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Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998
Sipped neat, this 18-year Bellevue leans into sour cherry, redcurrant and wood, with roasted coffee and milk chocolate rounding out the palate. Several tasters guessed Savanna on the nose thanks to a fleeting strawberry-bubblegum note. Most call it round and well balanced, though a few find the body a touch thin for the age — the lower ABV tames it.
The community says- Balanced and round
- Dark fruit, wood
- Slightly thin body
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How does Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 35 community reviews.
Round, spicy Bellevue with cherry and coffee Widely liked as a round, spicy Guadeloupe agricole with dark fruit, wood and coffee. The recurring catch: it drinks a little thin, and the coffee note divides people.
Agricole fans who like woody, dark-fruit aged rum
Anyone who dislikes coffee notes or wants full body
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How is Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.5 sits in the “Very good” band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
9% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 35 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by DomM
Nose: less fruity and less perfume m. Gravitating more towards roasted and woody notes. Very good. Palate: well balanced with some freshness and sweetness - candid ginger. Definitely one of the most well balanced out of my line up.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
RumX calendar 01.12.2023 Had blindly guessed an Agricole from the Les Ephemeres range.
Review by Jakob
Exciting Bellevue from 1998, which offers the typical aroma spectrum of fresh red fruits, rich barrel impact as well as spices and a portion of roasted aromas, but is somewhat more tamed compared to other representatives from the 1998 vintage due to the slightly lower alcohol content on the one hand, but also rounder on the other. All in all, further proof of the inspiring quality of the Bellevue releases. Great!
Review by Tschusikowsky
RumX Advent 1.12.23 Herbal, spicy, medicinal notes, red and blue fruits, good sweetness. Possibly a few volumes too little for a higher rating. I like it very much.
Review by Frank
Great bottlings keep coming out of Guadeloupe. DT always has good casks and 18 yo with cask strength sounds great. Nose: beautifully spicy, woody and fruity. Initially slightly peppery with nutmeg and slight hints of Maggi. There is also something spicy, perhaps ginger and a hint of mint. Fragrant cedar wood and a light roasted smoky note take over, closely followed by a creamy toffee sweetness with cherry, blackberry and subtle lemon zest. Very pleasant. 88 Palate: Spicy and woody here too. A delicious blend of umami, licorice, sweetish caraway and slightly salty-peppery. But it has something fresh and herbal about it, with saffron and camomile underlined by sour cherry and grape. Grassy sugar cane and liquorice come through at the back. I also really like it. 86
Review by Christian Rudt
I wouldn't have thought of Bellevue 98 after the first sip. Age takes time, so let's wait... Now berries and a little cherry await us on the nose. It's slightly peppery with a few hints of aniseed. The citrus note, still clearly recognizable at first approach, has (fortunately) receded into the background. The profile is also balanced on the palate and I like it more and more at the end when a few roasted aromas are added before it ends in more grassy areas and the origin becomes clear here at the latest. It's only the cinnamon note that stands out a little on the palate that I can't quite get to grips with. But a great round Bellevue.
Review by Mike H.
A very round Bellevue with the right amount of wood, spices, red fruit and a touch of caramel.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
06.04.2019 Nice relaxing day at home with nice samples. Notes Medium dark colour. Nose: wood, berries, light caramel, fruitcake, light smoke. Palate: fresh, sweet, wood, light smoke, clove, medium dry, faint licorice. Finish: medium long, warm, wood, tea, spices, cherry.
Review by mto75
#1 from the Advent calendar...if I hadn't already known, I would have guessed a Savanna (not a GA, rather Traditionnel). Very tasty piece in any case!
Review by FabiDram
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Review by Mentalo
Similar to the bottling of The Royal Cane, the Duncan Taylor has it all. Beautiful fruity notes (currants, some cherry), wood, spices. But it also lacks a little depth here due to the low alcohol content.
Review by zabo
RumX Kalender Tag 1. Beim Raten völlig daneben gelegen. Sehr feiner Rum, aber leider nicht so ganz meines. Nach längerem Atmen ist mir der Kaffeegeschack zu doninant. Das bricht ihm leider bei mir das Genick.
Review by Righrum
RumX advent calendar day 1: detected it was from Guadalupe but not recognised as a Bellevue 1998 (I love this vintage). A pretty light Bellevue 1998 compared to recent releases, yet the aromas are all there but it's just missing the oooh effect many other Bellevue do have.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
RX calendar day 1 2023 Got the Island right. A delicate Agricole which is a nice sipper. Not super complex, it doesn't have much of grassy notes, just some nice fruit like pears and mirabelles, natural sweetness and a minerality which made it Agricole in my mind.
Review by Johannes
A really good bottling! A round, yet complex rum with a beautiful combination of dark fruits, wood, chocolate and a little tobacco.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Schöne Runde Abfüllung aus Guadeloupe! Tiefe dunkle Aromen, in der Nase vor allem rote und schwarze Früchte und ordentlich Holz, die am Gaumen eher ins schokoladige übergehen. Dazu schön gewürzig mit einer fast schon süßlichen Note, vor allem zu Beginn und als letztes im Abgang. Auf jeden Fall einer der besten 98er Bellevues, die ich bisher getrunken hab. Davon gerne mehr!
Review by Buddudharma
RumX Adventskalender 01.12.23: Ich habe gestern schon mal vorgekostet, da ich heute unpässlich bin. Eines vorneweg: Nachdem ich mir gestern ziemlich sicher war, ist die Aufgabe heute deutlich schwieriger. Für mich hat der Rum zwei Seiten: Eine etwas würzige, fassbetonte, die jedoch trotz allem auf einen eher jungen Rum schließen lässt. Eine zweite, die mich mit der etwas bizzeligen Erdbeerkaugummi-Note an Savanna denken lässt. Ich wage mich also mal an eine verwegene Prognose: Könnte das RX16505, also die Muräne, sein? Habe ihn noch nie probiert, aber so würde ich mir den Geschmack etwa vorstellen. In Summe ein guter Rum, etwas zu dünn im Mundgefühl, um wirklich herauszustechen. Auch die Erdbeer-Note, die mich auf Savanna gebracht hat, haut mich nicht vom Hocker.
Review by Vincent D
Smooth and very delicately fruity agricole at first smell. Strawberry bubble gum… Then some wood. Very sweet and fruity at first then wood and leather, tobacco. Wood is really present and point toward a rather old agricole. Really really good.
Review by Luca
RmX Kalender Tag 1 Ich hätte auf einen 10 jährigen savanna creol getippt. Sehr leckere, komplexe Nase mit einer angenehmen Süße. Am Gaumen dann typische agricole noten, die von eingekochten Beeren und einer angenehmen Süße begleitet werden. Dazu noch Fass und Gewürze. Schmeckt mir sehr gut.
Review by Schnubbii
In der Nase Holz und Kräuter, erinnert erst einmal an Savanna. Am Gaumen dann Kräuter und Würze, außerdem Holz und ganz leicht einen Tictac Wintergreen Moment, wie man ihn häufiger bei Savanna findet. Überraschung: Ist aber kein Savanna. Schönes Teil, insbesondere zum Ausgabepreis.
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Details about Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, bottled by Duncan Taylor, at 52,8%.
Community purchases
8 bottles logged by 7 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
25% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 36 tasted · 6 wishlist · as of
About the Bellevue distillery
The Bellevue distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Bellevue have been reviewed 1,412 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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