Modern Love Gin

Rating: 18/23 It's National Gin & Tonic Day, which is a bullshit holiday and also overlaps with Easter, but sure I might as well open this. N: An alcohol bite at first, then juniper and floral notes open up. Candied citrus fruits come in and maybe hints of clove and allspice. It's actually almost like the beginning of a Christmas cake. P: This is clean, but surprisingly full. No weird flavors. It's sweet, but not cloying in any way. There's nice citrus spectrum, moving from lemon (not the dominant flavor) into tangerine and then even a hint of cherry. Sort of candided citrus peel. It's very fruity, but not overly so and there's not a ton of floral flavor happening here, there there is a little bit and also a hint of vanilla. Hints of baking spices at points, with clove, allspice, and ginger playing the biggest parts. F: Like the rest of it, this is clean. There's this clean water flavor with a sweetness to it mixed with juniper that really skirts a weird vegetal flavor. It's herbal; for sure, with hints of lemon peel and a faint amount of some sweeter fruit. Maybe a hint of allspice and ginger. - Conclusion - This is shockingly good. Honestly, one of the best gins I've tried. It's beating Doc Porter's (15/23) by being less funky. New Riff Kentucky Wild Gin (17/23) is a bit more complex than this, but it's thinner with more minerality and has more of an alcohol bite. They're pretty close, but I give the win to this one. Monkey 47 (18/23) is less decadent than this, but it has more going on. It's sort of the more mature version that cuts out some of the youthful fun character. But they're quite close. I was thinking that the Monkey was a 19, but apparently I gave it an 18. So this is a 17 or 18. I was thinking an 18 when I though the Monkey was a 19 and I think I'm still leaning toward an 18 because this is just so decadent.