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One member sums it up as an everyday rum for relaxing after work, and that fits. This is old Martinique agricole: roasted, toasted wood up front, tobacco, vanilla and a dry, peppery grip, with yellow fruit and a bit of chocolate underneath. Give it an hour in the glass and it opens up. The 45% is well integrated, though cask-strength drinkers may want more punch.
The community says- Roasted oak & tobacco
- Well-integrated alcohol
- Keep in mind: Dry, woody grip
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How does J. Bally Pyramide 12 Ans taste?
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Dry, woody old agricole with a peppery edge Most see a well-balanced, dry old agricole worth the age step over the 7-year. The caveat: several find it sharp, woody and a touch thin, not for every palate.
Aroma profileagricole fans who like it dry and woody
anyone wanting soft, sweet or cask-strength rum
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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132 community reviews
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Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,2:On the nose, the first impression we get is a juicy sugarcane with yellow fruits, tea and roasted, toasted, a bit smoky wood notes like nuts, caramel, slightly sulphurous, then citrus and dried fruits. On aeration, very enticing confectionery arises with biscuits, pastry, spices like vanilla, cinammon and nutmeg, later maggi and more vegetal stuff with tobacco and flowery touch. 8,4:On the palate, the first attack is tasty with juicy sugarcane honey, spicy, earthy, flowery, then yellow and dried fruits, the wood is roasted with nuts, caramel, chocolate, vanilla. After resting the rum, vegetal aspect instills with tea, mint, a bit waxy, herbaceous, the fruits become candied, there is some citrus with an orange, some sulphurous touch. 8,3:The finish is long with dry, tannic and roasted wood, spicy, the sugarcane is still juicy and more vegetal as before with earthy, flowery notes, tea and grass.New fruits notes arrive, like cherry and passion fruit... Edit:26.7.25, 26.4.26
Review by ChristophFFM
Most helpful critical review
Weak, boring nose. Very spicy and unbalanced taste. Burns in the finish. I taste nothing of the 12 years.
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall a too sharp and alcoholic Agricole in my opinion. I have tasted quite many Agricole’s and I like very many of them, but this one I really don’t can recommend. Great bottle, but the content........
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#7386 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. Quick notes while tasting. Fresh, fruits, spice, wood, roasted, smoke, tobacco, agricole, grass.
Review by Vincent D
Typical Martiniquais.woody and vanilla. It's not my favorite type of rum, but it's quite pleasant all in all.Edit: impressions confirmed on second tasting.
Review by RumTaTa
Tasted blind and guessed Clement XO. At least the category was correct and the alcohol content was almost right 😉 The rum leaves a very good impression, nicely balanced, seems a little weak to connoisseurs used to cask strength and could do with a higher percentage. Interest has been aroused again, more Agricole rums will be in the glass soon!
Review by Wernie
Once again a blind purchase, but one that doesn't fully disappoint me. Typical standard agricole. Rather light on the nose with the typical notes. Dry and thin in the mouth, lots of wood, spicy, slightly peppery. Not a highlight, but drinkable ;-)
Review by Timo Groeger
Here we have a really good Agricole. You can definitely smell and taste some vanilla and wood. Otherwise, Agricole is naturally the main flavor here, but this rum is really okay.
Review by Johannes
Not spectacular, a little low body, but a good everyday rum.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A very good permanent range rum. Beautiful woody and toasty notes, accompanied by sweet spices (nutmeg, vanilla), tobacco and lovely yellow fruit notes. The vegetal and agricultural nose is less perceptible, in favor of a darker, greedier rum. The attack on the palate is dry but balanced. The sugarcane and agricultural notes are a little more present, but the smoky, woody and spicy flavors remain dominant. Fruit is more discreet on the palate. The alcohol is well integrated and the palate is well rounded. The finish is of respectable length, with some dried fruit, spices, oak and agricultural notes. A well-balanced, elegant, easy-drinking rum with excellent value for money and much to offer.
Review by Jacques etdom
Common agricole, without much interest and too reduced.
Review by Enriko Špinler
An interesting, light, round rum that I would include as an "appetizer" before drinking larger ABS rums. An interesting scent, where I could slightly smell the funky jamaica, but primarily I found sweetness (vanilla), fruit and chocolate. Taste - grass, wood, fruit, spice Finish - medium, balanced, cherry, wood, grass, fruit
Review by ElReyTristan
A lovely accompaniment to a cigar, smooth and tobacco-scented.
Review by Godspeed
I can’t believe how much better this is than the 7 year version, which I was not impressed by at all. My hunch that Bally’s need a tremendous amount of age to come into their own is really born out here. Very excited to try even higher ageings from Bally now 👌
Review by Nicofr
A good agricultural rum, very smooth, with well-integrated alcohol. I even think it could have accepted a slightly higher alcohol content. On the palate, woody, smoky flavors predominate. Good value for money.
Review by Zboubinho913
Very good Rhum vieux from la Martinique. Strong flavour not affordable for every mouths. Personally I find some taste of licorice in it and I love it.
