Diamond (Versailles) S.B.S Guyana 2003
For experienced palates, this 62.8% single cask Versailles-style Guyanese rum rewards attention with dry oak, Marsala-driven sweetness, spices and herbs. RumX members enjoy it neat for its characterful, woody intensity.
- Characterful dryness
- Complex wood spices
- Well-integrated ABV
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How does Diamond (Versailles) S.B.S Guyana 2003 taste?
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Dry, woody Guyanese cask-strength sipper For experienced palates, this 62.8% single cask Versailles-style Guyanese rum rewards attention with dry oak, Marsala-driven sweetness, spices and herbs. RumX members enjoy it neat for its characterful, woody intensity.
Fans of dry, woody Guyanese rums who enjoy cask-strength intensity and Marsala cask influence with spices, herbs and a slightly bittersweet edge.
Those sensitive to high ABV or looking for soft, dessert-like sweetness and easygoing sipping rums.
How is Diamond (Versailles) S.B.S Guyana 2003 rated?
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Just finished a nice evening going through some of the samples we got from 1423.
Review by bossi
Eiche, Anis, Kräuter, prägnante Vanille Aromen und eine dezente Süße sind in der Nase wahrnehmbar. Die Süße und die ausgeprägte Vanille erinnern mich eher an einen Column Guyaner als an einen Versailles Rum. Somit eine nicht ganz typische Versailles Nase, wie ich sie kenne. Am Gaumen fällt direkt eine Bitterkeit auf, die sich zunehmend in eine Süße wandelt, gepaart mit Eiche, Zimt und Kräutern. Der Alkohol ist mit seinen 62,8% gut eingebunden, der Rum wirkt sogar mild, kommt allerdings nicht gegen ältere Vergleichskandidaten aus 1990 an. Im Abgang blitzen noch kurz süße Orangen Aromen auf, verschwinden aber sehr schnell wieder. Alles in allem ein guter Rum. 83 Punkte
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
To me, the alcohol seems only suboptimally integrated. Update 24.06.2022:Today, the rum still seems to me a bit too brute on the palate, but for that I taste no annoying finish, certainly not sweet wine, but just, as it should be, graphite (pencil shavings).A rum with dry charm and character.Because I tasted the RX1378 in parallel, I held that on the palate stubbornly for this SBS (keyword "heavy sweetness") . 🥴🙈 One may convict me of the grandiose error! 🙏😉
Review by Frank
A maturation in sweet wine barrels is always such a thing... can make a mediocre rum better, but for me it is mostly nix. Nose: spicy, woody, fruity and sweetish. It comes through right away, the Marsala finish. Behind the sweetness, which is already a tad too much for me, many flavors come through. Lovely cherry wood, lightly toasted, Marashino cherry, dried apricot, pipe tobacco with vanilla, strong maple syrup. Palate: much rounder than expected. Strong and spicy, woody and toasty without being unpleasantly bitter. Slightly salty with nutmeg. The finish mellows out the Diamond nicely. Overall I don't think it's bad, nose a bit too sweet, palate pleasantly round. ABV fits very well.
Review by Rodolphe
C'est un très bon rhum. Mais je reste un peu sur ma faim, il manque peut être un peu de gourmandise.
Review by Jakob
In the nose still relatively sweet, on the palate then dominated by spices and metallic notes. Good, but not completely convincing and not fully balanced in taste in my opinion.
Review by Filip Šikula
Řekl bych, že na guyanu se jedná o celkem mladý rum, ač je pravda, že plnění s.b.s je nezřidkakdy přináší. V tomto případě vůně především sudová, chuť nastupuje jako kulatá, hřejivá s příjemným alkoholem. Po vteřině rozvibruje jazyk a ústa zalije nakouřené dřevo. Příjemné.
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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 4 members.
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