Dictador 12 Years

"Had a very nice Dictador tasting this Sunday and this is the first one of the six. Despite this one being a young rum from the destillery it still manages to be very complex with a very nice nose and palate. The vanilla is perfectly matched with the rest and the finish is long and has a bit of smoke to it. All in all a very good price tag for this bottle. This bottle won gold at the International Rum Expert Panel 2010."

"Mhh I like this because it's very unique. It has a spicy nose and pallet that most people seem to identify as coffee, but for me its Maggi, which is a food spice concentrate. Sounds weird but it's great with a nice natural honey-like sweetness."

"Buuh very unspectacular boring Rum. No fruits found there, only nuts, roasted aromas, wood, sweet caramles and a bit licorice. The alcohol is very present for the 40% only"

"Un des premiers rhums que j'ai goûté au début de mon voyage. J'ai retrouvé une phot de la bouteille que j'avais à l'époque et que j'ai pu goûter de nouveau ce week-end. Trop sucré malheureusement mais j'avais apprécié à l'époque le gros marqueurs café."

"Very sweet for the stated sugar content of less than 1g. Bin so far always assumed that it is a sweetened rum. Beautiful aroma and a good PLV."

"6,2:On the nose it is quite an unusual rum, heavy/sharp on the nose with notes of walnut nougat, coffee, marshmallow and vanilla. No feeling of smoothiness that comes in mouth yet.It feels pretty heavy, quite rigid. Airing doesn’t help much...We find some vegetal notes... Mouth shows a bit different story. 7:Complexity is felt pretty intense on the palate, where a heavy, Demerara sugar-fueled sweetness awaits. Notes of sweet cream and cinnamon stick give this a decadence usually only seen in ice cream or Mexican desserts, unctuous and becoming almost gaudy with its sweetness from the moment it hits the tongue. 6,2:The finish is medium and sweet. On its own, Dictador 12 can be a bit overwhelming, some drop of water could solve the issue for unexperienced drinkers...but as far as I am concerned, I do never want to use any outside help improving mediocre rhums or any other alcohol drinks. I Just don't drink them!"

"Sehr angenehme Nase mit Nuss-, Karamell- und Schokoladenaromen. Am Gaumen kommen Lakritz, Eiche und holzige Röstaromen hinzu. Für mich steht er seinen älteren Brüdern in nichts nach. Ein guter Rum zum top Preis."

"Raisin/walnut/sherry/honey and a slight inherent sweetness.... that with the 1g sugar per liter irritates me a bit because it feels sweeter."

"Kakao, Schokolade, süße….. Wenn da nicht Zucker im Spiel ist fress ich nen Besen, zumindest ein bisschen. Prinzipiell ganz ok für einen Einsteiger,- für mich aber zu süß. Und der Alkohol ist zwar ordentlich eingebunden, aber er harmoniert nicht mit dem Kaffee-Geschmack. Wirkt fast wie ein Fremdkörper. Klingt komisch…aber weniger Prozente täten dem Rum besser stehen. Und dann als Dash in den Kaffee Latte rein !"

"A bit of fruitiness would do it good.Overall very earthy/roasty.For me the flavor profile is a bit too one-sided."

"A walnut dipped in coffee!"

"Walnuts all the way, whether it is 👃 or 👅. Everything else is irrelevant, maybe I should mention it is a little bit alcoholic on the 👅. I cannot think that such taste of walnuts can be done naturally. This must be artificially added by non-natural processes and non-natural conpounds. It is medium sweet with short to medium finish."

"Vyloženě čuchací rum. Výborné kombo vanilky, sudu, sušeného ovoce a ořechů. Chuť je pro mě bohužel zabitá přemírou doslazení. Chutná to jak levné české rumy, kde cukr přebije úplně všechno. Ideální řešení: nalít, očichat a hodit zpět do láhve 😀"

"Horrible !"

"coffee and fine"