Diamond 2003 18 years old The Colours of Rum - Edition No. 5 - b. 2022 - 70cl

The Diamond Distillery sits on the East Bank of the Demerara River near Georgetown, Guyana, and is home to Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL). Its history stretches back to the 1650s.
An 18yo Guyanese rum from the Diamond Distillery. Distilled in 2003 and drawn from a single cask for bottling in 2022. Presented in a limited edition of 242 bottles and bottled at cask strength at 54,2% ABV.

Whiskyfun.com review:

"Colour: white wine. Nose: high-ester rum, pretty pure, with 'a sense of' mezcal and olives, many fermentary smells, leaven, very distant whiffs of durian, anchovies, brine and all that. In short, it's rather brilliant. With water: some acidic fruitiness coming on top (lemons, rhubarb, gooseberries) and even notes of bandages and ointments. Mouth (neat): pretty massive, appropriately dirty, salty, perhaps in the style of Versailles, or of that of several Jamaicans. Or of raw Talisker. Bags of olives and anchovies. With water: similar, with also a dirtyish grassiness. Fresh compost and old hay, perhaps. Finish: rather long, on just the same kinds of notes. Dirty aftertaste – the kind of dirt we enjoy in rum. Comments: some very excellent salty rum. I've tried a wee blend with 50% this and 50% Talisker and I have to say I'm pretty proud as that pushed the citrus to the stratosphere. Sadly that also generated some soapiness." Note: 89 points.