Highclere Castle London Dry Gin (75cl, 43.5%)

A 43.5% ABV London Dry gin from Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England, with botanicals grown on the estate and distilled in 1800s copper pot stills at Langley Distillery. Ten estate botanicals, including lavender, lime flower and citrus peels, are used, along with estate-grown oats that give the gin a creamy, rounded mouthfeel. The brand was launched in 2019 as a partnership between the 8th Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and Adam von Gootkin. The botanicals include juniper, lavender, lime flower, orange and lemon peel, angelica root, coriander, cassia, licorice and estate-grown oats. The nose brings classic juniper up front, opening to lavender and lime-flower florals, bright citrus peel, warm spice from coriander and cassia, and a creamy, rounded finish from the oats. It is suited to a martini, a French 75 or a gin and tonic.