Aroma visualization from community tastings
Diamond El Dorado The Last Casks 1998
Here's the surprise: a 24-year tropically-aged Diamond that smells like glue and ripe yellow fruit at once, with furniture polish and orange peel behind it. One member nails the nose as "gluey-fruity with some bitterness." The palate turns drier and woodier than the nose promises, with herbs, spice and a faintly soapy, metallic edge. Several feel the 49.1% leaves it a touch thin.
- Complex fruity nose
- Classic glue note
- 24-Year tropical age
+10
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How does Diamond El Dorado The Last Casks 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 55 community reviews.
Glue-and-fruit nose, drier woody palate Loved for its complex glue-and-fruit nose, but most agree the palate doesn't fully follow through — drier, woodier, slightly unbalanced, and a little thin for the age. Strong nose, divisive mouth.
Demerara fans who love a gluey, polish-and-fruit nose
Anyone wanting a rich, perfectly balanced palate
How is Diamond El Dorado The Last Casks 1998 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.2 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 92% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Selected write-ups from 55 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Lovechild from 2010 Moneymusk MBS & 2006 Foursquare! Super mild & relaxed. Lots of honey, light fresh herbs like lemon verbena and some milk chocolate, as well as kumquat jam and toasted coconut chips. Could be a little more powerful but on the whole it is very tasty and elegant!
Review by RumTaTa
Viel Frucht an der Nase, ebenso Lösungsmittel und Ester, sehr komplex. Am Gaumen kommt eine unerwartet frische Note dazu. Von den drei El Dorado The Last Casks der mit den meisten Tanninen/Bitterstoffen aber noch im Rahmen. Sehr guter schwerer Guyana Rum, sehr intensiv, Alkohol kratzt kein bißchen! Dieser Rum zusammen mit einer guten Schokolade mit ~50% Kakaogehalt ist ein Traum!
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, pretty darn nice🙂, as we are impressed with yellow fruits, toasted coconut, roasted wood notes with caramel, dark chocolate and some glue. On aeration, we continue with citrus like an orange peel, spices, dried and tropical fruits, a molasses is vegetal, brings tobacco and black tea.There are nuts and a little menthol. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is tasty with yellow, tropical fruits, roasted wood notes like caramel and milk chocolate, toasted coconut, an orange and spices. The wood quickly overtakes the palate with dryness, heavy spice like cardamom, tannins are quite intense with bitterness, acidity, waxy.There are some metallic notes, the molasses is vegetal....Notes like glue, petrol and menthol don't help rounding the rum.Just vanilla does that. 8,5:The finish is round, still a bit dry, less tannic and spicy.Dried fruits mellow our tasting, so do creamy roasted wood notes and some tea...
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Third place within the new trio. The three rums are all well distinguishable from each other, each has a peculiarity. This one I felt somehow "off", as if there was something wrong with him or something was added to him. But you could also say, he has an unmistakable, strong character.Unfortunately, I can not say what irritated me so. I must probably taste again.
Review by mto75
heute die drei El Dorado Last Casks im Glas (red, black, gold label). Der rote ein 98er Diamond / Tri-Canada blend. An der Nase etwas verhalten, es kommen getrocknete Früchte, Karamell, Früchtebrot, Politur, Lack Am Gaumen irgendwie ähnlich, malzig-karamellig, Milchschokolade. Ranking: schwarz, gold, rot.
Review by DomM
Nose is very nice with loads of coconut (akin to Foursquare) and pineapple. Acompanied by some light notes of citrus zests. Despite its long topical aging, this is very lively and vibrant. Much more wood forwards and dry on the palate. Some dried fruits and herbal notes are lingering in the background. Finish is very dry and adstringent yet not overly bitter.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4265 16.09.2023 Whisky N Rum Show 2023. I didn't try that many rums on site, but I did manage to taste the last two ot the Last Casks. I still think they're too expensive compared to what you get. This one is a bit more fruity but then has more medicinal and glue notes. The palate is light light and fruity with some added herbal notes. The finish is medium long with some roasted wood, citrus and light coffee. I noticed that the empty glass has some nice caramel notes.
Review by Christoph
Can you imagine anything better than smelling eucalyptus and glue at the same time? No!
Review by cigares
Un rhum dégusté chez Rum Depot à Berlin. Comme un faux nez un peu savonneux, mais tout de suite tout revient en place. Fruits tropicaux et fruits à pépins, encaustique et vieux bois. En bouche on ressent un léger manque d’équilibre et là aussi tout revient en place avec du vieux bois vernis et encaustiqué. La finale est belle, légère amertume et fruits. Le verre vide est tout à fait équilibré, la meilleure partie de ce rhum qui me déçoit un peu à cause de ses déséquilibres.
