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Saint James J. Bally Millésime 1999 LMDW
Near-unanimous love here, with a few tasters calling it their best-ever agricole and only a couple finding the oak overpowering. Strikingly dark for a cane-juice rum, it drinks like leather, cocoa, coffee and tobacco wrapped in dried fruit and dark caramel. Complex, heavy and dry-yet-sweet at once. Several note it needs air to fully open. An unusual agricole that eats bourbon-cask warmth and heavy Demerara comparisons.
The community says- Deep complexity
- Cocoa and leather
- Integrated cask strength
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How does Saint James J. Bally Millésime 1999 LMDW taste?
Aggregated from 79 community reviews.
Dark, complex agricole with cocoa and leather Widely loved as a top-tier agricole — dark, concentrated, endlessly complex. A handful feel the wood dominates or it's slightly past its peak, but that's the rare dissent.
Experienced agricole and heavy dark-rum drinkers
Anyone new to agricole or wanting a light, grassy pour
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What does the community say?
3% rate it between 6 and 8. 16 selected write-ups from 79 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Giorgio Garotti
Crazy! Really concentrated and intense! Everything I would like to hear in a Bally brut de fut! We are almost to perfection!
Review by Émile Shevek
It has a very dark and deep color. The nose is heady and enveloping with red fruits, wood/barrel, spices, cocoa and creamy sweetness on the finish, magnificent. The palate is complex, rich, deep, structured with notes of red fruits, black cherry, but also wood/barrel, light peppery spices, sweet and other roasted nuts, really fabulous, in the finish also some tobacco to close a perfect roundness. Abv excellent, I prefer it to 98 for its more exuberant and extrovert personality. In the empty glass wood and seasoned. (Without the final tobacco note it would have been at least a 9.6) (I've tried blending it with Flibuste99 and it becomes something sensational, and if you also add a few drops of Damoiseau1980 it becomes the perfect 10 Rhum)
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Retasting with the RumX guys. -------- This was my favourite of the evening. A lot of lovely oak and oak spices from nose to finish. Dry and kind of sweet at the same time. Wonderful balance between the heavy oak notes, fruits and spices. The sprinkle of chocolate and tobacco makes it a very smooth Agricole.
Review by Thomas Wille
Bally 99 LMDW - a highlight this year - Elegant and complex without end
Review by Lawich Lowaine
Excellent...One of the best agricultural wines I've ever tasted. Woody, red fruits and chocolate/coffee blend perfectly for a surprising result. The alcohol is very well integrated. A nugget
Review by cigares
A rum recommended by a friend. Almost black in the glass.Walnut stain, earth and mushrooms, I think of a smoky autumn cabin on the edge of the forest.The palate seems a little simpler than the nose, but new aromas keep arriving and complement a richness and aromatic depth never before experienced in an agricole.The finish is infinite, on the bitter side. A rum with a very strong personality. I love it!
Review by Florian Perolini
BALLY 1999-2017 18 ans. Brut De Fût 54.5% Mis en vieillissement à 62.1% soit une perte de seulement 7.6% durant les années de fût. Matière première : jus de canne à sucre frais. Fermentation direct. Fût de chêne neuf. Incroyable de complexité et de densité. un rhum agricole qui à l'aveugle vous colle sur du heavy Demerara. Un absolu fruité, confit, un bois noble concentré, du tannins et des épices à profusion, finale infinie et equilibre dantesque. le plus beau des Bally.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Wow. Simply an absolute experience from start to finish. Strongly cooked/reduced citrus marmalade with kumquat and grapefruit, English breakfast or Ceylon tea, beautiful tannins from the wood and molasses associations with slightly bitter notes. Incredibly complex and balanced at the same time. Awesome shit! And look at that color, please? 😍
Review by Mirco
Awesome profile, my favorite Agricole so far! Dark and dried fruits with lots of wood, spice, caramel, chocolate and tobacco/black tea. Dark and tart notes are hardly surprising given the color. Nevertheless, balanced and very complex.
Review by Johannes
Quite exceptional Agricole!
Review by Viet DO PHAN
Rondeur / 54° 17 ans Boisé Introuvable brut de fut
Review by SaibotZtar
Definitiv einer der (wenn nicht der ) beste(n) Agricole die ich bisher probiert habe. Traumhafte Nase Fruchtig , Floral...Holz alles passt perfekt zusammen. Schön Ölige Konsistenz im Mund Eine Komplexität die ihres gleichen sucht.
Review by Thunderbird
What a color... it's been a long time since I've seen a rum this dark. But the rum itself is also very exceptional.... An Agricole of the absolute top class! Heavy, dark, strong and yet very balanced and full-bodied. I could smell and sip it for hours. I would love to have a bottle of this
Review by Jakob
An extreme profile in the best sense - barrel, leather, cocoa and coffee, plus a comforting, heavy sweetness and a hint of dried fruit. A real experience - Agricole at its best.
Review by Alex1981
Wow, great Bally! Powerful and expressive, dark fruits & leathery notes. Really unusual but wonderful!
Review by Leo Krüper
Sweet, slightly woody agricole. Like old caramel. Only excellent. The smell of the empty glass just lifted it another +1 point. Wow.
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Details about Saint James J. Bally Millésime 1999 LMDW
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Saint James, at 54,5%.
Community purchases
97 bottles logged by 72 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
12% opened, 6 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Saint James J. Bally Millésime 1999 LMDW?
Community paid 169–402 €.
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97 purchased · 79 tasted · 79 wishlist · as of
About the Saint James distillery
The Saint James distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Saint James have been reviewed 4,748 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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