Roots Diamond Guyana Rum SVL

Inviting caramel and dried fruit, soft, approachable, lightly herbal.

Thick and oily
Very round, continuous rum
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RumX members enjoy the sweet caramel, dried fruit, and herbal-spicy notes, with a linear, somewhat light character. Worth a pour if you appreciate soft textures and balanced, easy-going profiles.

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    How does this rum taste?

    This Guyana Rum SVL (Roots, Diamond 2003) draws you in with notes of caramel, dried fruits, and coffee layered alongside light spice and hints of herbs. Reviewers repeatedly highlight its classic "typisch SV/SVL" profile (@Basti) and a "süffig, rund, relativ süß, kräuterig" character (@Gunnar Böhme), while the nose leans towards malty sweetness and fruit. Though praised for being round and oily, several RumX members found it a bit restrained, with some wishing for a bolder presence. The finish divides opinion—some call it long and warming, others "leider auch etwas kurz" (@Basti)—but there’s general agreement on its approachable, easy-drinking nature when given time in the glass.

    Aroma

    Caramel Dried fruit Spice Coffee

    Taste

    Coffee Caramel Dried fruit Spicy

    How is this rum rated?

    8.3/10 41 reviews
    Top 36% Diamond

    Good Savalle nose rich in dried fruit, dark fruitiness, sweetness, malt, spice and a little coffee. On the palate, the flavors are similar but a little weak on the chest: the dilution on one side makes it nice and soft, but also a little thin.

    A positive surprise! Smooth, round, relatively sweet, herbal. A clear recommendation if you have the necessary change and can still find this rare rum.

    9,1:On the nose, surprising first impression with strong fruits like red fruits, berries, dried apricots, figs and charred, spicy wood with caramel, coffee, malt and nuts, very round.Quickly tropical fruits join the game... On aeration, the wood is smoky with nougat and bacon, the molasses brings out tea and tobacco, as the new fruit notes are dried dates, citrus, some raspberry. 9,1:On the palate, the attack is tasty with variety of fruits like dried dates, raisins, apricots, prunes and red fruits, berries. We think of a fruity, delicious marmelade, as the wood is charred with sweet notes of caramel, nougat, burnt sugar, roasted nuts and spicy, especially with clove. The molasses comes with tea and herbal touch, darker, as overripe, fermented tropical fruits like banana are in the second wave of notes, so are coffee and dark chocolate.Very round, continuous rum. 8,9:The finish is long, creamy with charred wood notes, dry, spicy, earthy, as the fruits are dried..

    #5166 22.03.2025 Tasting at Whisky Watcher Odense. Nose Fresh, medium intense, fruity, berries, light dried fruit, faint smoke, faint earthy, faint caramel. Palate Oily, wood, light roasted, dried fruit, light coffee, banana, light caramel, faint nougat, light spicy. Finish Long and warm, oily, wood, faint smoke, fruits, light tea, light nougat, faint herbal. Very nice rum that needs time to open up properly.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    Bottler
    RumX ID
    RX20520
    ABV
    51,6%
    Category
    Column Still Rum
    Vintage
    2003
    Bottled
    2024
    Cask number
    #23
    Mark
    SVL
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Savalle Still
    Age
    20 years 3mo
    No. of bottles
    174
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Roots • Diamond 2003 &nbsp; 20yr &nbsp; 51,6% Guyana Rum SVL

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    About the Diamond distillery

    The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 4,315 times with an average of 8.3/10.

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