Peter in Florence (50cl, 43%)

Peter in Florence is a London dry gin distilled at Podere Castellare di Pelago on the hills of Florence, founded in 2017 by Stefano Cicalese. Its key botanical is iris petals rather than the root, and apart from Spanish almonds, Chinese cassia and Moroccan coriander, all botanicals come from local specialist organic micro-producers. It is distilled in a small Carter Head still with 14 natural, organic botanicals, some immersed and some vapour-infused, over a production cycle of about eight hours. On the nose it shows juniper balanced with delicate floral notes. The palate brings juniper with citrus and floral notes balanced by spice, and neat it shows the sensory properties of iris clearly.