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Levy Lane Bielle Tamosi Sawaku 2009
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Wood leads here — French oak, tannins like a red wine, with stone fruit, bitter orange and a peppery kick behind it. Members keep comparing it to a dark cognac or vintage armagnac, and the classic Bielle markers (leather, spice, sugarcane) sit underneath. One taster loved "the light citrus touch through the profile." Balanced and full-bodied, though the wood clearly takes the upper hand.
The community says- Complex and balanced
- Full-bodied
- But: Very woody
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How does Levy Lane Bielle Tamosi Sawaku 2009 taste?
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Bold, oak-driven agricole with cognac depth Loved by Bielle fans for its bold, balanced wood and cognac-like depth. A few wish it were fruitier and less oak-forward — the wood dominates for some.
Agricole fans who like wood-forward, cognac-style rum
Those who want fruity, sweet, easy-going agricole
Style & occasion: Mature & oakyFresh & grassySipping neat
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48 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
A very bold full bodied Agricole. Lots of wood like a darker cognac or vintage armagnac. Slight acidic tone. French oak. Tannins like a great red wine or sherry. Very thick on woody flavours. Spices. It fills your mouth, its complex but also very rounded. Probably one of the best and thickest Agricoles I ever had. For 125€ its an easy buy for such a complex rum.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Lovely release and I like the light citrus touch through the profile.
Review by Djehey
Edit: after buying a bottle and drinking the bottle, there's what I like in very old bielle, jammy fruit and a sweetness counterbalanced by fine oak and spices that may be more present than other bottlings, but I like it. What's more, the bottom of the bottle offers a smoky solvent side that adds depth. Delicious rum with remarkable balance! Makes you want to buy a bottle!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Beautiful nose, taste but overall it is a bit too bitter, peppery and too woody for me. In the finish comes some prune, bitter orange and mint but overall I prefer but more the slightly fruitier and sweeter bielles.
Review by Johannes
I like very much! Alcohol well integrated, nicely balanced. Very similar to the Rhum Rhum Liberation .
Review by N’ours
The juice is well balanced at the right degree to bring out all its aromas.
Review by mto75
At first a fresh (citrus/orange soda) note, which then gives way to more 'mature' notes, like allspice, malt, sherry, barrel. On the palate spicy-sweetish, in the finish rather a bit sharp again. Funny enough, the Tamosi reminds me a bit of the RumClub Ed. 56.
Review by Rodolphe
I don't know the farmers very well. This one is good. Fresh cane, woody rather balanced, the nutmeg which often bothers me on the agricoles is very light... After, it's not the rums I prefer but it's clearly a good rum.
Review by Jakob
Bielle in its purest form and without many frills. I like, but does not qualify for the highest consecrations. Good choice for Bielle beginners and for relaxed Agricole sipping.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Beautiful dark color and.a lovely nose reminding of cognac/armagnac. First impression: dominant wood, some stone fruits, alcohol pretty well incorporated with some pepper to it and a warm finish with bitter notes. After about two hours in the glass the fruit balances the wood a bit more but the latter stil takes the upper hand. The peppery note is still there but as prominent anymore. It’s a complex rum but I like my Bielles fruitier.
Review by Double Barrel
A Bielle premium that means double distillation (pot still and then column), close to the famous Liberation serie. Roasted aromas, fruity/citrusy, cinnamon/nutmeg and exotic wood's varnish on the nose. Same combo on the palate (roasted coffee beans, slightly burnt toffee), grapefruits and bitter oranges, something floral, sweet spices and the sugarcane for the vegetal backbone. All that being perfectly balanced. A faint fizziness on the tongue that keeps it fresh and lively for a medium-long to long finish where everything gently fade away. Delicious and dangerously drinkable!
Review by alex
Great rod. What a delight 😍
Review by MJ97
In the nose, a lot of alcohol, the bielle markers are very present. We have spices, leather, fruits, a light vanilla, a light mentholated floral side.In mouth we keep the bielle frame as in the nose, the alcohol is well integrated. We have spices and fruits compotés (always types oranges) which are there (the spices take the top). And the woody which comes coated that in a well balanced way. The finish, it arrives in power and is of average duration. It is very good, carried much more on the woody (bitter) with a light bottom of roundness / greediness.
Review by Barnagricole
👃: Alcohol then come the Bielle markers cook and spice mocha, vanilla a little orange and a little bit of a vegetal twist. Brown sugar at the end👄: Very good, it tastes bielle with watts. Maybe lacks a bit of roundness and sweetness. The wood is rough, the balance is not quite there.⌛ Mid-long finish on the rough wood. Conclusion: 80/100. Too much wood
Review by Adrien B
Finish very present, sulfurous. Red and black fruit. Great length. The bielle touch is there but behind. V2 78. barrel too marked, less my thing at the moment V3 blind 79. N quite discreet, opens up B quite marked woody, sulfurous finish red fruit
Review by Léo Delek
Impressive color with classic bielle markers, but softened by double distillation. Pruney, almost caramelized brown sugar (almost reminiscent of a molasses rum).
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›On the evidence of this bottling I think my other samples from the Bielle Distillery might be getting opened sooner..........rather than later. This is a really good example of Rhum Agricole. It is quite light but it does have a great complexity and balance. Very elegant. Great stuff again from...
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30 bottles logged by 25 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
20% opened, 1 emptied.
What did the community pay for Levy Lane Bielle Tamosi Sawaku 2009?
Community paid 126–147 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 147 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Levy Lane Bielle Tamosi Sawaku 2009
A Rhum Agricole from Marie Galante, bottled by Levy Lane, at 52,5%.
About the Bielle distillery
The Bielle distillery is located in Marie Galante. Rums from Bielle have been reviewed 4,548 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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