Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve 10yr 45%

"It’s a really great rum and excellent introduction to Jamaican rum with a blend aged 6-10 years that’s flavourful, smooth and complex with a rather long finish. Bought some bottles of it together with some others from Worthy Park during the last Rum Cruise with Birka Cruises in the Baltic Sea after tasting it at Ian Burrell’s blind taste. I really like that they now are on their own because I’m more interested in having bottles from the actually distillery than from independent bottlers. On the added photo is the bottles included at Ian Burrell’s Blindtest."

"In the nose especially after a few minutes in the glass mainly citrus, I would not have assigned directly Jamaica.In the taste very spicy with wood and a few earthy notes. In the finish comes a nice mix of banana, lemon and tobacco.Will not my favorite Jamaican, but is definitely tasty."

"Nice entry to Jamaican rums, you find all the typical fruity notes with a slight funkiness but toned down based on lower abv. All in all good drinker and gateway to higher abv & ester rums. Surprisingly long finish and oilyness, really not a bad dram."

"This was one of my first rums and also a blind purchase, I was really disappointed at the time because I was still used to the sweet Plörre. Meanwhile, I have the bottle brought forward again and find it is a solid Jamaican and he is definitely much better than the sweet rums I drank at the beginning. :-) Based on this bottle I personally see how my taste has changed over the relatively short time.Nachtrag: FotoNachtrag: still a wonderful Jamaicaner."

"Un Worthy Park de base qui se veut doux, gourmand et voluptueux. On retrouve au nez un profil funky et arrondi, entre les fruits exotiques, les agrumes et les notes d’esters et de solvants. Le boisé vanillé rajoute de l’onctuosité, tandis que le parfum des fleurs apporte un peu de fraîcheur et de diversité sur ce profil très typique. L’attaque en bouche est calme et très arrondie. On est sur une texture crémeuse et moelleuse qui rajoute du gras dans le corps du rhum. Les fruits tropicaux, les agrumes, les notes phénoliques et le boisé vanillé légèrement épicé se renvoient la balle, oscillant entre gourmandise et douceur encore une fois. La finale est de longueur correcte. Elle affiche une pointe de notes rôties, du tabac et du caramel qui viennent bousculer le duel fruité et épicé auquel on assiste depuis le début. Un rhum facile d’accès qui permet de faire découvrir la Jamaïque en douceur."

"Guter Rum für einen gelungenen Einstieg in die Jamaikawelt, der trotz 45% sehr intensiv ist. Ausgewogen, komplex und rund mit schönen Aromen und das alles zu einem sehr fairen Preis. Sehr fruchtig mit viel Apfel, Zitrusfrüchte und Banane, ergänzt von Holz, Karamell, Schokolade und floralen Noten."

"This is a rum that is certainly not lacking flavours. But in the end it smells too young and is surprisingly bitter. I do not know if it's the blending but somehow it does not evolve to more than it's parts in sum..."

"Nase: Banane, Früchte, bißchen Funk, mild und zurückhaltend. Gaumen: vielschichtig, Terpentin, ansonsten jedoch keine klare Richtung, die 45% Alkohol sind sehr prägnant, was sich auch im Abgang bemerkbar macht. Ich mag sonst Jamaikaner, insbesondere Worthy Park (hab die Destille im Februar 2024 besucht und ein paar Fanboy-Artikel erworben – siehe Foto) hier finde ich das Preis-Genuss-Verhältnis zum pur Sippen allerdings unausgewogen. Gut als Mixer, dafür ist er mir aber zu hochpreisig. Dann lieber gleich auf den 12 Jahre alten großen Bruder umsteigen."

"For the umpteenth time, I'm going back to Select. My least favourite rum from my favourite distillery. The aroma probably reminds me more of Guyana than Worthy Park. I finally figured it out. It tastes like young Guyana, too. I don't think it fits WP's production, but it's not bad."