Aroma visualization from community tastings
Velier J. Bally Millésime 2008 (LMDW)
Tell me when it gets cheaper
Tell me when it's back in stock
Price alert in the RumX app
Open in the app
Got the app? Open this bottle
Opens this rum in the RumX app
Opinions land all over the place on this one. The nose wins nearly everyone over — floral, nutty, orange peel, a little sugarcane, complex for 43%. Then the palate turns woody, toasted and coffee-ish, dry and a bit rough, and several tasters feel it can't match the smells. A wood-forward Bally that shows its best before you sip.
The community says- Complex floral nose
- Nutty orange peel
- But: Very woody palate
Offers & prices
View price history
Shopping safely on RumX Returns & cancellation
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
10 more payment methodsOffers & prices
No shop currently delivers to Germany.
Live auctions
Current bids for this rum at Europe's leading auction houses.
The look inside the bottle
How does Velier J. Bally Millésime 2008 (LMDW) taste?
Summarized by AI from 15 community reviews.
Wood-forward agricole with a nose that beats the palate Praised for a lovely nose, marked down when the oak takes over the palate. Fans of cask-heavy agricole enjoy it; some wish it had more punch and body.
fans of dry, cask-heavy Martinique agricole
anyone wanting a big, punchy palate
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
6 of 15 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
Which glass for which rum? The community guide →
Recommendation
Your next rum
Each with how it differs from this rum.
Community voices
What does the community say?
15 community reviews
5 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app
Rate it in the app
Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
10.07.2020 A nice tasting meeting new and old friends. Notes Medium dark in colour. Nose Light, floral, light wood, light citrus, sugarcane, light nutty, coconut. Palate Lightly oily, fresh, light wood, light floral, faint honey, light chocolate, nutts, light coconut. Finish Short to medium, light, light wood, fruits, faint chocolate, faint salt.
Review by Oliver
Most helpful mixed review
Interesting aromatics. Here floral notes come together with peanuts and fennel.Lots of wood on the palate and quite dry. Due to the dilution, the finish is unfortunately relatively flat. All in all, however, a successful Agricole, which will please lovers of barrel-heavy Agricole.
Review by Righrum
A Saint James's style Bally. The nose is pretty much in line with Bally's style, nutty and a bit rough, with some orange peel that keeps somehow the balance, and some floral notes. The palate is driven by the toasted and coffee notes, and again it is pretty rough overall. Yet, not a bad rum but Bally usually delivers us something more.
Review by William S
Not just about the wood. Candied fruit and torrefied. I love Bally but the 2008 is really very very good and very accessible.
Review by milone
Much too woody. The latter dominates and crushes everything.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by In Spiritus Veritas
Read full review →
Expert review by The Dunder Hut
Community shelf
31 bottles logged by 26 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
6% opened, 0 emptied.
What did the community pay for Velier J. Bally Millésime 2008 (LMDW)?
Community paid 85–122 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 101 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
31 purchased · 15 tasted · 6 wishlist · as of
Details about Velier J. Bally Millésime 2008 (LMDW)
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, bottled by Velier, at 43%.
About the J. Bally distillery
The J. Bally distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from J. Bally have been reviewed 1,436 times with an average of 8.2/10.
To J. Bally →Read on in the RumX Guide
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
J. Bally Velier 70th Anniversary 2006
J. Bally Rhum Vieux Millésime 1993
LMDW J. Bally Millésime 2000
J. Bally Millésime 2003
J. Bally Millésime 2002
Saint James Cuvée L'Essentiel
Never miss a price drop.
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX →YouTube channel (in German)
