Rhum Vieux Agricole Millésime Bally 2002
Distillery: Simon Distillery.
Sugar cane: 100% fermented sugar cane juice grown in the Carbet area.
Production Area: Carbet, Martinique, Caraibi.
Distillation Technique: distillation takes place by means of continuous stills.
Maturation: at least 3 years in small oak barrels.
Temperature of service: 18-20 °C.
Alcohol By Volume: 43% vol.
The Distillery
The Bally distillery was born in 1917, when the Habitation Lajus estate (existing since 1670) was purchased by Jacques Bally, a young engineer who, after having renovated it, built the distillery. In 1987 Remy Cointreau acquired the distillery operations and Bally was closed by moving the operations to Simon Distillery; the original recipes were kept intact by continuing the production of sugar in Lajus, as well as the maturation and bottling of the Rhums.
The Rhum
Rhum Vieux Agricole Millésime Bally 2002 is announced limpid, with an amber color. The aromas are frank, intense and rather complex on the nose. The bouquet includes fruity hints of almond and citrus, accompanied by floral hints of honey and toasted hints reminiscent of cinnamon and clove. The entry into the mouth is intense, the tasting is soft, rather fresh and savory. It reveals a full-bodied rum, with a medium-long taste-olfactory persistence, balanced and with an excellent taste finesse.
Food in pairing: Second courses based on fried or grilled meat and fish, blue cheeses, dark chocolate.
Ciars in pairing: Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour Robusto, Balmoral Anejo XO Rothschild Masivo, Tornabuoni Affinato
Conclusions
Rhum Vieux Agricole Millésime Bally 2002 is an iconic product for the production of French style Rhum in Martinique. Excellent as a meditation distillate which in combination with fried or grilled meats and fish, blue cheeses and dark chocolate. To be combined with medium structured or structured cigars.