Dictador XO Insolent / Platinum

 Had a very nice Dictador tasting this Sunday and this is the fourth one of the six. Another great surprise beating the Perpetual by one point. This rum is almost perfectly balanced in the spice and sweetness and a pretty complex one as well. Like pure silk when it passes down your throat. Price to quality is very good on this one as well.

 Relatively flat but quite okay in taste

 Once again stopped by my favorite rum from the early days. I still like it very much, it is a round combination of roasty and sweet flavors that are very intense. Coffee, cream, caramel, chocolate, spices. I like it very much, since today I also know that this rum is a blend of burned out Jerez and Port barrels. Fruits you look in vain, unfortunately.

 It’s an unusual rum. The nose is all creamy toffee and hints at sweetness, with an element of raw spirit at the edge like Sake. The mouth is lightly spiced, more butterscotch and caramel but somehow under weight. It is dosed but that I was expecting, where it lacks is the thinness of the mouth and finish, it fades away moderately quickly but has no presence on the tongue which really lets it down. The finish it lightly peppery and spiced. For the price it is lacking but something a bit more unusual in the sweetened Spanish style

 The taste is soft and smooth on the palate. Notes of vanilla, caramel parfait, coffee and oak result in a balanced, round play of aromas that fills the mouth for a long time. Such an absolute pleasure 🥃👍

 surprisingly fruity and yet extremely intense after creme brúlée and port wine sweetness. delicious but here it definitely seems to me after residual sweetness from port and sherry barrels.

 Creme Brúlée und Cappuccino beschreiben den Duft wohl am besten. Am Gaumen ist das Kaffeearoma ebenfalls präsent. Dazu kommen Noten von Karamell, Schokolade und Eiche. Ein ausgesprochen guter Vertreter der Süßrumsparte.

 Würzig, leicht holzig, anscheinend nicht gezuckert.

 8,8:The nose of this rum first grabs you with the thickness of a humid woody note. Then the familiar markers of the Dictador brand follow: coffee first, then nuts and caramel that form a lovely gourmet praline. A few touches of rancio, that is to say, of oxidation and nuts in the manner of a yellow wine, come and go for a much more unusual profile. Molasses and toasted wood then offer a picture of toasted bread or brioche and maple syrup. This nose is overall very dark and roasted. The opening will allow all the aromas to bind together, one continues to think of a maple syrup, but with an extra opulence. These aromas are rather dry, but we can guess a certain roundness, characterised by caramel. One imagines that the rum would go well with a dessert coffee. 8,5:On the palate, the coffee is both dark and sweet, almost tart. The caramel notes spread out on the tongue while the roasted side brings contrast and a certain astringency. The caramel is salty and gives off strong, woody, toasty flavours. The contact with the palate is soft and sweet despite these dark brown notes. 8,5:On the finish, the whole continues to melt and take the form of a thick maple syrup that flows gently.

 Quite sweet compared to other Dictador bottlings. Cocoa, almond, creme brulee with smoke and dried fruits.

 Dictador hat mir mit seiner ganz eigenenartigen Art immer gefallen. Dieser Rum ist wirklich fein. Wie bei anderen Abfüllungen auch, viele röstige und würzige Aromen die an Kaffee und irgendwie auch an Maggi erinnern. Etwas auf der süßeren Seite. Mehr Punkte kann ich ihm bei 40% nicht geben, da er dadurch einfach zu schwach ist.

 More pastry than aurum. Sweeter too. But still that omnipresent coffee and a lack of length and complexity. It's a pity to reduce so much.

 Deutlich Vanille aber viel zu süß - kann man schon trinken - mehr aber auch nicht.

 The nose is very sweet. Very similar to a luxury iced cappuccino, something with toffee sprinkles. The palate is just as sweet as the nose and keeps all the cappuccino notes but with now a touch of spice. Very rounded, could do with more kick, lacks attitude. The finish has a mid range length and picks up some dark chocolate notes and a touch of praline and toasted marshmallows. Overall, it's too sweet for me. And for the price, I was really surprised. This has to be heavily dosed. I would be interested in trying this at a higher strength though.

 The Dictador XO Insolent is perhaps not the Holy Grail, as which it is often presented, but it is definitely an excellent rum. On the nose, it is as one imagines a South American rum. Intense wood with a slight sweetness. The palate is very pleasant with coffee and chocolate notes. For me, one of the best classic rums. Although not as explosive as a Jamaican, not as heavy as the colleagues from Guyana, but also not as light as many rums from Barbados. A great rum that is right in the middle. A recommendation for everyone.