Nose: Very fragrant orange, mandarin and grapefruit notes with a sweeter aroma like rose hip or hibiscus flower tea. The nose is the best part of the experience with this gin. Palate: Quite hot and sharp on the arrival with sweet orange and bitter orange together. Peppery juniper flavours come in later along with licorice and seed spices. The texture seems thinner than the unflavoured Malfy gin. Finish: Medium/Short. Spicy. This is not really fit for neat tasting and has a harsh, biting quality when unmixed. I held out hopes that it would fare better in a gin & tonic but my dreams of a refreshing drink on a hot day were cruelly dashed. It tastes like dishwashing liquid and sweat. Mrs Cascode had one sip, pulled a face and said “cleaning product quality”. Yep. Tasted from a 50ml sample, one of a pack of four Malfy Gins. I honestly would never consider buying this, and neither should you. The original Malfy is so good … how is it that this is so bad? “Inferior” : 65/100 (1.5 stars)