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J. Bally Art Déco #2
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Best sipped neat and given a few minutes of air — that's when this Martinique agricole opens up. Expect orange peel, oak, caramel and coffee over a dry, spicy base, with dried figs and cinnamon underneath. Many call it elegant and rounded for just 43.5%, though some wish it had more punch and complexity. A darker, woodier blend than the first Art Déco batch.
The community says- Balanced and rounded
- Orange and spice
- But: Wants more strength
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How does J. Bally Art Déco #2 taste?
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Elegant, woody-spiced Martinique agricole sipper Well-loved agricole blend, praised as balanced and expressive for its modest strength. The recurring gripe: reduced to 43.5%, several tasters wanted more power and depth. Not for sweet-rum fans.
Aroma profileAgricole fans who like dry, woody, spice-driven rum
Sweet-rum drinkers and anyone wanting high-proof intensity
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Yes, if you're after characterful, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
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128 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Most helpful positive review
A very interesting rum that allows itself to be discovered with each tasting. The aromas are in excellent balance with each other. Interesting value for money. We are at a high level!
Review by Johnny Rumcask
Most helpful mixed review
Typical notes of an aged Agricole: herbs, spices, some wood or vanilla. Nothing stands out here, the whole thing comes across as rather boring. Thin and mediocre. The packaging appeals to me much more than the rum inside.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
25.09.2026 - 28.09.2026 Attending the Whisky Live in Paris 2026 with a few good friends. We had a great time and it was nice to introduce them to this event which was a first for them. ------ RETASTING ------ I have a bottle of this rum on the way and I know now that it was a good choice and that I need to order at least one more for my collection. A blend of 3 different years and blended to near perfection. Not as oaky as the previous one but still very well balanced. Clear Agricole flavours and lightly dry with fruits, spices and chocolat. My advice is to buy while you can.
Review by Galli33
WoW 😍 What an amazing J. Bally Blend! Nose: Fruity, fresh, woody, cinnamon! All the typical Agricole notes. Very round and inviting! Btw it draws really nice curtains in the glass. Mouth: Very round and delicious with all the tastes you‘ve found in the nose. The alcohol is integrated very well. Finish: Long, dry, smooth and delicious 🤤🤤🥃 Really a perfect agricole!
Review by Thunderbird
A nice spicy/woody aroma with some leather and tea... I like that very much. There are also some orange peel aromas on the nose and palate that round off the whole thing. A delicious rum to enjoy in the evening The re-tasting on Saturday at Dr. Django. I stand by my rating
Review by Joachim Guger
Very good Agricole with plenty of fruit - oranges, cherries - on the nose. Slight influence of maturity. Very spicy in the mouth and a nice finish. A very good Agricole, good PLV. Thanks to Bonn!!! Edit: Today again in the glass, must correct my evaluation clearly upwards. The nose is awesome! A touch too much bitterness on the palate.
Review by Jakob
Comes across a bit more settled than the first Art Deco in a direct comparison. The slightly higher alcohol creates a denser flavor profile: where the first is fruitier-lighter, more of the heavy, syrupy wood sweetness and spiciness lingers here. The fruit is also present, but rather in drier notes and far less fresh. Both bottlings know how to convince and prove sufficient independence.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, sugarcane, fresh, herbaceous, vegetal, flowery and earthy, roasted wood notes like milk chocolate, nuts, caramel, vanilla, orange, yellow fruits, dried dates and raisins, syrupy, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, cherries arise, oak brings leather, pastry, biscuits, caramelized, coffee, baking spices, as cane is fresh with tea, grassy. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is fresh with flowery, grassy, herbaceous and earthy sugarcane honey, sweet, candied with hints of licorice, fruity with raisins, cherry, orange, later orange peel, hints of banana, passion fruit, dried figs and the oak is roasted with nuts, caramel, nougat, leather, coffee, dry, spicy with nutmeg, cinnamon, anise, vanilla. 8,8:The finish is long, dry&tannic, with fresh, flowery and vegetal sugarcane, mineral, earthy with tobacco, peppery, candied, fruits like citrus, dried, cherry and roasted oak notes like coffee, dark chocolate, nuts, caramel, learher, spicy. Edit:13.9.26
Review by Stefan Persson
Tasted this very elegant rum during Sweden Rumfest 2025. This is the second edition of Art Déco from J. Bally. It’s distilled in a Creole column at the Saint James distillery and is a blend of three vintages, 1999, 2006 and 2007. The nose is elegant, well balanced, woody, fruity, nutty and spicy with a cigar aroma. At the palate it’s elegant, fruity, woody, soft and spicy with flavors of apricot, prune and citrus. The finish is rather long.
