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Diamond El Dorado Rare Collection <SVW>DLR 1998
Near-universal love here, with only a few holdouts. This tropically-aged Diamond leads with a big "glue" nose people can't stop sniffing, then coconut, vanilla, caramel and dark fruit, with woody spice underneath. Most call it complex yet remarkably drinkable at 55%. The recurring gripe: a shortish finish, and one or two find the clove-and-licorice side too loud.
The community says- Addictive glue nose
- Complex yet drinkable
- Coconut and caramel
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How does Diamond El Dorado Rare Collection <SVW>DLR 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 124 community reviews.
Complex Demerara sipper, big glue nose Loved by almost everyone as one of the best Diamonds around — big glue nose, coconut and caramel, and often compared favorably to Velier. The common catch is a finish that runs short.
Demerara fans who love a glue-and-caramel profile
Anyone wanting a long finish or who dislikes clove/licorice
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How is Diamond El Dorado Rare Collection <SVW>DLR 1998 rated?
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What does the community say?
2% rate it between 6 and 8. 19 selected write-ups from 124 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
my absolute Diamond reference!🤤for me the best Guyana Rum I've ever had. here goes in liquid form the sun rises. really nice sipper in the high end range! the thing is drinkable pineapple banana jam with a nice spice, Ordentlich glue and ester and just really great cinema! I am absolutely thrilled and could spend the whole evening with this drop. Really nice drop!For me on a par with uitvlugt ULR!
Review by Oliver
Very nice adhesive nose. Complex yet light on the palate. The perfect "velier saver" 😉
Review by Jakob
In the flavor profile, surprisingly close to the late Velier Demeraras and thus at a very high level. Rich caramel sweetness and great wood notes from the ex-bourbon cask, spices, chocolate notes, roasted nuts, dried fruits, subtle tobacco and leather. Great rum and another highlight of the El Dorado Rare Cask series.
Review by Joachim Guger
A wonderful tropical ripened Demerara with lots of coconut. Beautiful nose, you can smell it forever. The alcohol is very well integrated, perhaps not quite as complex. The cask probably saw caramel in some form, very oily, dark and full-bodied.Another alternative from the underrated El Dorado Rare Collection. No idea why this one is still available, I've been saving up for it anyway.
Review by Mirco
Wonderful Diamond, which together with Albion and Skeldon is clearly at the top of the El Dorado Rare Collection. Expressive, complex and excellently balanced. Absolutely convincing even in comparison to significantly more expensive Velier bottlings and with an impressive price-performance ratio.
Review by Tschusikowsky
High-end sipper. Lots of nail polish remover and glue in the nose, lots of milk chocolate, dried fruits, very light dill and something pliziges. Very clean flavor profile. Soft but full bodied. The profiles you can expect when it says Diamond are very different and versatile, fun. This one reminds me a lot of a NY or FS. A lot of fun.
Review by Thunderbird
The nose is beguiling...I could sniff it for hours, It loses a little on the palate...I miss the depth. The finish is medium long with a pleasant bitterness! This is another successful rare cask bottling from El Dorado! Edit: In today's tasting, I increased the score by 0.2 points, as I now find it much more complex
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
26.10.2025 Part 2 / Evening Session Today we have an El Dorado Rare Cask online tasting and I've been looking forward to it. I will keep the score and just enjoy the rums and I have all of them on my shelves as well. ---------------- This one is also a really nice and complex release. ABV and wood are very well balanced.
Review by Johannes
Can absolutely keep up with the Diamonds from Velier!
Review by SaibotZtar
One of (if not the) best Diamond I've tried so far... Incredibly complex nose some ester 🫨🫨Fruity chocolate ...Nutty nougat... simply awesome . Super oily on the palate with lots of chocolate, nougat and dark fruit ... beautifully spicy and round . Really, really good stuff.
Review by Tim
Compared to other rums from the ED Rare Collection, the nose of this Diamond is more in the direction of spice (vanilla), citrus fruit and coconut, herbs (mint) and glue/varnish, not forgetting the typical roasted aromas and chocolate. In the mouth, tart fruits, herbs, wood and spices, very complex and dry! Quite good, but not as convincing as an Albion or Skeldon.
Review by zabo
Edit Franconian Tasting Gang Well, as they say, it doesn't really knock my socks off. I don't think it's bad, but the finish is a bit disappointing. Maybe a bad day, I'll have another look at it soon.
Review by Aussierumfan
Another great El Dorado rare collection rum! I see a lot of reviews comparing this with Velier Demeraras which is great, Maybe I'm not missing out on that much by not having been lucky enough to have tried any of them😄. Complex, heavy and deep for me. Dark Chocoate, fruits and spicy. A great nose with a medium length finish. All the notes of a great Demerara.
Review by Serge
Hallelujah. For me, by far the best of the ED Rare Collection (ahead of Albion and EHP 96). Elegant. Glue galore, fruity, delicious wood maturity. Nose unearthly good. Very nice bitterness on the palate. Indeed, not far from Velier level. Edit: In a direct comparison against the other Column Kings in the ED Rare Collection, clear winner for me. Followed by EHP 96, then Albion, then Skeldon
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Completely tropically stored - and you can taste that simply also. Can easily compete in quality with Veliers, although much, much cheaper. And the crazy thing is: You can still buy it on the first market! Some things you probably do not have to understand ... Therefore: Don't think about it, just enjoy! Tropics concentrated in a glass. 😋
Review by Jarek
Four of the El Dorado Rare Collection bottlings tasted in parallel: 2004 Albion, 2000 Skeldon, 1998 Diamond CBH, 1996 Enmore. Despite their different characters, all four are very tasty and scored close together. If I had to choose (which fortunately I don't have to, as they are all on the shelf) I would first choose the Diamond (glue, fruit), then the Enmore (even more glue, fruit), followed by the Albion (caramel and nougat) and the Skeldon (mocha).
Review by Mike H.
90 points. Another El Dorado Rare Cask that drinks like a poor man’s Velier Demerara. It makes me wonder how many casks of the same level they still have in stock and why they don’t release anything new that would be on similar levels with this series.
Review by LukaŽiga
9,4:On the nose, the opening impression is very round with a toasted/roasted wood notes like caramel, fruits like coconut and peaches, maple with molasses and vanilla. On aeration, banana and orange arise, some glue, the molasses is vegetal with some tobacco and minty.The wood becomes darker with cocoa, nuts, spicier with nutmeg. 9,1:On the palate, the attack is round, fruity with peaches, orange, dried fruits marmelade, there are roasted, caramelized notes, some leather, spices like vanilla, some tannins arise, the molasses is syrupy, herbaceous, minty and with tea.On oxidation, Piña Colada occupies our tasting buds, surprisingly, slightly brightens the rum. 9:The finish is long, dry and tannic, there are roasted and charred wood notes, slightly smoky, pairing tobacco and herbaceous molasses, variety of fruits like pineapple, peaches and citrus fruits. Edit:2.1.2026
Review by Lot-NAS
If one would be asked to provide one example of a perfect Rum to an non Rum drinking person I think this would be a good candidate. Well matured, molasses driven, spices, dried fruits and a great sweetness (crème brûlée anyone?). Of course, there are specialties from other directions, but this is what Rum is all about.
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Details about Diamond El Dorado Rare Collection <SVW>DLR 1998
A rum from Guyana, distilled by Diamond, at 55,1%.
Community purchases
133 bottles logged by 78 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 9 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Diamond El Dorado Rare Collection <SVW>DLR 1998?
Community paid 256–322 €.
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133 purchased · 125 tasted · 138 wishlist · as of
About the Diamond distillery
The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 5,310 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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