J. Bally Brut de Fût 2004

Vieux Bally's nose is marked by tangy red fruits such as redcurrants and blackcurrants, and even raspberry vinegar. These aromas mask the very dark side of this rum. On the palate, the aromas follow on from one another, starting with tart red fruit and gradually increasing in intensity, before turning abruptly to darker flavors: cocoa, coffee, roasted nuts and plenty of spice. The finish is medium to long, with darker aromas. This rum needs a lot of time to open up. A price that seems to me very fair for an agricole of this level and age, given what's being released today...

Al naso è decisamente profumato ed intenso con note di pelle/tostatura, cacao, legno smaltato(che adoro), frutti rossi e marmellata di albicocche. Al palato è fresco e pungente con gli stessi sentori coerenti col profumo ed un' aggiunta di pepe verde e nel finale un po' mentolato, con una piccola nota dolce cremosa. Grazie a Roberto per il sample Oscilla tra 9 e 9.1

Close frop the cane but also dark, powerful, intense, old school woody spirit as an old cognac or an old Speyside sherried whisky, that's splendid.

Geiles Treil mit wunderschöner Klebstoffnase mit Bourbon und Agricole. Schmeckt mir Super. Tolle Steinobst/Marzipan Note am Gaumen

Edit: Tasted again and the good rating remains. Very fine rum Tasted together in the small spontaneous round of the Franconian Tasting Gang. It really picked me up. Thanks again to Rodolphe who split it back then.

What a beguiling nose: fruity soft (cherry) with a scent of roses, vanilla and barrel, wonderful . The palate presents itself much more powerful. If it is still creamy on the palate, it increasingly gains wood, allspice and something bitter. Later, a cherry aroma develops again. The finish is initially dominated by wood, tannins and espresso, but again, after some time the cherry flavor. This is a very good Agricole, which , with better integrated alcohol could well have advanced into the 90 range

#4033 This is a very well balanced rum and I think the price is more than fair on this bottle. Fruity and kind of soft on the nose despite the ABV. I love the roasted wood notes and also the floral touch to the profile. Draws really nice curtains in the glass and the empty glass has light leather and coffee notes.

Brutally intense, almost dirty agricole. Cassis, prune, sour cherry and dried fruit meets mint, some bitter black tea, vanilla pulp and cassia cinnamon, strong mocha and dark chocolate. Extremely unusual but also almost typical of Bally!😁

A superb brut de fût rum with everything to please. The nose is voluptuous, gourmand with spices, cocoa and coffee, slightly agricultural with sugarcane aromas, elegant with a lovely woodiness and delicate with discreet fruitiness. A harmonious rum on the olfactory level. On the palate, an intense, complex and subtle rum is revealed. Beautiful roasted notes of walnut and coffee join spices, wood and tannins, while floral, agricultural and fruity flavors add freshness and aromatic variety. The alcohol is superbly well integrated. The long finish is darker and drier than the rest of the profile. Prunes and spices provide a warm, gourmand and comforting profile. A well-balanced rum, full of finesse, well-controlled and without the slightest hint of aggressiveness. An excellent reference in the top-range of agricultural rums, at a relatively affordable price.

Wow, highly unusual to me. You get the grassy core of a Agricole, but paired with much darker, woody & roasted aromas. Wet hay and dark chocolate. Well balanced and great alcohol integration. Wonderful!

Belle intensité et richesse. Un boisé astringent mais subtil, l’alcool porte les arômes tout au long de la dégustation. Une finale sur les épices, l’eau de vie de cerise et les pruneaux. Excellent

Beautiful. Not a standard farmhouse. It can't leave you indifferent.chiseled woody, very surprising glue/solvent background, freshly ground coffee.In the mouth, it's powerful but the woody channels the aromas of cherry, coffee, glue.Very very good.

In der Nase zu Beginn noch eine leichte Fehlnote, die jedoch mit der Zeit verfliegt. Am Gaumen sehr reif und intensiv, hier spürt man das Alter. Toller Agricole, reicht für mich aber nicht an die Spitzenabfüllungen, z.B. von 2006, ran.

Identisch zum 2000er. Sehr rund, öliges Mundgefühl. Hintenraus viele Bitterstoffe.

Superbe Bally.