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C2336C8B-F720-48F2-A0D7-222B9CD79BC7Venezuela Destilerías Unidas S. A.
Diplomático Single Vintage 1997 75cl bottle
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Sweetened · 1–14 years · 43%

Diplomático Single Vintage 1997

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Auction results: 921–1,414 € (5 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 06/2026). How the range is built ›

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How does Diplomático Single Vintage 1997 taste?

Aggregated from 9 community reviews.

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8.5/10 Very good

9 community reviews

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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Most helpful positive review

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Dec 20257,267 reviewsDenmark
8.5/10

16.12.2025 Retasting this pretty expensive and now pretty rare rum. Still pretty good though a bit sweet. Balance is really good though. ------------ One if the best of all the single vintages from Diplomatico. As an investment this one has gone up in price 10fold since release.

Review by Pavel Spacek

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Pavel Spacek
Feb 20241,886 reviewsCzech
7.6/10

Sweet aged diplo. Integrated alcohol, but common profile. Nothing more

Review by Filip Šikula

Filip Šikula
Nov 2025842 reviewsCzech
8.4/10

While all the single vintage bottles from 2001 onwards are very, very similar, the 1997 vintage is really very, very different. It's still a dense, oily piece with a sweet profile, but here I find a complexity I didn't expect. Really pleasant. Except for the price, of course.

Review by Rum Diversity

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Rum Diversity
Aug 20243 reviewsPeru
6.0/10

I remember a rum tasting with some rum friends, we tasted at least 3 bottles of Diplomático Vintage, starting with the 1997 vintage. For me it was honestly a disappointment, being such an acclaimed and sought after bottle, I imagined a very complex and exquisite rum, but it did not go beyond being a pleasant rum with a profile full of Pedro Ximénez wine. A very well known profile and not much to my liking.

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11 bottles logged by 9 collectors.

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0% opened, 0 emptied.

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What did the community pay for Diplomático Single Vintage 1997?

Community paid 100–1,851 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 1,050 €. Price history with 5 auction results in RX+ ›

11 purchased · 9 tasted · 23 wishlist · as of

Details about Diplomático Single Vintage 1997

A Pot Still Rum from Venezuela, distilled by Destilerías Unidas S. A., at 43%.

CountryVenezuela
CategoryPot Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
DistillationPot Still
ABV43%
Age1–14 years
Vintage1997
Bottled2012
Limited edition25,000 bottles
Volume75cl

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