first sip to the last drop in your glass, the taste of honey is prevalent. Unlike its nose, which smells like alcohol / ethanol more than anything. The syrupy taste is quite pleasant, a bit flowery, woody and spicy but nothing too extravagant but that feeling of drinking ethanol and the little stings in your nose clearly refrain this rum from deploy all its flavours and it is a bit of a shame. This Diplomático flagship could have been better while still highly enjoyable.