Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998
Loved by DomM, Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓 & 30 more
For curious explorers into agricole-style rums, this 18‑year Bellevue offers red and dark fruits, roasted coffee, wood and spices at a well-integrated 52.8%. RumX members love its round, balanced, Guadeloupe character.
- Red/dark fruits
- Balanced wood & spice
- Well-integrated ABV
Details about Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998
How does Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 35 community reviews.
Balanced, fruity Guadeloupe classic For curious explorers into agricole-style rums, this 18‑year Bellevue offers red and dark fruits, roasted coffee, wood and spices at a well-integrated 52.8%. RumX members love its round, balanced, Guadeloupe character.
Agricole fans and experienced rum drinkers who enjoy red and dark fruits, roasted coffee and balanced oak at a moderate cask strength without aggressive funk.
Beginners, those sensitive to 50%+ ABV, or drinkers who dislike drier, coffee-forward, slightly woody profiles with only moderate sweetness.
How is Duncan Taylor Bellevue Single Cask Rum 1998 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.5 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by DomM
Nose: less fruity and less perfume m. Gravitating more towards roasted and woody notes. Very good. Palate: well balanced with some freshness and sweetness - candid ginger. Definitely one of the most well balanced out of my line up.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
RumX calendar 01.12.2023 Had blindly guessed an Agricole from the Les Ephemeres range.
Review by Jakob
Exciting Bellevue from 1998, which offers the typical aroma spectrum of fresh red fruits, rich barrel impact as well as spices and a portion of roasted aromas, but is somewhat more tamed compared to other representatives from the 1998 vintage due to the slightly lower alcohol content on the one hand, but also rounder on the other. All in all, further proof of the inspiring quality of the Bellevue releases. Great!
Review by Tschusikowsky
RumX Advent 1.12.23 Herbal, spicy, medicinal notes, red and blue fruits, good sweetness. Possibly a few volumes too little for a higher rating. I like it very much.
Review by Frank
Great bottlings keep coming out of Guadeloupe. DT always has good casks and 18 yo with cask strength sounds great. Nose: beautifully spicy, woody and fruity. Initially slightly peppery with nutmeg and slight hints of Maggi. There is also something spicy, perhaps ginger and a hint of mint. Fragrant cedar wood and a light roasted smoky note take over, closely followed by a creamy toffee sweetness with cherry, blackberry and subtle lemon zest. Very pleasant. 88 Palate: Spicy and woody here too. A delicious blend of umami, licorice, sweetish caraway and slightly salty-peppery. But it has something fresh and herbal about it, with saffron and camomile underlined by sour cherry and grape. Grassy sugar cane and liquorice come through at the back. I also really like it. 86
Review by Christian Rudt
I wouldn't have thought of Bellevue 98 after the first sip. Age takes time, so let's wait... Now berries and a little cherry await us on the nose. It's slightly peppery with a few hints of aniseed. The citrus note, still clearly recognizable at first approach, has (fortunately) receded into the background. The profile is also balanced on the palate and I like it more and more at the end when a few roasted aromas are added before it ends in more grassy areas and the origin becomes clear here at the latest. It's only the cinnamon note that stands out a little on the palate that I can't quite get to grips with. But a great round Bellevue.
Review by Mike H.
A very round Bellevue with the right amount of wood, spices, red fruit and a touch of caramel.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
06.04.2019 Nice relaxing day at home with nice samples. Notes Medium dark colour. Nose: wood, berries, light caramel, fruitcake, light smoke. Palate: fresh, sweet, wood, light smoke, clove, medium dry, faint licorice. Finish: medium long, warm, wood, tea, spices, cherry.
Review by mto75
#1 from the Advent calendar...if I hadn't already known, I would have guessed a Savanna (not a GA, rather Traditionnel). Very tasty piece in any case!
Review by FabiDram
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Review by Mentalo
Similar to the bottling of The Royal Cane, the Duncan Taylor has it all. Beautiful fruity notes (currants, some cherry), wood, spices. But it also lacks a little depth here due to the low alcohol content.
Review by zabo
RumX Kalender Tag 1. Beim Raten völlig daneben gelegen. Sehr feiner Rum, aber leider nicht so ganz meines. Nach längerem Atmen ist mir der Kaffeegeschack zu doninant. Das bricht ihm leider bei mir das Genick.
Review by Righrum
RumX advent calendar day 1: detected it was from Guadalupe but not recognised as a Bellevue 1998 (I love this vintage). A pretty light Bellevue 1998 compared to recent releases, yet the aromas are all there but it's just missing the oooh effect many other Bellevue do have.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
RX calendar day 1 2023 Got the Island right. A delicate Agricole which is a nice sipper. Not super complex, it doesn't have much of grassy notes, just some nice fruit like pears and mirabelles, natural sweetness and a minerality which made it Agricole in my mind.
Review by Johannes
A really good bottling! A round, yet complex rum with a beautiful combination of dark fruits, wood, chocolate and a little tobacco.
Community purchases
23 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 6 members.
About the Bellevue distillery
The Bellevue distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Bellevue have been reviewed 1,365 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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