BP Bellevue 2016 8yr 64.3% ABV
$100.00
It struck us that our first bottled agricole rum was such a success that perhaps we should continue searching for more things that would expand our horizons and tastebuds. With that in mind, we stumbled upon this beautiful rum from Distillerie Bellevue from Capesterre, Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe. Surrounded by rich, volcanic soil, the distillery is an ideal location to grow high-quality sugarcane. In fact, the distillery was originally a sugar cane factory before it began producing rum in the early 20th century. The column distillation process combined with fresh sugarcane juice creates a complex rum that, even at such a young age, has beautiful sweet and herbaceous notes. This rum, which was distilled in 2016, spent the entirety of its maturation in a once used bourbon barrel until being bottled in 2025.
A dazzling addition to the Stargazing series, “Starliner” draws from Ross Bradley’s fascination with deep space imagery – from the haunting solitude of Apollo-era photography to the vivid dreamscapes of ‘70s sci-fi vinyl covers. Artist James Tuer channels this cosmic nostalgia into a bold vision: a radiant interstellar vessel sails through a swirling nebula, framed by ringed giants and distant stars. With echoes of Treasure Planet and the golden age of space-age imagination, this label turns a bottle of rum into a window to another world.
This single barrel rum is non-chill filtered with no additives, yielding 236 bottles at a cask strength of 64.3% ABV.
Artist: James Tuer
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