I can't believe I haven't reviewed this. This pour is from the last quarter of a bottle that's been open for a couple months. This is my second bottle. Let's avoid the suspense, I like it a lot. This review from a sample tasted neat from a glencairn.
The pour is a pale rusty orange and a swirl reveals significant sheeting and several small tears running back into the bowl. This is a nicely viscous pour even at room temperature and has a silky mouthfeel.
The nose is slight lavender, slight sweet pine like you might get from a fresh Christmas tree, fresh sawn wood, a bit of over ripe cantaloupe, all against a slight haze of juniper. The nose is sweet and complex with no off-putting ethanol or chemical elements. Its an inviting aroma and easy to approach.
On the palate this is woody, sweet, floral, cardamom, wildflower honey, slight black pepper, a bit of juniper. It's a complex quaff. This is a very interesting gin for a whiskey drinker.
Beyond drinking neat or on the rocks. I'm blown away by this gin in cocktails. A Bees Knees with a ginger-honey syrup and fresh squeezed lemon juice is worth buying the bottle for alone. It's a near perfect cocktail.
Use this anywhere a cocktail calls for Old Tom or Genever. It's not amenable to tonic, in my opinion. It makes a better ginger highball. It's quite delicious in a Martinez if your jam is something a bit richer and sweeter.
Very original, very tasty and just a bit expensive, this rises above the ordinary.
54.99
USD
per
Bottle
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