Citadelle Jardin d'Été Gin (75cl, 41.5%)

Citadelle Jardin d'Été is a French gin of 41.5% ABV, in a 75cl bottle, made by Maison Ferrand at Château de Bonbonnet in the Cognac region. It is distilled in small copper pot stills heated by open flame, using 22 botanicals including yuzu, melon and whole orange. Under a patented Progressive Infusion method, each botanical is macerated separately for its own time and temperature, and the yuzu zest steeps for several weeks before distillation. The nose is juniper beneath yuzu, candied lemon and orange zest, with violet and fennel. The palate is zesty, with yuzu, lemon, tangerine, pine-like juniper, melon and cubeb pepper. The finish is very long, with citrus peel, toasted almond, cumin and grains of paradise.