Richard-ModernDrinking
Príncipe de los Apóstoles Mate Gin
Modern Gin — Mendoza, Argentina
Reviewed
April 27, 2018 (edited January 30, 2024)
A trip to Buenos Aires prompts a search of the Distiller database for local spirits, of which there is just one entry for Argentina. But what a treat. Spying this on the shelf of a swish bar on my last night, I order a neat pour over ice and am immediately blown away by the orange flavors wafting out of the glass. Following the lead of @the_rev ‘s review, my colleagues and I sip this neat, which is not something we’d think of doing with gin ordinarily. Flavors of mint, cilantro and cucumber make the smooth distillate worthy of contemplation. At a mere $20 in its home market, it’s a steal that cries out to be smuggled home in the luggage.
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BA is lovely...though it’s no Montevideo, of course! Igual, have a café con leche with some medialunas at Café Tortoni for me, and give my regards to the bust of Borges there. And drink lots of this delicious stuff, too; I’m just said it didn’t exist yet when I lived in Uruguay!
@Richard-ModernDrinking in BA? Enjoy it! Paris of the South. My favorite South American city