Diplomático Ambassador Selection
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A newcomer-friendly yet premium sipper: thick, sweet and velvety with vanilla, caramel, raisin, dark chocolate and coffee. RumX members praise its smoothness and “wow factor”, especially for non-purists and dessert-style sipping.
- Velvety sweetness
- Rich chocolate notes
- Ultra-smooth
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How does Diplomático Ambassador Selection taste?
Aggregated from 144 community reviews.
Luxurious, sweet Diplomatico showpiece A newcomer-friendly yet premium sipper: thick, sweet and velvety with vanilla, caramel, raisin, dark chocolate and coffee. RumX members praise its smoothness and “wow factor”, especially for non-purists and dessert-style sipping.
Those who love very sweet, smooth, dessert-like rums and want a luxurious Diplomatico upgrade to impress guests or enjoy as an easy after-dinner sipper.
Purists avoiding sugar, drinkers who prefer dry, high-ester or agricole styles, and value seekers who dislike paying a premium for packaging and sweetness.
How is Diplomático Ambassador Selection rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.1 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 88% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 2% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 144 ratings
Review by abaker-rum
A very good rum with a great nose of butterscotch, vanilla, maple, and dried dates. All of these notes appear in the taste with impact from the aging in wood. This rum does skew to the sweet side, but it is easily sipable. The finish is long with spice and dried fruit.
Review by Stefan Persson
This is the best Diplomatico there is out there. The Single Vintages is also OK but can’t really compete, but I don’t think it’s really living up to the high price, but still a must have at my Spanish shelf. Picture: My Diplomatico shelf by moment.
Review by Tim
Had hoped for more... Totally overpriced, but there are also positive aspects. The nose is too one-dimensional, but in the mouth you can taste delicious berry fruits (strawberry, raspberry, raisin, plum). There is also a clear barrel note and bitter chocolate. Nice to have tried it, but never buy it!
Review by Aussierumfan
A rum that has been made for the uninitiated premium market, and is packaged up to suit that market. Presented very well in a nice bottle a box with cork stopper and thick glass base. On the palate is it quite one dimensional with an over arching manufactured sweetness. Chocolate, caramel, vanilla, fruits and some wood maybe? Isn't overly bad but can't be compared to a tropically aged jamaican for example. I guess it has its place in the market.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
08.12.2025 Retasting this one and I still find it pretty good, but I think the price tag is a bit high. I like that they upped the ABV a bit, but would have been even better with even more umph in it. ----------- Though this is a 94 proof it is really well balanced and you can hardly taste the alcohol. A better version of the Exclusiva with far more nuances and variety of spices.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
One of the flagships from the company, although rather pricey. I found the rum very tasty, and the same did my sorrounding people, hence the empty bottle. I found heavy chocolate in the nose, but good notes of dark chocolate, dried fruits and vanilla
Review by Stefan L
I own this bottle and it is still really good but with its low ABV I unfortunately can’t give it more points. Again I would have loved been able to taste it before the watering down. - Couple of years since last tasting and unfortunately I have to lower this rum again from former highs. - A few more years and for some reason I like it better this time. - Long time no se, but nothing much has changed.
Review by heckto🥃
I was allowed to try it a few years ago and was a little disappointed. Now I'm changing my mind. Appealingly spicy/vanilla fragrance. Complex taste with caramel, honey and dark chocolate. A really good rum but unfortunately very expensive.
Review by Lukas Jäger
A bottling that wants to be premium for me, but is not. Colored to suggest age, sugared to suggest maturity. The nose very inviting, it promises an old Spaniard, which has got decent wood off, with decent spices. Here, however, also already a trace artificial, sweet (I would like to insinuate here expressly no artificial flavors, it seems, however, unrounded...). Too thin on the palate (why dilute something like this?) and again unharmonious. Individual flavors dominate, do not integrate well into the overall result. In addition, a nevertheless clear sweetness, which fights against neat wood and smooths its bitterness. For me, absolutely nothing I need to buy or even should buy. Taste not my thing and the price far from any reality....
Review by Émile Shevek
Interessante e complesso, con punte dolci di amarena e un finale aromatico di frutta e frutta secca
Review by TheJackDrop
Quelle horreur ! Trop de tannins, trop de noix, une odeur de brulé, et surement des fûts soufrés à mort, on ne sent que ça. En bouche tout est écrasé, saturé, fumé.. reste une belle texture et un fond de chocolat. Je ne recommande pas DU TOUT cette bouteille.
Review by Solidfunk
Young in my rum career, and this one is the most expensive I've had. I get cigar ash, oak. Apricot and sherry. A little polished leather. Golden amber pour. Initial bite smoothes over soon, makes this something as it breathes. More potpourri, orange peel.
Review by Claes Nilsson
Quite good but for that money I will look for others in the future
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
"This is a very smooth and enjoyable drink. However, at £200 you could have yourself some cask strength Velier Demerara or any number of other rums. I'd be just as happy drinking DRE as I would this. You could buy just about the entire Foursquare range for the price of..."Read full review →
Expert review by The Dunder Hut
"Clearly not made for me. This style just is not mine. Heavy sugar and heavy on still rough alcohol"
Community purchases
334 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 123 members.
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