Cotswolds Dry Gin - Award Winning Gin Made with Cotswolds Lavender and Refreshing Citrus - 46% ABV 70cl

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Tasting Notes: Nose: Fresh notes of grapefruit with earthy coriander backed up by sweet piney juniper. Palate Opening with grapefruit, fresh juniper and black pepper, followed by herbaceous notes of bay leaf, coriander and angelica. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The Cotswolds Distillery also released its own single malt whisky in 2017 - so you can get your hands on a bottle now!

Unfiltered to preserve the essential oils from the botanicals, a pearlescent haze forms when ice or tonic is added. A dedicated whisky fan, Dan saw the fields of golden barley around his house in the Cotswolds and had a brainwave ‘I suddenly thought, there’s barley all over the Cotswolds and nobody’s distilling it, let’s be the first! Then the unique botanical mix of Cotswolds lavender and bay leaf, grapefruit, lime, black pepper and cardamom seed are added into the bespoke Holstein pot still for distillation before finishing with naturally refined Cotswolds water. He headed up to the Bruichladdich distillery in Scotland and spoke to Master Distiller Jim McEwan, who put him in touch with veteran distiller Harry Cockburn.This leads to a high oil content and a spirit that louches when mixed with tonic, ice or water, so don’t be (too) concerned when the drink clouds in your glass.

Seeking to leave behind that world and spend more time in the picturesque countryside of the Cotswolds with his family, it eventually dawned on him that he could combine his love of whisky with his desire to start a new business. The General Wine Company is a family-owned and operated wine merchant in Liphook, Hampshire, England. The botanicals are macerated ahead of distillation in a neutral spirit, before being put through the run, which takes six to seven hours.

The distillery is run by Nickolas Franchino, whose Italian family used to make spirits and liqueurs back home. Though made initially to resolve the cash flow issues of a whiskey producer, Cotswolds Dry Gin is far from a backbench project, fusing botanicals grown from within its home region’s stunning stretch of rolling hills with traditional gin flavourings. As such we have invested in global protection and take action against every infringement of our rights.