Jamaica Single Rum (Lluidas Vale - Worthy Park) 2015/2023 7 Year Old Small Batch #2 Rest & Be Thankful (70cl, 46%)

A seven-year-old Jamaican rum from Worthy Park Estate, distilled on 28 February 2015 in Lluidas Vale on a Forsyth's pot still after about 30 hours of fermentation in American oak vats. It matured for four years under tropical conditions in Jamaica and three years in continental Scotland, with ten first-fill ex-Bourbon barrels combined for bottling. It was bottled on 6 February 2023 at 46%, without chill filtration or colouring, in an outturn of 3,571 bottles. Alongside tropical fruit and creamy dessert notes, the rum shows impressions of sugar cane, banana and blueberry. The nose brings grilled pineapple and juicy passion fruit with wood notes and creamy chocolate mousse. The palate has ripe pineapple, apple, nectarine and plum alongside vanilla ice cream and warm caramel sauce, with cinnamon and oak spice. The medium-long finish fades with fruity sweetness.