Worthy Park RA Jamaica Rum WP 2007

The first sip tastes. Fruits, citrus, a little salt. Second sip. Tastes even better to me. Some wood, but not too much. Pineapple, perhaps not the ingenious barbecue pineapple from the grill known from some Hampdens, but already noticeably a fruit basket, as you can otherwise only drag away on Sunday mornings at the Hamburg fish market. The alcohol is well integrated.

3rd blind taste looking for the best Worthy “the secret distillery” Park. This time we have: H. Velier 2005, 57,8% OB Conquete 2007 WPM, 55% RA 2007, 59,1% C: D Gold N: This is Gin, not rum! Think of a light aged Hendrick´s. You could associate the smell as being too herbal or too spicy, but for me it´s too botanical, too NOT-rum. Unique and weird, to say the least. After 20min the Gin aromas has settled a bit and I get glimpses of that dense blend of coconut, vanilla and sweet burn sugar and coffee I relate to Foursquare rums. Weird again M: Soft although having the highest ABV. The Gin appears again with an earthy taste. It is not sweet which is a big let-down for me. This might have to do with the fact that I also get a kind of strong burnt coffee taste. F: White pepper, lots B: No

Wow, for me one of the best Jamaicans so far had, apart from the Appelton Hearts! A brilliant nose, soft, balanced, fruity sweet, with fine wood. Then on the palate the floral notes come to the fore,classy,sweet,with fine spice and wood. These notes continue through the finish. I am thrilled.

Absolutely extraordinary smell and taste worlds open up - in the nose planty-grassy aromas and green fruit and vegetable notes come to the fore, where I have immediate associations with green gooseberries, fruit bushes and grass, as well as subtle fresh herbs. Reminds me of pulling through the bushes on a spring day in the garden - I do not know so at all from rum. Next to it I have to think of unripe citrus fruits. On the palate, the impressions continue, though some typical Worthy Park notes come through here - dark pepper, some banana, caramel, smoke and wood. A very special profile that you have to like. Gets a little exotic bonus, but this certainly won't be my next Daily Sipper.

Call me totally off my rocker, but this WP is blatantly catching me off guard! 😳 I have never had an olfactory comparable rum in the glass. This is supposed to be a WP? Would never have recognized it as such in my life. The reddish color associates red fruit - and I actually have that in my nose, but in a really stark, tart, very pithy form. Or is it something from the herb or vegetable garden? 🤔 I know this distinctive scent, but can't place it. It's driving me crazy! But what I can only repeat: the nose absolutely catches me! ❤️ On the palate, this does not continue quite so, it remains the impression of a really solid, strong rum.Conclusion: Mainly because of the unusual, crazy nose, this rum will find its lovers.

Wäre vermutlich nicht auf WP gekommen. Hat was vergorenes, das ich mag und was holziges, das ich auch mag. In Summe aber nicht sehr gut. Ich habe auch Assoziationen zu Süßstoff (auch wenn natürlich keiner drin ist).

In fact, rather atypical for a WP. Unusual nose

Personally a bit too herbal for me, with a juniper-\gin note that is too dominant....

Refreshingly different. Soap notes and herbs, difficult to describe. I would never have guessed WP.

Mir persönlich fehlt irgendwas…hat irgendwie ganz nette Ansätze…aber das gewisse etwas um in die 8er Region vorzudringen fehlt mir persönlich.

Rholala, la mandarine m’a tué ! Le nez est gentil, élégant et après…. BAM ! C’est une tumultueuse descente ( façon grand splash) en essayant d’éviter les mandarines pour finir, canoë encastré dans une mandarine… c’est un shrub ( de mandarine) jamaïquain :)

Super crazy flavor profile! As if unripe pineapple, melon salmon gum, sawdust from virgin oak and cold candies had fallen into a pot. At the same time sweetly artificial looking and yet dry woody. Come I'm not quite clear on it but on the other hand is not completely wrong, but currently turns my view of worthy Park first on the head!🤯🤔❓

Crazy part! In the nose blatant Jägermeister associations. On the palate quite sweet and herbs again. Very atypical for a WP! Interesting, but not my taste.