Review by Thunderbird
The nose is still the best part of this bottling... caramel, minimal fruit, wood and slight alcohol spiciness rise. The palate comes across as very thin and light, then wood, bitterness, spice and herbs spread out, likewise on the finish. Very late, some prune appears on the finish! finish! The whole seems quite unausgegoren
Review by kudzey
Light and delicate, floral. You don't feel the proof. It's very smooth
Review by Tom Buteneers
Gluey-fruity with some bitterness
Review by Jakob
Interesting profile, the Demerara DNA is well recognizable. However, the whole thing is not really rounded, because on the one hand the dilution and on the other hand a somewhat astringent-bitter note appears on the palate, which is not extremely pronounced, but still noticeable and does not really fit into the overall picture. Therefore, no comparison to the real grandes from Guyana.
Review by Frank
Der erste der 3 Last Casks. Ein schöner alter, komplett 24 Jahre tropisch gereifter Diamond. Das ist bemerkenswert. Nase: trotz der nur 49% intensiv, komplex und sehr aromatisch. Fruchtig-süßlich-holzig-würzig. Von allem was dabei. Zunächst fällt positiv eine schöne Klebstoff-Note auf, süßlich in Richtung Pattex. Dazu Möbelpolitur. Hier kommt schon eine leicht säuerliche Spitze, wie von Holzsäure oder Melasse, die sich komplett durchzieht. Angenehme Süße auch Richtung Ahornsirup und Honig. Nun machen sich die tropischen und dunklen Fruchtkomponenten bemerkbar: Papaya mit Orange, dunkle Kirsche mit Pflaume, ein Hauch Kokosnuss und leicht säuerliche Maracuja. Hinten schokoladig-holzig, viel Eiche mit Vanille und Leder. Tolle Nase, abgesehen von dem Stich: 8,8 Gaumen: hier doch herber, als die Nase vermuten lässt. Sehr trocken, holzig und zu Beginn bitter und säuerlich. Holzsäure und etwas Menthol. Bekommt dadurch auch einen metallischen Geschmack. Das verbrannte Holz ist schon dominant. Dahinter Fruchtigkeit von Bitterorange mit Sauerkirsche und herbe Nuss, geröstete Haselnuss. Im Abgang geht die Frucht in getrocknete Aprikose über. Insgesamt etwas zu holzig, aber eigentlich erwartbar bei dem Alter. Alkohol passt insgesamt gut. 8,2 Kein leichter, was zu erwarten war. Aber toll, dass El Dorado nach den Rare, nun noch sehr hochwertige Besonderheiten herausbringt. Diese sind zwar teuer, aber den Preis auch wert.
Review by Johannes
Great fruity glue nose! On the palate, unfortunately, the first good impression does not quite prevail. Somewhat unround, but not uninteresting, slight soapy off-note, overall unfortunately too diluted.
Review by Serge
Nose and finish quite nice but on the palate first a very strange separating sharpness, like the solvents in superglue. Sounds cool, but is here for me strangely unpleasant. Have that by the way with all three of the series. Not very successful for me. After a few seconds, it's then delicious again.
Review by Jarek
Nase noch OK, am Gaumen und im Abgang aber überhaupt nicht harmonisch. Viel zu holzig und bitter, dazu ein seltsamer seifiger Beigeschmack, den ich nicht fassen kann.
Review by Benoit Mahe
Le nez est assez fruité pour un rhum de cet âge. Malheureusement il n'est pas tout a fait à mon goût. La bouche est elle aussi assez fruitée. La réduction n'est pas parfaite selon moi (du moins il laisse une légère sensation acqueuse).
Review by Tim
Mega lecker, super runde fruchtige Nase, die 90+ verdient hätte, und ein gelungener Rum aus Guyana. Der Alkoholgehalt ist moderat, wodurch womöglich ein bisschen Aromenintensität verloren geht, aber man erhält eine angenehme Trinkstärke. Schön schokoladig, fruchtig und röstig. Im Mund intensiv pflanzlich mit Kräutern und sauren Früchten, was ich nicht als balanciert genug empfinde. Über den Preis kann man streiten, aber über den Rum im großen und ganzen meiner Meinung nach nicht.
Review by Andi
Very mild, yellow fruits, metallic, herbs, wood, solvent, for me somewhat atypical for Guyana.slightly dirty notes, my first association was first in the direction of Trinidad - Caroni.
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Details about Diamond El Dorado The Last Casks 1998
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, distilled by Diamond, at 49,1%.
Community purchases
11 bottles logged by 11 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
9% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What does Diamond El Dorado The Last Casks 1998 cost?
Community paid €151–€233.
Current best price: €261.90 – above the typical community range.
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About the Diamond distillery
The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 5,257 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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