Vagabond Spirits Bielle Off-Road Rhum Series #03.1
Salt — and a lot of it. This is Bielle white aged 10 months in casks dropped 20 meters underwater off Marie-Galante, and the sea got in. Tasters get orange, sugarcane, a little chocolate, even "salted licorice, almost umami," but the salinity dominates hard. One reviewer called it a "Spalterrum" — splits the room. Wild experiment, not an everyday pour.
- Orange and cane
- Truly unusual
- Real Bielle markers
+10
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How does Vagabond Spirits Bielle Off-Road Rhum Series #03.1 taste?
Aggregated from 20 community reviews.
Aggressively salty underwater-aged cane experiment Polarizing in the extreme. A few find it gourmand and unlike anything else; more feel the seawater salt overwhelms everything and the young rum has little else to offer.
curious tasters who chase strange, salty, one-off agricole experiments
anyone who dislikes salt or wants a balanced agricole
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How is Vagabond Spirits Bielle Off-Road Rhum Series #03.1 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 6.6 sits in the “Pleasant” band. 35% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 20% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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50% rate it between 6 and 8. Selected write-ups from 20 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Fabien Huguenot
Salé salé salé ensuite la canne.
Review by Hera
An explosive rum. There's no comparison, and the tasting is unsettlingly pleasurable. There's greediness, roundness and the markers of bielle.
Review by TheJackDrop
Aïe aïe aïe, pourquoi tant d’eau de mer? Ok c’est un peu le principe mais c’est clairement un super rhum, avec un sympa assez MG, mais en bouche on boit la tasse. Malgré tout la canne revient avec du chocolat et pas mal d’orange, mais le sel reste sur la langue et tapisse trop. Dommage les ingrédients étaient là, mais pas assez bien dosés.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Two drums plunged into the open sea at a depth of 20 meters... it could have been a good test. But in my opinion, it's a complete failure here, and it's really disgusting. In my opinion, the salinity provided by the seawater is too present and distracting, and the rum is too young and has only taken on the salt, or almost all of it. Nothing else, no length in the mouth, in short a big disappointment... and what an affront to Bielle!
Review by L'Expé RHIUM
Un rhum Bielle (Marie-Galante) blanc de base, élevé pendant 10 mois dans 2 fûts distincts immergés à 20 mètres de profondeur sous la mer. Ces 2 fûts distincts ont respectivement contenu : - Fût n°1 : Bielle blanc 60° - Fût n°2 : Bielle blanc 45° Durant 10 mois sous la mer, chaque rhum a perdu 10% d'alc/vol dûe à la réduction lente et naturelle par absorption naturelle (par capillarité) de l'eau de mer par les fûts. - Fût n°1 : Bielle blanc 60° ➡️ 50° - Fût n°2 : Bielle blanc 45° ➡️ 35° ℹ️ Les rhums issus des 2 fûts ont été assemblés, titrant à 49% d'alc./vol. Je peux vous garantir à 200% que c'est un rhum atypique, très porté sur les agrumes (orange) et la canne au sel (je ne parle pas de notes salines, mais bien de SEL!)...du sel en quantité abusive ! faut aimer ! comme si quelqu'un avait fait exprès de saler le rhum 😅 et personnellement je n'ai pas aimé, cela devient dérangeant et écoeurant. L'eau de mer ayant bien été absorbée par les fûts durant 10 mois...il y a de quoi, c'est complètement logique que le rhum soit si salé, d'autant plus que un des 2 fûts a subi une cassure qui fait que l'eau de mer s'est davantage infiltrée dans le rhum.
Details about Vagabond Spirits Bielle Off-Road Rhum Series #03.1
A Rhum Agricole from Marie Galante, bottled by Vagabond Spirits, at 49%.
Community purchases
4 bottles logged by 2 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
25% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
4 purchased · 21 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
About the Bielle distillery
The Bielle distillery is located in Marie Galante. Rums from Bielle have been reviewed 4,426 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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