Nobilis Diamond No. 40 (Bar 1802 Collaboration) SV 2008
Most love its dark chocolate, coffee and roasted Demerara depth with surprisingly well‑hidden 65% ABV; a few find it less complex and a bit sharp, yet consensus calls it a top-tier, indulgent sipper.
Fans of dark, roasted Demerara rums who enjoy cask-strength warmth, dessert-like notes of cocoa, coffee, prunes and raisin, and want a classic Guyana profile without additives.
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Dark, powerful, classic Demerara comfort
If you enjoy other high-ABV Guyana Demeraras like Nobilis or Rumclub Diamonds, this one hits the same dark-chocolate, coffee-and-wood comfort zone with serious power but still easy drinking for its strength.
Beginners or those sensitive to high ABV; drinkers seeking light, fruity or very complex profiles; anyone wanting sweetened rum or avoiding intense roasted notes.
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About the Diamond distillery
The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 4,857 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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All what I love in a Guyana rum: Fantastic Colour. Darkness, heavy nose, heavy and long lasting taste. 65.2% Single Cask - an explosion of good taste 😋
This Bar 1802 special edition Nobilis Diamond is a very lovable Savalle still rum that has all the things I like in a Demerara rum: dark and scorched notes, depth, fullness, and just drinking joy. It does not have the complexity of 9+ DDL rums but if you like the profile of expressions like the RX12775 Nobilis you will love this one. I liked it so much I bought the bottle. I was with some friends and noticed that this one was a great bottle to show someone new what dark demeraras are all about without setting the difficulty level too high either.
Just the right rum for a warm Saturday evening. There is hardly any alcohol on the nose, but lots of malt and little liquorice. On the palate, however, it's the other way around: I taste less malt than licorice, which unfortunately doesn't last long in the finish, but the 65.2% really bites there. I like it a little less than the Diamond 2008 from the Rumclub (Spirit of Rum), but it's still a rum of a high standard.
A powerful, opulent Diamond that plays on roundness. The nose is in the perfect spirit of Demerara, dark with notes of cocoa and roasted coffee, roasted wood, leather, tobacco, dried fruit (raisins, prunes) and almost burnt caramel. The nose is homogeneous and deliciously easy-drinking. The attack on the palate reveals the hidden face of this Diamond, a beautiful power that warms the palate but gives a comforting sensation with the heavy, greedy notes previously mentioned: espresso, dark chocolate/cocoa, dark spices (licorice, winter spices, chili), caramel, red and dried fruits and tobacco offer a concentrated, opulent but terribly easy-to-drink aromatic bouquet. Syrupy and comforting, we don't really suspect more than 65% here. The finish remains long, warm and bewitching, but gives way to more bitterness, more leather and smoky, herbaceous notes that were less noticeable before. On paper, this isn't the most complex of Guyana's rums, but its extreme greediness, coupled with that intense, warm side, will delight fans sipping their rum in a corner of the fireplace on cold winter days.