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Dictador Best of 1979
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How does Dictador Best of 1979 taste?
Aggregated from 3 community reviews.
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How is Dictador Best of 1979 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 66% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 33% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
33% rate it between 6 and 8. 1 selected write-ups from 3 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6549 At home with a migraine and back pain, so I can do a bit of spitting during the day. It is time to go through the box of Dictador samples I got from a very good friend, once done I should have been running all of them as far as I know. This is also a pretty good bottling in my mind. The nose is fresh with vanilla, coffee, dried fruit, apricot, light chocolate and orange. The palate is sweet and oily with roasted wood, nutts, light caramel, chocolate and dried fruit. The finish is very long with roasted wood, orange, dates and nutts.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →A slight alcohol burn but nothing much else. The mouthfeel is so thin, it reminds me of a flavoured vodka. It's kind of a bit like a Rum Drambuie. I don't think anyone would pick this out as being a rum - unless they are familiar with Dictador. This is...
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Avg. community purchase price 250 €
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Details about Dictador Best of 1979
A Column Still Rum from Colombia, distilled by Destilería Colombiana, at 44%.
Community purchases
3 bottles logged by the RumX community.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
3 purchased · 3 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
About the Destilería Colombiana distillery
The Destilería Colombiana distillery is located in Colombia. Rums from Destilería Colombiana have been reviewed 1,862 times with an average of 7.5/10.
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