J. Bally Brut de Fût

 Spicy on the nose.... Cherry, allspice and wood ... Floral notes ... Does not seem coherent. On the palate sour cherry fresh wood, black tea... lots of please notes. Not really mine ..... Medium finish and somewhat dry. Not bad but nothing you really need.

 This rhum was bottled 10 years after the legendary 1999 Bally. It will not become a legend, but it is delicious. A Bally easy sipper that will nevertheless demand a great deal of wood and bitter aroma tolerance from its tasters. I'm really looking forward to the ratings. Agricole inexperienced tasters may be in for a nasty surprise here.

 Smooth Agricole with a relatively low ABV. The typical Agricole notes of herbs and hay, but also sour cherry and a little cocoa. Not a top Agricole but a good friend for a relaxed evening!

 Rhum agricole is about average, with wood and spices dominating a little, but there's some fruitiness on the nose, with dried fruit becoming more bitter on the palate, like black cherry and orange zest. A little more alcohol in this brut de fût would perhaps have given it a little more length.

 An insanely great and intense nose, just as I imagine a long tropically matured Agricole! Cinnamon, cherry, bitter orange peel, allspice, sandalwood, something and leather polish. Intense notes of bitter orange and bergamot, spicy fresh allspice, Earl Grey tea and accompanied by intense tannins. Pleasantly woody. The cask strength of "only" 49.2% is definitely understandable here. Every drop is incredibly dense, elegant, concentrated and intense. A really good and unusual bottling with typical Bally markers. Surprisingly fair price. You have to be prepared for the bitter though. Definitely depends on your mood on the day! 😃

 Tasted at RhumFest Paris 2025. I found it wiser than its predecessors from 2004 and 2007. Big presence of bitterness and citrus. Lower alcohol content, but not disturbing for me. Pretty cool.

 Super fruchtig, gerade die Kombination zwischen Kirsche, Tee und feinen Gewürzen macht ihn so interessant. Mit Wasser kommen noch Leder und Orange hinzu. Eine tolle Komplexität, gefällt mir ausgesprochen gut.

 A nose of sandalwood, spices, leather, almond, slightly buttery and soapy. Little or no fruit (perhaps a little bitter orange). On the palate, typical Bally woodiness comes first. Bitter cherry, tea and leather follow. For a brut de fut, this falls back a little quickly on the palate... the finish is short. A pleasant release, but nothing exceptional. Rather low ABV.