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Worthy Park Select Rum
The Worthy Park estate was established in 1670 at St. Catherine Parrish, Jamaica. All production of their rum line happens on property from the sugar cane that is grown on the estate, then harvested for their sugar operation. After the sugar is produced, they take the molasses and use it as the fermentable base of their rum. After the fermentation process is completed, they create their rums using copper pot stills. The rum is then aged in used bourbon barrels. For the Select expression, a blend of four to twelve year old rums is used to create this rum. It is blended and bottled at 40% ABV.
Appearance
The rum is bottled in a standard 750 ml medium-necked bottle. Its label provides basic information about the rum with the Worthy Park logo front and center on the bottle.
The liquid is a bright amber color in the bottle and lightens slightly in the tasting glass. Swirling the liquid creates a razor thin band that slowly thickens, releasing a combination of small and thick legs in several waves. It takes several minutes before the band begins evaporating, leaving beads behind on the tasting glass.
Nose
The aroma delivers cooked apples, grilled bananas and pineapples, Madagascar vanilla, baking spices, and charred oak.
Palate
The first sip has a soft entry as the fruit and vanilla flavors from the aroma hit the tongue with the alcohol lightly burning the palate. Additional sips have the vanilla notes take on more of a nutty caramel toffee note with cinnamon and nutmeg popping in hard; an interesting vegetal melon rind flavor manifests and fades quickly before the charred wood and mineral notes take over, forming a long, lightly acidic finish.
Review
Over the past few years, I have had a few cocktails made with it, ranging from a Mai Tai, Shrunken Skull, and rum punch. It is the aged workhorse product of the line and holds up well enough as a sipper. It does not have the strong funkiness of some other Jamaican rum products, but there is enough of it present that there is no doubt in a blind tasting that this is a Jamaican rum. I noticed on the store shelves that there are some serious variances in price, so keep that in mind when shopping for this bottle. As much as I enjoy Worthy Park Overproof, I really like the versatility and functionality of this rum, and it is an easy recommendation to use in any cocktail calling for aged Jamaican rum.