Review by Jarek
Together with a few other Agricoles from Martinique. All let breathe in the glass for almost an hour. The Bally is rather on the spicy-roasty side. The 45% still suits it quite well. Pleasant Agricole for every day.
Review by Andreas Renöfält
Difficult and complex taste with many layers. An aquired taste.
Review by Léo Delek
On the nose I get quite a bit of sulfur which fades a bit more on the palate to give way to a very noble wood. Very nice balance.
Review by Anonymous
Rhum agricole
Review by Émile Shevek
On the nose it has a lot of elegance with aromas of leather, tobacco, toasted wood, milk chocolate, some dried fruit (dates/figs), citrus and some spices in the background. On the palate it is generally dry and at times pungent with aromas of tobacco, wood, leather, cognac, Sichuan pepper, unripe fruits and sweet dates; the finish has good persistence but little depth. It leaves a dry and woody aftertaste. In the empty glass, wood and aged notes.
Review by Александр Иванов
Nose: light & typical. First one, lot of oak, woody, spicy & polish notes. Then, open fruity, apples, green tobacco, coriander & nuts. Palate: Dry, spicy. Still lot of oak & polish. Little bit harsh. Earthy, roots, fruits, ginger, coriander, grass. Little bit of prunes & some touch of eucalyptus. Good. Aftertaste: long, dry. This grass, eucalyptus & apples notes, combination with polish & sandal – is great ! Conclusion: it really tasty. Typical nose for Martinique. Harsh & little bit disbalansed taste, like always. But aftertaste is delicious.
Review by TheJackDrop
Notes from Whisky Live Paris 2024 - to be reviewed and expanded. A rather solid first 12yo, much nicer than the 7yo which I often find a little bland :)
Review by Michael Janek
Smells like smoked mirabelle plums Taste is gently prickly, you can feel the wood If I didn't know it was agricole, I wouldn't have guessed
Review by Paul Segui
The nose is quite bewitching, it's definitely old agricole but it's subtle. It's more appealing than the 3-year-old, which looks much older indeed. I'm letting it open up and more and more aromas are coming through. The vanilla is discreet, but blends well with the wood. It's fresh and old at the same time. With opening and agitation, a real tobacco nose arrives, along with other fruits. It's quite dry and original, and compared to the nose at the beginning, it's really worth letting it open up. The first mouthfeel is superb, with a real agricultural aggressiveness, very spicy at first, then a magnificent woodiness (...)
Review by Pascal Gwada
Rum too marked by old wood for me, a bit dry. Would certainly pair well with cigar and dark chocolate.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
On the nose, a seductive woodiness is omnipresent. But I'm surprised to find something very fruity (cherry) too! The nose is greedy, and the alcohol is hardly noticeable. There's an abundance of dried fruit, spices and chocolate. As you might have imagined from the nose, the woodiness takes center stage in this 1st attack on the palate. But the other aromas soon come to the fore: vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon, peppers... and dried fruit. A long finish of chocolatey woodiness keeps this rum in touch, but I only regret the slight bitterness. Conclusion: this is a fine, well-balanced rum! Top value for money
Review by Daniel
Much milder than 3YO and 7YO, alcohol very pleasantly integrated. Unobtrusive finish.
Review by Fabrice Rouanet
Nice balance with an aromatic profile that makes it a beautiful agricole!
Review by Claes Nilsson
Right up my alley in the Agricole division. Grass and polish in the nose. Fruit, grass and spice in the mouth. A little edgy that I like, maybe not for all
Review by Ondrej Czinege
Sharp rum, one shot is good but not for the whole evening, agricole rum.
Review by Roberto Ross
Lovely hit of wood and tobacco. Good amount of funk. Plenty of bang for the strength. Would love a cask strength version I'm sure.
Review by Lukáš Jarník
Taste of old wood. Pleasant but not to drink all evening
Review by TheCoonOfRum
Bally 12 years, a complex rum, maybe a bit too much for me, on the nose lots of aromas, fruity, vegetal, roundness, controlled woodiness, it's fresh and lively. On the palate you find all that, a peppery touch, a bit roasted, very nice. The finish is long, complex, vegetal and woody. An excellent rum, complex, a certain finesse and liveliness mingle, a rum difficult to classify for my young palate.
Review by Vít Jurka
Sharp, taste of wood... Can't drink it in large amounts.
Review by Viet DO PHAN
Woody / round. Pyramid / Montagne Pelée More alcoholic. Aromatic signature Cigar finish / freshness
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J. Bally Pyramide 12 Ans at live auctions
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231 bottles logged by 218 collectors.
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30% opened, 19 emptied.
What does J. Bally Pyramide 12 Ans cost?
Community paid 38–75 €.
Current best price: 78.24 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 56 €. Price history with 4 auction results in RX+ ›
+6 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
231 purchased · 143 tasted · 65 wishlist · as of
Details about J. Bally Pyramide 12 Ans
A Rhum Agricole from Martinique, distilled by J. Bally, at 45%.
About the J. Bally distillery
The J. Bally distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from J. Bally have been reviewed 1,464 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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