Nobilis Diamond No. 40 (Bar 1802 Collaboration) SV 2008
Loved by Peder Frits Nielsen, Godspeed & 25 more
For experienced palates: a cask strength, unsweetened Diamond Savalle that’s dark, roasted and comforting. Expect dark chocolate, coffee, raisin, leather and toasted wood. Loved on RumX as a powerful winter sipper.
- Dark chocolate coffee
- Rich roasted Demerara
- Great alcohol integration
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How does Nobilis Diamond No. 40 (Bar 1802 Collaboration) SV 2008 taste?
Aggregated from 31 community reviews.
Dark, roasted Demerara power sipper For experienced palates: a cask strength, unsweetened Diamond Savalle that’s dark, roasted and comforting. Expect dark chocolate, coffee, raisin, leather and toasted wood. Loved on RumX as a powerful winter sipper.
Fans of dark, roasted Demeraras who enjoy cask strength warmth, rich cocoa and coffee notes, and want a full-bodied winter sipper with classic Diamond character.
Those sensitive to high ABV or looking for light, fruity or very complex rums; beginners new to neat cask strength spirits.
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Review by Peder Frits Nielsen
All what I love in a Guyana rum: Fantastic Colour. Darkness, heavy nose, heavy and long lasting taste. 65.2% Single Cask - an explosion of good taste 😋
Review by Godspeed
This Bar 1802 special edition Nobilis Diamond is a very lovable Savalle still rum that has all the things I like in a Demerara rum: dark and scorched notes, depth, fullness, and just drinking joy. It does not have the complexity of 9+ DDL rums but if you like the profile of expressions like the RX12775 Nobilis you will love this one. I liked it so much I bought the bottle. I was with some friends and noticed that this one was a great bottle to show someone new what dark demeraras are all about without setting the difficulty level too high either.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Just the right rum for a warm Saturday evening. There is hardly any alcohol on the nose, but lots of malt and little liquorice. On the palate, however, it's the other way around: I taste less malt than licorice, which unfortunately doesn't last long in the finish, but the 65.2% really bites there. I like it a little less than the Diamond 2008 from the Rumclub (Spirit of Rum), but it's still a rum of a high standard.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A powerful, opulent Diamond that plays on roundness. The nose is in the perfect spirit of Demerara, dark with notes of cocoa and roasted coffee, roasted wood, leather, tobacco, dried fruit (raisins, prunes) and almost burnt caramel. The nose is homogeneous and deliciously easy-drinking. The attack on the palate reveals the hidden face of this Diamond, a beautiful power that warms the palate but gives a comforting sensation with the heavy, greedy notes previously mentioned: espresso, dark chocolate/cocoa, dark spices (licorice, winter spices, chili), caramel, red and dried fruits and tobacco offer a concentrated, opulent but terribly easy-to-drink aromatic bouquet. Syrupy and comforting, we don't really suspect more than 65% here. The finish remains long, warm and bewitching, but gives way to more bitterness, more leather and smoky, herbaceous notes that were less noticeable before. On paper, this isn't the most complex of Guyana's rums, but its extreme greediness, coupled with that intense, warm side, will delight fans sipping their rum in a corner of the fireplace on cold winter days.
Review by Djehey
Alcohol integration is crazy. Not very complex, but with the Guiana notes we like (prune molasses, caramelized wood, tobacco...), without the mustiness of some Guyanese like REV. The price is right for what it is and this bottler can be expensive. Nice selection!
Review by Martin Švojgr
Anything with an 1802 bar is a guarantee of success, and here it was confirmed again. Very good guyana
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Really great bomb with intense dark chocolate, raspberries, plums and strong coffee. Very balanced, complex and delicious. My first MDS and definitely not my last. Thanks for the sample Daniel!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4831 24.08.2024 Enjoying a few samples at home. Nose Wood, light roasted, fruits, pineapple, light varnish, berries, cinnamon. Palate Oily, wood, light roasted, cherry, banana, light varnish, light caramel, raisin, plum. Finish Medium to long, wood, light roasted, light apple, spice, raisin, light caramel. The empty glass has prunes, light licorice and chocolate. A very nice and fruity release.
Review by Basti
The alcohol stands out a little on the nose, joined by caramel, chocolate, wood, vanilla, plum and other spices. Intense on the palate, but unfortunately not particularly complex and without any big surprises. The alcohol is also a little too present for me here.
Review by Thunderbird
This Diamond from Nobilis is not quite to my taste, but it is still a very good rum. The coffee and chocolate aromas are quite balanced, and a little fruit is also recognizable. However, the nose and finish lack intensity for me
Review by Jakob
Delicious profile, lots of deep sweetness,
Community purchases
25 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 10 members.
About the Diamond distillery
The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 5,068 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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