BCB Wines Diamond Gran Torino Demerara Rum

Caroni vibes, Demerara sweetness

Caroni-like profile
Alcohol well integrated
Complex and rich
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According to RumX reviews, this Diamond delivers intense Caroni-like tar, rubber and smoke layered with burnt sugar, tropical fruit and a subtle sherry touch - powerful at 67% yet surprisingly well balanced.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love this 'Caroni in disguise' Demerara: dirty tar, rubber and smoke meet burnt sugar and dark fruit, with coffee, cocoa and a light sherry sweetness. Despite 67% cask strength, many praise smooth integration. Give it some air to reveal tropical fruit and spice. Highly rated by 73 reviewers and a popular community pick, this limited 300‑bottle release earns praise for character and value.

    Aroma

    Rubber Dirty Tar Smoky

    Taste

    Rubber Dirty Tar Spicy

    How is this rum rated?

    8.8/10 73 reviews
    Top 17% Guyana
    Top 9% Diamond

    A rum discovered thanks to RumX and brought back from Italy by a friend at a low price. A dark color and a very expressive nose where I was expecting Caroni and where it was instead fruit that presented itself, raisins and figs but also tropical fruit. The discreet notes of a mechanic's workshop on the nose are revealed in full on the palate, Caroni in flagrante delicto. A motorcycle repair shop in full sunshine amid trees bearing all kinds of fruit, tropical and otherwise. The music is tropical and the sun is beating down. The finish is long, never-ending, with fruit or typical Caroni notes, depending on how you look at it. With a hint of smoke and a little acidity that gives it liveliness. A very clean Demeroni, with obvious Caroni notes, but little or none of the dirt. Like a 1995, for example the "Ancient Mariner", or even a 1996 with a little less exuberance all the same. In direct comparison with another Demeroni, I prefer it to Le Gus't 65.7%. I really like it! And the value for money here is absolutely exceptional!

    Tolle Caroni Noten aber mit der schweren Süsse von Demerara. Macht mega Laune. Eine klein wenig Kork in der Nase und Gaumen minimal störend für mich. Jammern auf sehr hohen Niveau. Wunderbare Abfüllung!

    Edit: again Serge led his bottle to the bottlekill. Still cool What a grenade. Thanks to Serge. You really led me up the garden path with the blind tasting. I love it and I need at least one bottle if not more! Absolutely successful bottling

    A very good Demeroni, an exotic fusion between a Demerara rum and a Caroni. Indeed, the profile is most deceptive: the nose is very empyreumatic, smoky, rubbery and with notes of bitumen. This is followed by sweet, chocolatey notes, mild spices (vanilla, nutmeg) and tobacco, mingling with hazelnuts, caramel, wood and dried, tropical fruits. A very complete, dirty and greedy nose. On the palate, the attack is lively, intense but very aromatic. Rubber and tar leave no doubt that this is Caroni once again. However, tropical fruit (mango, pineapple), hazelnut, dark chocolate and dark oak bring the typical Demerara sweetness. The alcohol is present but very well integrated. The profile is as puzzling as it is delicious. The finish is warm, spicy and smoky, even terpenic, but still retains tropical fruit, sweetness, wood and chocolate. It remains dirty, salty and terribly drinkable with its mixed Demerara and Trinidad aromas. A complex, expressive profile that's truly interesting and original, and easy to drink. It's unlikely, however, that a Caroni cask could have got lost and been labelled as a Demerara rum - the resemblance is, as with Le Gus't bottlings, far too great.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    Bottler
    RumX ID
    RX12089
    ABV
    67%
    Vintage
    2002
    Made from
    Molasses
    Age
    16 years
    No. of bottles
    300
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    BCB Wines • Diamond 2002 &nbsp; 16yr &nbsp; 67% Gran Torino Demerara Rum

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    Open rate
    16%

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    The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 4,326 times with an average of 8.3/10.

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