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Taste
Roasted, Woody, Herbal
Most mentioned across 11 tasting notes
- Perfect for
- Fans of aged, dry, woody-grassy cane rums with complexity
- Less suitable for
- Anyone wanting a sweet, easy pour or unwilling to let it breathe
The Whisky Jury Bellevue Rum Guadeloupe (TAST'TOE) 1998
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Sip this one neat and give it time — several tasters say it opens up only after a long spell of air. Once it does, you get pressed sugarcane, roasted wood, anise and citrus peel with grapefruit and lemon, plus black tea on a long, dry finish. Woody and spicy but still fresh, and complex enough to reward patience. One member called it "really easy going but still complex."
The community says- Complex yet balanced
- Long dry finish
- Less suitable for: Anyone wanting a sweet, easy pour or unwilling to let it breathe
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How does The Whisky Jury Bellevue Rum Guadeloupe (TAST'TOE) 1998 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Woody, grassy old Bellevue that rewards air A well-loved old Bellevue: grassy sugarcane, roasted wood, anise and citrus, long and dry. Complex yet balanced — but it needs plenty of air to show its best.
Fans of aged, dry, woody-grassy cane rums with complexity
Anyone wanting a sweet, easy pour or unwilling to let it breathe
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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30 community reviews
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Review by DomM
Very intense with nice complexity on the nose. Smoke, roasted notes and dried fruits provide a dark and intriguing profile. Very nice. On the palate smoke and wood dominate. There is some sweetness as well as dried fruits and candied ginger. Overall very intense. TWJ vs Honey Batcher: TWJ is way more wood, smokey and dark. HB feels much fresher and more lively with more sweetness and fruits. While I’m a fan of woody profiles, crown goes to HB for better balance and liveliness.
Review by cigares
First RumX meeting. A fruity, ample nose with dried herbs, overripe fruit and yellow fruit. A beautiful nose. The palate is soft and woody on entry, then the aromas become more powerful, with overripe fruit, spices and yellow fruit. Slight acidity adds vigor. The finish is long and consistent, with the same aromas plus a hint of smoke and black tea.
Review by LukaŽiga
9,1:On the nose, sugarcane juice, herbaceous and flowery, tar and roasted wood notes like chocolate, nuts, perhaps gingerbread, spicy with anise, ginger, dried and citrus fruits with peel, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the cane becomes grassy, earthy, some tropical and green fruits arise. 8,8:On the palate, the attack is delicious with flowery, herbaceous sugarcane, mineral, roasted wood notes like toffee, slightly resinous and smoky, spicy with pepper and ginger, as the fruits are dried and citrus with grapefruit and lemon.On oxidation some black tea might be present... 8,9:The finish is long, dry, the cane is mineral, flowery and grassy, dark with black tea, the wood is roasted, smoky with crunchy bread, dark chocolate, nutty and spicy, as the fruits are green and citrus.
Review by Timo Groeger
Community meeting RumX Eight October 2025. Starts with a beautiful Guadeloupe. Great nose, very spicy and fresh, herbs are recognizable here. It remains spicy on the palate, becomes slightly smoky and lemon is recognizable.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
In the glass three 98er Bellevue that I had not tasted before: RX10048 RX11158 RX11276 RX11276 is my favorite and all who just participated in my split can look forward to a great rum. RX11276 seems much fruitier than the other two rums, which are more on the woody side, RX10048 even more than RX11158, which I don't find so great in Bellevues of an overage.
Review by Johannes
Really good!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
24.09.2022 Going through samples at home. Notes Medium to dark in colour. Nose Light, light wood, caramel, fruity, overripe, banana, light anise, light herbs. Palate Medium intense, fresh, light wood, faint roasted, tannins, light anise, nutts, faint coffee. Finish Very long and warm, fruits, spices, faint coffee, light caramel, dried fruit.
Review by Jules Selected Spirits
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Review by Rare Akuma
When I opened this bottle first, it boasted an incredibly dense profile, not portraying much else than musty wine bottles in a damp cellar. I didn’t think too much of it, didn’t particularly like it, and perhaps was even left a little disappointed. Looking at all the other ‘98 Bellevue reviews, I figured I had to be doing something wrong. After racking the bottle for a while, I realised this rum needs bottle maturation and excessive amounts of aeration (>hour) to reach its full potential. And what a beast it has become. On the nose it opens with camphor. Cool, musty and flowery aromas that slowly evolve into a more vegetal profile with pressed sugarcane, corn and red rhubarb. It’s sweet and sour with a mix of tropical fruits and a subtle sweetness; heavily seasoned with Indonesian spices (think nutmeg and ginger root). It’s extremely complex, yet surprisingly still well-balanced. In the mouth lots of wood, then tropical mix before dispersing into vegetal and spicy notes: peppers, aniseed and ginger root. It’s tannic and reflects many old red wine factors. Again very complex. The finish is medium long. Hot in the throat. Playful with lemon black tea, mint and geranium. Perhaps a bit kombucha-like.
Review by zabo
I have to admit that my last 98er Bellevue that I tried was a few days ago. From memory, I would say it would probably make it into the top group.
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
25/01/2025: tasted @ Liquid Leuven in "De Hoorn". 15/10/2025: sample received from Stijn. This rum is a beauty! It has an awesome nose which can be enjoyed for a long time, and the palate is even better. The freshness reminds me of TDL sometimes. If you don't have a Bellevue in your cabinet, this might be a good choice.
Review by Stijn Zino
As a dirty rum fan (Long Pond) this is something different to have on the shelf. This is really easy going but still complex. You could serve this to non rum drinkers to bring them over to the dark side. Overall woody, roasted, coffee, sweet, smokey... Whats not to like! Light nose, very long finish.
Review by Christian Rudt
Great nose with a great balance of fruit and spice. On the palate nicely woody but you can almost feel the rum running down the edge of the barrel. Wonderful. Really fun to drink. Great drop.
Review by ThreeH
An ochre-brown, quite dark rum. Right after pouring, it seems not very complex from the nose to the palate and initially offers only woody spice with underlying sweetness. But after more than 30 minutes, the rum blossoms. Now it is noticeably more intense and aromatic on the nose. Still woody spice, but complemented with coffee, dark chocolate, and a nice rounded sweetness of brown sugar. On the palate, it now has a great aromatic fullness. Delicious roasted coffee aromas. Burnt sugar and a nice warmth in the mouth. The finish is long on the roasted and spicy notes, ending with a fine light bitterness of espresso. The rum was initially rated around 8.2 to 8.3. After time in the glass, however, it reached 8.8. So waiting is worth it.
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31 bottles logged by 26 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
19% opened, 3 emptied.
What did the community pay for The Whisky Jury Bellevue Rum Guadeloupe (TAST'TOE) 1998?
Community paid 180–222 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 214 €. Price history with 2 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about The Whisky Jury Bellevue Rum Guadeloupe (TAST'TOE) 1998
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, bottled by The Whisky Jury, at 53,2%.
About the Bellevue distillery
The Bellevue distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Bellevue have been reviewed 1,464 times with an average of 8.5/10.
To Bellevue ›Read on in the RumX Guide
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