Vecchio Magazzino Doganale Gil The Autentic Rural Gin (70cl)

Gil The Autentic Rural Gin is a gin from Vecchio Magazzino Doganale in Calabria, based on a recipe dated 1871 and attributed to Doctor Gil, a ship's physician and alchemist. It is distilled by hand from natural Calabrian botanicals, including lemons from Rocca Imperiale and local juniper. The gin is filtered only through a linen cloth, which keeps its rural character. It works in mixed drinks but is also suited to sipping neat. The colour is a pale straw yellow. The nose is fine and complex, with wet rock minerality, citrus and bergamot alongside herbal and floral notes. The palate is refined, with good persistence on the retronasal.