The mark consists of a bar containing the following lines: gray line, blue line, gray line, short diagonal gray lines against a white background, gray line. Below the bar is a gray scroll design, the phrase "1997" in gray, and another gray scroll design. Below the "1997" is the phrase "FINISHED IN SHERRY CASKS" in gray. Below the phrase "FINISHED IN SHERRY CASKS" is a bar containing the following lines: a gray line, short diagonal gray lines against a white background, gray line, blue line, and gray line. In the middle of the bar is a oval containing a portrait of a man in gray and white. Beneath the portrait is the phrase "RON DE VENEZUELA" in black. The oval is outlined (colors listed from outside to inside) in a gray line, blue line, gray line, and short lines in gray against a white background. Below the oval is a gray bar containing two blue lines, the word "DIPLOMATICO" in black and the phrase "SINGLE VINTAGE RUM" in blue. All of the colors in the description are listed, in order, from top to bottom.