The Duchess Worthy Park 2006

The Duchess bottled this Worthy Park as a single cask, distilled in 2006 and aged twelve years in ex-bourbon at 57.9%. Worthy Park in St. Catherine is a single-estate, 100% pot-still distillery known for clean, precise, moderate-ester rum that does not chase the highest funk.

Molasses-based and from the estate's modern Forsyths still, it shows banana, pineapple, caramel and honey on the nose, then honeyed banana and tropical fruit with light esters and a faint saltiness on the palate, framed by woody spice and natural sweetness. The finish carries banana, caramel and toasted notes. This is the polished, fruit-forward Jamaican character Worthy Park is known for, with the higher strength adding heat and depth rather than wild funk. Certified unsweetened, it is a well-made, balanced pot-still sipper for drinkers who prefer precision to chaos.