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Blackadder Bellevue Raw Cask Rum Finest Guadeloupe Rum Belvedere 1998
Anyone chasing an older, dry Guadeloupe cask will find plenty here. Dried fruit and apricot lead the nose, then raspberry and blackberry, milk chocolate and roasted nuts, with the oak pushing forward the longer it sits. At full proof there's a bit of heat, so give it time in the glass. Several members rate this 1998 Bellevue batch a fine, woody sipper.
The community says- Dried fruit & berries
- Long woody finish
- But: Hot at full proof
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How does Blackadder Bellevue Raw Cask Rum Finest Guadeloupe Rum Belvedere 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 11 community reviews.
Dry, woody older Guadeloupe cask sipper Regulars of the 1998 Bellevue batch say this one carries more wood than its siblings, with a long, lightly bitter oak finish. A touch hot, but a genuinely good pour.
fans of dry, aged single-cask agricole
beginners put off by heat and oak
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.6 sits in the “Very good” band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
91% rate it 8 or higher. 2 selected write-ups from 11 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, the first notes are dried fruits, then out of nowhere arise tropical fruits with passion fruit leading the gang. It is very round. Nuttiness is around later, when aired, with some medicinal notes, grapes/sweet wine, sherry notes, becomes spicy, roasted, dry. Agricole notes with some smokiness are here now, with leathery/tobacco after well rested. 8,6:On the palate, we cannot miss agricole, volcanique pedigree and spiciness that we are hold on, dried fruits come out of this first agricole/spicy cloudy skies, are juicy with nice grapes and red fruits. They are sweet like very fine sweet wine. Roastedness comes by to say hello with smokiness and some drieness, bitterness and orange peel and is still very round. Tropical fruits are here, but a bit hidden. Well confectionery has been waiting till the end to show up and nougat! 9:The finish is very long, a bit sweet, agricole notes stay. It becomes creamy, buttery and toasted with tropical/dried fruits, with minimal drieness.
Review by Gregor
Er braucht seine Zeit im Glas. Nase: Aprikose, Himbeere, Brombeere, Leder, Schokolade, Honig, trotzdem etwas scharf Gaumen: Rote und schwarze Beeren, Himbeere etwas dominierend, Milchschokolade, Vanille des Holz welches sich zunehmend in den Vordergrund drängt und dann von den Himbeeren wieder abgelöst wird. Die Schärfe ist leider auch im Gaumen leicht vorhanden. Alles in Allem aber ein guter Schluck
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Details about Blackadder Bellevue Raw Cask Rum Finest Guadeloupe Rum Belvedere 1998
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, bottled by Blackadder, at 57,1%.
Community purchases
6 bottles logged by 5 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
6 purchased · 11 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of
About the Bellevue distillery
The Bellevue distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Bellevue have been reviewed 1,441 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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