Eire’s The Shed Distillery is reaching deep into the botanical bag to maintain their annual limited-edition choices flowing. In the event you thought final yr’s Brazilian Pineapple was unique, this newest launch is perhaps much more distinctive. In collaboration with Bruno Vanzan, two-time world champion mixologist, Drumshanbo selected two Mediterranean botanicals for this newest restricted launch gin invoice: Italian Viola Fig and Tuscan Juniper. Each have been slow-distilled in Drumshanbo’s copper pot nonetheless, together with the gin’s eight different basic botanicals and complement of vapor-infused citrus and namesake Gunpowder tea. Ideas observe.
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin with Italian Fig and Laurel Overview
The nostril is extremely citrussy, maybe the boldest and juiciest I’ve but encountered from Drumshanbo. It pours out of the glass with notes of frozen Lemonade, dried lime peel, and grapefruit soda which might be equally tart and candy. At first, the sweetness is all citrus-driven, however because it opens, jammy – virtually balsamic – notes emerge, delivering fig preserves, marmalade, and grape should. Undertones of pine sap reveal a touch of the Tuscan juniper, but it surely struggles towards such a range of excessive tone fruits. With much more time to open, notes of melon and bay leaf add a greener dimension however don’t do a lot to curb the sweetness. It’s a saccharine however nonetheless fascinating bouquet, complicated and impressively layered.
There’s not fairly as a lot complexity, or sweetness for that matter, on the palate, which might be for one of the best. Nevertheless it’s simply as well-built and structured with a delicate, inviting texture. The entrance of the sip is juniper-forward with gently peppery traces of gunpowder tea, licorice, and citrus peel, the foundational Drumshanbo gin on show. A beneficiant dried fig sweetness is woven all through, complimented by dustier, resinous notes of fir branches and laurel, dried herbs and caraway. The end is clear and shiny with a simple fadeout of juniper berry, candied fig, black licorice, and grapefruit peel. It’s loads to unpack however reveals nicely by itself or in easy cocktails. I stay impressed by how a lot distinctive taste Drumshanbo constantly weaves into these particular gins. What’s going to they consider subsequent?
86 proof.
A- / $38
Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin with Italian Fig and Laurel
USD38
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