X-Gin (50cl)

X-Gin is a gin created in 2015 by Xolato with pastry chef and master chocolatier Peter Messely. Inspired by a Maya and Inca legend around a secret cacao drink called Xocoatl, it uses 15 botanicals including cocoa beans, almonds, hazelnuts, vanilla and chilli. Vanilla and cacao lead the aroma, with juniper also perceptible. On the palate it is soft, creamy and indulgent, combining vanilla, cacao, hazelnut and almond notes before a chilli finish. It is suggested served with strawberries.