Tastes

Light citrusy lemony base with rather clearly distinguishable savoury notes and kitchen herbs on top both in the nose and neat. I can definitely tell the thyme and rosemary, I think I can tell the olives, not sure about the basil. Tonic tips the balance towards the citrus at first, but the kitchen herbs can be made out again, albeit fainter, once you get used to it. Delicate and really nice overall.

Juniper and mountain pine front and center both with and without tonic, perhaps the slightest citrus in the aftertaste, tonic's sweetness is a welcome counterweight to the dry woodiness. In no way unpleasant but underwhelmingly one-dimensional.

Nose is very chocolatey and slightly citrusy, almost like smelling jaffa cakes. Slight juniper in the background both in smell and in flavor. Cocoa a little more bitter neat, tonic's sweetness makes it chocolatey again. Slight spiciness in flavor, too. Hints of citrus but I'm missing a stronger presence of actual orange, great otherwise.

Eclectic nose of juniper, citrus, slight fruity sweetness, hints of herbal spiciness. Very hot neat. The most interesting flavors hold up with tonic, savoury spices and earthiness remain apparent the most in the aftertaste with tonic's sweetness providing a nice counterweight. Somehow I felt thirstier after drinking it than before.

I'm not getting the promised spices and neither the promised earthiness and woodiness to be honest, a certain sweetness and fruitiness still persists as it does with all the seasonal Glendalough gins, probably the most junipery out of all four but overall still pretty airy and light.

Promises wild fruits and berries, notes are sort of fruity and sweet and perhaps the most prominent in apple, pear and grape, but relatively indistinct overall. Smooth and easy with tonic however, certain warmth neat.

Florals on the nose that don't reappear elsewhere, otherwise a little sweet and with an indeterminate fruitiness, goes down easily enough but just lacks a little definition.

Certainly floral, fresh, a little minty and green neat, tonic dilutes it some and brings out a certain citrus with the slightest bitterness, but pretty enjoyable overall.

This German- Austrian collaboration using 23 at least partly vertically farmed botanicals for sustainability has produced an absolutely beautiful composition that spreads its notes across an entire range of the slightest baseline of juniper, pronounced citrus, apparent strawberry sweetness, hints of wildflowers and hints of savory herbs. If you don't mind paying for a great gin this is a no brainer, otherwise there's a slight dampener in the very similar tasting and equally as enjoyable Citadelle Jardin d'Été costing much less for a larger bottle.

From what I can tell this contains juniper, lemon, lavender, malt, hops, barley and almonds, and it's put together reasonably well. Neat you definitely get a citrusy and almondy aftertaste, with tonic the dryness of the grains comes through much more readily.