Duca di Salaparuta Rump@blic Sicilian Legacy No. 2 ()

Duca di Salaparuta, a Sicilian wine house, bottled this Worthy Park under its Rump@blic label, finishing the rum in a Marsala cask drawn from its own cellars. Worthy Park is the clean, precise St. Catherine distillery whose 100% pot still spirit takes its esters from fermentation alone, so the funk runs moderate and the fruit stays polished rather than wild.

Very young and bottled at a relaxed 43% without added sugar, it leans soft and approachable: the nose offers banana, yellow fruit and a touch of solvent over pear, the palate brings tropical fruit, allspice and pineapple framed by young wood, and the finish stays fruity and peppery with a little dried fruit. The Marsala finish reads as a gentle accent rather than a takeover, leaving the typical Worthy Park character intact and rounded. This is a smooth, less demonstrative Jamaican that suits drinkers who like the distillery's fruit but want something easy, equally happy sipped neat or dropped into a simple cocktail.