Review by Leo Krüper
With more % this could have been a top rating. As it is, with this great rum you unfortunately have the feeling of having a bit too little of everything. Absolute purchase recommendation. One of my favorites of the evening.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Not quite as exciting as batch 1 in terms of complexity and a little too much leather and tobacco for me personally. Nevertheless, very drinkable and delicious! However, I like batch 1 much better in direct comparison.
Review by Lot-NAS
What a great drop! Initially I would have scored it a 8.6 +/-. But after a few weeks and several „tastings“ I find it improved even further, especially on the palate. So, give it time and air and you will be rewarded with a well balanced and complex agricole. Taking the price into concern (around 120€) you get a lot for your money.
Review by JFehr
A little too woody and tobacco-heavy for me. Could also do with a few more percentages
Review by Oliver
Real Agricole surprise!
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
In my opinion, the most beautiful bottle turns out to be unruly - but only on the outside (crumbling cork, I've never really had one before). The inner values are quite appealing, a harmonious, flowery and delicate Agricole. A lightweight, a lady who is a pleasure to get to know.
Review by Djehey
A beautiful rum from Martinique leaning towards dried fruits. Despite the low proof, it has a beautiful complexity and aromatic intensity. I bought a bottle. I find it superb for the price. It's lucky there's still so much of it on the market!
Review by TheJackDrop
A very beautiful rum that shows that with 43 degrees you can deliver something intense and complex! A bomb of fruits, spices, cinnamon, etc., making it an approachable but interesting tasting. Bonus for the sublime art deco bottle.
Review by TheRhumhoe
The second release from J. Bally's Art Déco range, this cuvée is less fruit-driven than the first batch, but more focused on fresh, earthy and spicy aromas. It's balanced and elegant, but perhaps slightly less aromatic than the first cuvée. On the palate, the attack is more forthright, dry and lively. Notes of oak, spices, coffee, tobacco and dried fruit (figs and raisins) give a particularly dark profile. The whole is more coherent and harmonious on the palate than the first batch. There's also a nice roundness on the palate. The finish is long and easy-drinking, evoking candied cane, dried fruit, sweet spices, oak, leather and lightly toasted notes. It leaves a fine final impression on the palate. A very well-crafted J. Bally that stands out for its aromatic concentration, structure and savory finish. A must for all lovers of rhum agricole.
Review by mto75
Nice and round on the nose with fruity notes (apple, grape), light freshness, caramel, cocoa. On the palate spicy with nutmeg, old barrel. It basically has everything that makes a good Agricole for me.
Review by Vincent D
The orange zest is the first aroma that comes to my nose. The wood follows, with a nice caramel. On the palate, a similar sensation. Orange and wood dominate. It's a rather conventional Martinique rum. The finish brings a pleasant bitterness and a taste of leather. Nice. Second tasting: much better impression. For a rum reduced to 43%, I find it very expressive and fine. Fruity, coppery, earthy notes. Very good. Nice Bally touch.
Review by Benoit Mahe
A very nice success. Nice balance between wood and spices. The finish is quite greedy with the arrival of a candied sugar cane.
Review by DeMaddin
Delicious light agricole blend, well balanced, offers a lot of volume for so little alcohol. Profile-wise it comes through the spiciness and lives from its woodiness, with very subtle fruity notes.
Review by Andi
On the nose it comes very fruity, fresh with some oak and orange. The alcohol seems well integrated, on the palate it flatters very elegantly, again with a pleasant freshness, orange, light sweetness (vanilla). Then comes tobacco and some leather. Really very easy to drink.
Review by Timo Groeger
Number 4. Wow, what a fantastic rum considering the percentage. A really nice vanilla and caramel smell on the nose, the same on the palate, and for me also a nice coffee taste. Delicious.
Review by Ericsan28
Very successful Agricole, great blend. Nice tart and round, pleasantly balanced. Despite the 43.5% very intense. Definitely not for sweet rum fanatics 😉
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Continuing with this delicious Saint James from Martinique. On the nose you immediately recognize caramel and apricot. These are also found in the taste along with dates and the typical cask flavor.
Review by Eugene227
A matured, dry Agricole with lots of wood, orange peel, vanilla, coffee, and caramel. The 22 years bring noticeable depth and an elegant, almost cognac-like character. At 43.5%, it lacks a bit of punch, but overall very harmonious and well-balanced.
Review by Basti
I really like the nose. A pleasant sweetness, dried fruits, vanilla, a bit of leather, wood, chocolate and a slightly perfumed note. On the palate, of course, not so super intense due to dilution. Surprisingly slightly vegetal, sugarcane (juice), but also dried fruits, spices and wood. Overall a solid bottling, but for me still far from the BdF releases I've had in the glass so far. Certainly attractive in price.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
This one is heavy with spices (loads of cinnamon), overall a very nice, dark in profile Agricole, with lingering sweetness on the finish.
Review by Pavel Spacek
The rum is mild full of taste and great made, but I dont like Saint James profile.
