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Diplomático Single Vintage 2005
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Here's the twist: this is a Diplomático that leans less sweet than the brand's usual lineup. The 2005 vintage is all sherry-cask influence — red fruit, cherry, raisins, marzipan and vanilla fudge over gentle oak. The nose is soft and understated, then the palate opens up busy, almost "over balanced" as one taster put it. Whisky and sherry fans tend to click with this one.
The community says- Sherry and dried fruit
- Complex, layered palate
- Keep in mind: Added sugar
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Auction results: 90–166 € (30 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 09/2026). How the range is built ›
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How does Diplomático Single Vintage 2005 taste?
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Sherry-driven, fruity Venezuelan sipper Most tasters find it complex, sherry-forward and rewarding to sip slowly, though a few call it a touch thin and still sweetened. The sherry can dominate.
Aroma profileSherry lovers and whisky drinkers moving into rum
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting a dry, punchy rum
Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertMature & oakySipping neat
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Buying advice
Is it right for you?
Yes, if you're after sweet, dessert-like rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
128 community reviews
Rating scale & review checks
On RumX, 7 means “Good” and 8 means “Very good”.
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12 selected written reviews
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Review by TheJackDrop
Most helpful positive review
Getting ready for a really tough marathon with friends! A little test of these famous vintage diplomaticos. Very surprisingly, they're really more fruity and well-balanced. Less dark, fatty and sweet than the basic ones. A good time, even if it's a bit simple and too straightforward to go above 8.
Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful mixed review
Tasted it together with my last glass from a 2004 and I think it’s slightly better than that one cause it’s not as sweet as the 2004 but on the other hand it’s also feels thinner. The fragrance is quite complex with clear barrel character, hints of muscovado sugar, raisins, arrack, marzipan, dark chocolate, orange and vanilla. In mouth and palate it’s also complex with some sweetness and clear barrel character, hints of raisins, muscovado sugar, orange, chocolate, arrack, nuts, cinnamon, Sherry and vanilla fudge. The finish is medium long and tastes more or less the same.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
A Diplomatico I tasted at a tasting at my parents place in 2021. First of the "year single vintage" from the company, I've tried. I sense a nose of coffee, and I found some notes of chocolate, vanilla and fruits. Good price to quality ratio, when it was released
Review by Surbiton Man
Nose is very soft and subtle and does not prepare you for the taste on the pallet. A lot going on in this rum. Almost over balanced, as all the flavious work so well together it becomes challenging to separate. A very good sipping rum to get to know over many sessions.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
The latest release of the single vintage. A bit more alcohol burn than the previous versions and also a bit sweeter. The sherry really kind of dominates this rum and I think whisky lovers would like it as well. Well balanced, oaky and sweet and it may make you want to go for seconds. My favourite is still the 1997 release.
Review by RumBarfly
Very nice, smooth with a subtle fruity nose, slightly cluttered but enjoyable taste, with a smooth finish that ends a bit too soon. A very good sipping rum. Good value.
Review by Solidfunk
Vanilla and coconut, caramel. Sherry. Almond but lighter than the 2007. Light cherry. Pours dark golden. A fair dose of pepper on this one, comes of spicier than 2007. Oak a little more subdued, but less sweet also than 2007. Some plum. Thick on the tongue. Sample thanks to Yaro.
Review by abaker-rum
This rum starts with a ton of red fruit, cherry, and dried fruit on the sweet nose. You can easily pick up the sherry on the nose and palate. The palate has a sense of sweetness with burnt sugar and nougat, as well as some wood. The finish is medium in length with a sweet and slightly medicinal quality to it.
Review by Rolf Pankoff 🇩🇪
In April 2022, I visited a Botucal rum tasting in Essen with my friend Enrico at Cigarren Baydar & Sahin GmbH. The Brand Ambassador Peter S. guided us wonderfully through the evening. Good cigars and a very tasty buffet rounded off the great evening. Since then, I really appreciate BOTUCAL's stuff.
Review by Dave Dahlgren
A really good soft smooth mature fruit caramel aged woody and it lingers in the mouth.
Review by N’ours
Frankly not bad for a diplomatico. Not too sweet, very pastry-like.
Review by Richard Krupa
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 7.8/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by RumRock
Read full review ›The Diplomático brand is known worldwide and the rums of this company regularly win many awards. For me, this brand is a bit too commercial, but on the other hand, we owe it (along with Zacapa) for spreading rums in our country. I have tasted the Single Vintage rums from 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005.
Expert review by The Rum Champion
I know this rum is sweetened and you know what? Who cares. I picked this bottle up and knew what I was getting into. Would I reach for this on a regular basis? No. Is this something I would share with people who don’t sup rum neat? Absolutely. Rums like this, I see are stepping stones for people to find other rums. And if they stay here, then the they’re drinking a lovely rum. It’s lite, it’s sweeter, it’s palatable for most of drinkers. Tasting notes: coffee, raisin, marzipan, vanilla, butterscotch
Diplomático Single Vintage 2005 at live auctions
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464 bottles logged by 346 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
14% opened, 23 emptied.
What does Diplomático Single Vintage 2005 cost?
Community paid 80–132 €.
Current best price: 319.90 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 92 €. Price history with 30 auction results in RX+ ›
+6 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
464 purchased · 139 tasted · 64 wishlist · as of
Details about Diplomático Single Vintage 2005
A Column Still Rum from Venezuela, distilled by Destilerías Unidas S. A., at 43%.
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