Spinnaker Jamaica WPM 9 Year 2015

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Review #1471; Rum #770

Here we have a bottle of rum from Spinnaker, a new American Independent rum bottler based out of Austin Texas. This Jamaica rum from Worthy Park was distilled from molasses in 2015 after a long fermentation period on a copper pot still. It is the Worthy Park Medium (WPM) marque, coming in at 120-236 gr/hlAA. It aged for 8.8 years in the UK in an ex-bourbon cask before being recasked into a Still-Austin ex-bourbon cask for .4 years in Texas. It was then bottled at cask strength with no additives.

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Distillery: Worthy Park

Bottler: Spinnaker

Region: Jamaica

Still: Copper Pot Still

ABV: 57.9%

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Nose: Vanilla, Banana Bread, Sandalwood, Coriander, Nutmeg, Toasted Brown Sugar

Palate: Medium mouthfeel, Vanilla, Banana Bread, Sandalwood, Coriander, Nutmeg, Toasted Brown Sugar, Black Tea

Finish: Medium Length Finish, Vanilla, Banana Bread, Sandalwood, Coriander, Nutmeg, Toasted Brown Sugar, Black Tea

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Rating: 6/10

This is a very good example of Worthy Park rum.  You get that nice banana bread note all throughout, the spices are pretty nice. There is a heavy dose of vanilla and at times it leans a little too into the black tea note, but overall a very good gateway to Jamaican rum.

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1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.

2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.

3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.

4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but better exists.

5 | Good | Good, just fine.

6 | Very Good | A cut above.

7 | Great | Well above average

8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.

9 | Incredible | An all time favorite

10 | Perfect | Perfect