Review by Pascal Gwada
Excellent and complex, just woody as I like it. The nose is very seductive, and the palate a pleasure, alcohol well integrated, woody aromas, candied fruits, coffee, cooked caramel, I like it a lot. A bit of bitterness at the end of the mouth absolutely not disturbing. Don't hesitate to let it rest so it reveals itself even more.
Review by Julien Ries
A very seductive rum with a lot of character. As often with J.Bally, the nose and palate are dominated by wood and spices in a beautiful balance and great complexity. The finish is long and classy. An excellent rum but requires an experienced palate.
Review by Righrum
This one really impressed me because the low abv is not a limit but a plus. Plenty of taste, this rum is characterized by orange peel, wood and spices both on the nose and drink side. Nuts and earth notes complete the profile of a very nice rhum agricole.
Review by Émile Shevek
On the nose it is enveloping with wood, leather, red fruits, caramel, and hazelnuts. On the palate it is warm and full-bodied with wood, spices, unripe fruits, leather, hazelnuts, caramel, and some citrus. The medium finish remains dry.
Review by GigiMartini
An extremely pleasant rum on the nose, very good to drink. It tends only to be a bit astringent on the finish, on the other hand the age is quite high. Overall it is very enjoyable to drink, not at all pandering, it is a rum that manages to be round in some respects but more edgy in others. It evolves in the glass and shows many facets, depending on when you drink it
Review by Morgan Garet
Nose very greedy and very evolutive, everything we need is there! Fruits, woody, caramel, chocolate and light solvents.In mouth, we find the same markers as in the nose, it is fat, round and greedy. The tobacco invites itself to the party.small defects: too much reduced and a bitterness at the end of mouth, but on the whole it is top!
Review by Mopar Rules
a nice sipper, balanced and smooth, not very complex, rather light, but a nice description „Art deco … millesimes“ wow, would have been nice if the rum met the expectations
Review by BnBrt
Tasted at the same time as I batch 1, this one is my favorite because I find it more balanced. Very agricultural nose, with cane, plus notes of leather and something that reminds me slightly of cake batter. Very pleasant on the palate, a softer attack on the fruit (mango?) that builds towards more bitterness (reminds me of a mixture of citrus zest and wood from the barrel). Long finish, with bitterness giving way to a welcome freshness.
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
Poorly balanced, too much wood.
Review by Gil Firth
I expect way less from this. A beautiful beautiful agricol. Complex full of citrus. Honey. Wax. Love it. Buy בקבוק זה בקבוק כל כך טוב בעיניי. בין בקבוקי הרום היחידים ששקלתי לקנות פעמיים. אהבתי בו הכל והכל כל כך עשיר בשביל מה שהו. מלא תפוז. דבש. קצת לקה. אדמה. שוקולד. מזכיר מאוד ארמניאק בן 50 לא צוחק. אהבתי. קנייה חזקה.
Review by Palo - V Poháriku
An impressive one from Saint James! The full 22 years of tropical aging show what you expect - intensive, but not too pronounced woody notes, very nice complexity of flavours and bold, round mouthfeel. It still keeps a very nice agricole undertones.
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
Delicious Agricole rum blend. Beautiful daily sipper, not too complicated. Aroma and palate have a great balance between sweet, fresh, spice, wood,... Everytime I pour a dram, I'm surprised again. Good value for money!
Review by Nicofr
A very pleasant and very smooth agricole rum. For once, it's the tropical fruit aromas that take over from the more classic woody/vanilla notes. The alcohol is well integrated, I recommend it.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Fruity agricole aromas, gentle full flavor With hints of tannins, woodiness and gentle agricole.
Review by EUDIER Vincent
Nice rhum: élégant, Nicer than the first batch, amazing quality for the price,
Review by Stefan L
Tasted at Stockholm Rum Fest 2025
Review by Henry Davies
Complex and layered, less cognac forward than the first release. Find it a bit thinner but complexity comes a bit slower. Nose is caramel with cinnamon and nuts. Mouth is wood and coffee heavy without being too intense. Finish is sugarcane and caramel, with leather. Solid sipper
Review by Léo Delek
The marquers of the 12-year-old are present, with sulphur on the nose and a very Martinique woodiness on the palate. All this with fruit, spices (cinnamon in particular) and almond in addition, which makes it more complex but also a little less balanced.
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
This second batch takes you on a journey. From being forward with smell of vanilla and wood to a cut and dried lawn ending in a grove of geranium. All the while it is a pleasure to sip. Falls short on alcohol integration
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184 bottles logged by 151 collectors.
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21% opened, 18 emptied.
What does J. Bally Art Déco #2 cost?
Community paid 69–135 €.
Current best price: 118.01 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 103 €. Price history with 4 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about J. Bally Art Déco #2
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Saint James, at 43,5%.
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