At last, I have caught my white whale. I've been trying to get my hands on this for ages...and why wouldn't I? A savory gin from Spain (perfector of the gin and tonic), loaded with Mediterranean botanicals, well-regarded on this site and elsewhere? Sign me up, por favor. I'll chase this round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give it up. Fortunately, I didn't have to go any farther than Niles, Illinois, home of the best 1/2 size replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in front of a YMCA in the world. I'm not sure this would have been worth maelstroms or perdition's flames, but a side trip from my in-laws' house in the Northwest 'burbs of Chicago...definitely. It finally made it to this side of the Atlantic! The spirit itself is a relatively balanced affair - very middle of the road, medium body. I tend to like my gins a little more substantial, even oily, but I have no real complaints. The nose is a little more juniper-forward than I might have expected, but with lots of fresh rosemary and lavender, with a little lemon peel. The palate is brightly herbal, with plenty of the qualities I'd label as garrigue if I were drinking Cotes du Rhone - rosemary, sage, oregano, lavender, bay leaf. There's juniper, of course, and also some olive and citrus, though these are a bit subdued. I wouldn't necessarily choose this as a gin to sip neat, though you could; my issue with that approach is mostly that the herbal-lavender character tastes a little too much like fancy hand soap for me to enjoy on its own. Now, paired up with Fever Tree's Mediterranean tonic water...whole different story. I'm also dying to try this in a Red Snapper (aka a Bloody Mary, but with gin).