Diplomatico Mantuano Rum
Diplomatico Mantuano Rum is a 750mL Venezuelan rum bottled at 40% ABV (80 proof), blended from rums aged up to eight years in white oak casks that previously held bourbon and malt whisky. It combines column, batch kettle, and pot still distillates made from sugar cane molasses and sugar cane honeys at the La Miel distillery. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 40% (80 proof)
- Size: 750mL
- Age: Blended from rums aged up to 8 years
- Distillation: Column, batch kettle, and pot stills
- Base: Sugar cane molasses and sugar cane honeys
- Casks: White oak, previously bourbon and malt whisky
- Origin: Venezuela (Destilerias Unidas, La Miel)
The Mantuano of the Tradition Range
Mantuano is the dark mixing rum of Diplomatico's Tradition Range, named for the mantuanos, the landowning elite of colonial Venezuela, and for Don Juancho Nieto Melendez, the 19th-century rum enthusiast whose portrait appears across the range. The house signature is its three-still system: light column rum, intermediate batch-kettle rum, and heavy pot-still rum, married in one blend. See the house on the Diplomatico vendor page, or browse our full rum collection.
Tasting Notes
Per the brand's infosheet: dried plums, oak, and delicate spice on the nose; a complex, balanced palate of dried fruit, wood, and vanilla. The brand positions Mantuano slightly drier than Reserva Exclusiva, built for mixing while holding its own neat.
How to Enjoy
Pour it into a rum Old Fashioned or a dark Daiquiri, or sip it over one large cube. The flagship sipping rum is in our rum collection as Reserva Exclusiva.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mantuano an 8 year old rum?
No — it is a blend of rums aged up to eight years. Eight years is the oldest component, not a minimum age for everything in the bottle.
What stills make Mantuano?
Three: column stills for light rum, a batch kettle for intermediate rum, and copper pot stills for the heavy, complex component, from molasses and sugar cane honeys.
What does "Mantuano" mean?
It names the mantuanos, colonial Venezuela's local elite, and honours Don Juancho Nieto Melendez, the 19th-century enthusiast on the label.
The Tradition Range's mixing rum, three stills in one bottle — order Diplomatico Mantuano online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.
