Saint James J. Bally Millésime 1999 LMDW

 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.

 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.

 Sweet, slightly woody agricole. Like old caramel. Only excellent. The smell of the empty glass just lifted it another +1 point. Wow.

 Crazy Agricole concentrate!

 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.

 First impression: Maggi looks like thin soup compared to this! On the nose, the oak barrel is quite brute at first, then after a while it opens up with toffee, balsamic vinegar, leather, baked apple, dried herbs.... on the palate barrel, black tea, caramel, tobacco, licorice. Thanks Tobi for the sample!

 Bally 99 LMDW - a highlight this year - Elegant and complex without end

 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

 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

 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.

 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? 😍

 Quite exceptional Agricole!

 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!

 Crazy! Really concentrated and intense! Everything I would like to hear in a Bally brut de fut! We are almost to perfection!

 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)