Vegetative notes with wood hitting you up front. A bit of an alcohol hit as well, but mellows to a leathery banana peel taste. Ive had better especially at the price. Even Plantation has other much better cask finishes than this one. The cognac just didnt round this one off.

Aroma - mango followed by baked banana and light nail polish remover

Taste - sugarcane followed by banana bread, allspice, and a light black pepper finish

Tasted at Coral Club on 6-16-24. Pours clear. Floral honeysuckle and yeasty bready aroma. Flavor is a combination of must and licorice. Not unpleasant at all. But the fantastic aroma is indeed the best part.

Tasted at Coral Club Vancouver WA June 16 2024
Appearance: clear
Aroma: bready
Flavor: bready, pine, chocolate but perhaps that is silly
Notes: I'm not making this up, I feel like there's a bit of chocolate on the end of this. For that reason I'd throw some mint in and find a chocolate mint fair trade chocolate bar to pair with this

Tasted at the Coral Club on 6-16-24. Wonderful fresh dough aroma. Big charanda notes. Pours clear. It does indeed bring the heat. However, it mellows in a rum fire manner. Blend of apricots, plantains and black pepper. Yum!

Tasted at the Coral Club, Vancouver WA June 16 2024
Appearance: clear
Aroma: the nose reminds me of mezcal
Flavor: smoke, fire, sweet, pineapple
Notes: this is a fierce rum, in the best way. I think I'd sip it with a bit of ice. I'm reminded of the mezcals I tried in El Paso.

The color and finish is outstanding and is my favorite rum and coke, always have a bottle on hand.

My all time favorite to mix with coke or ginger ale

Absolutely laughable when bartenders try to up-sell you on this swill.

One of the only spiced rums I will drink. Yes it has very bold and sweet flavors, but they can easily be manipulated into a delicious cocktail.

It's easy to pick out when blind tasting cheaper rums, because it's one of the few that tastes like absolutely nothing but ethanol.

Turns out when you put artificial flavors and black food dye in a bad rum, it's worse!

THE and I mean THE utility rum. I'm not sure how many gallons of this I've had over the past couple of years.

I like FdC and I don't agree with the "flavorless / vodka" allegations. But just a little more age makes this rum MUCH better.

I only get this one if I'm hosting an event with "shots" involved. Leftovers go in rum and coke.

I'm not huge on white rum, but for $18 I will gladly throw this in any drink. By FAR the best and most accessible rum at the sub-$20 price point.

Doesn't stand up to dilution as well as its younger counterpart, but just as syrupy. No sipping to be done here, which is a shame considering its smoothness.

The price point of Diplomatico is what really kills the momentum of this fairly good white rum. It's not twice as good as white Flor de Cana, so why be twice the price? Still good for mojitos.

There's a lot of "rubbing alcohol" ethanol notes here, especially on the nose, but looking past that it's a very tasty rum.

Look, it's a mixer, but it's a good mixer. Better than Cruzan for a balanced Jungle Bird.

Is it a rum or is it a liqueur? Anybody saying this is good neat might be hypoglycemic.

I generally like cognac barrel rums, but this is far too sweet and has permanently turned me away from Plantation rums.

A touch of sweetness that other brands (Diplomatico, El Dorado, Plantation, etc) take too far. A perfect middle point for a great long-aged rum.

Nose is amazing airy wood with hint of burn, zinfandel or apple brandy taste with more wood on the end and definitely a bourbon finish