Mediterranean gin distilled in a thirteenth century chapel in an ancient fishing village where every bottle is unique as every year the star product, arbequina olive, changes acidity. Gin Mare is made with a variety of botanicals including rosemary, thyme, basil with lots of zest. This stuff can easily be paired with a vast range of foods and ingredients if you fancy it.
Herbal nose with berry fruits. Hints of soapiness and perfume.
Very herbal and aromatic palate. Perfume-like delivery. Coriander and tart juniper, citrus zest.
Zesty, spiced finish.
we recently sampled Gin Mare in Valletta (several times!) & it was served with lots of ice in a Gin Mare special glass & with a sprig of rosemary. It was very good & a change from Hendricks or Tanquery both of which we are rather fond.
I love a G&T, but Gin Mare's herbal note was, for me, overpowering. I use a couple of neutral tonics and this seemed to amplified the soapy aspect of the flavour. I gave it another chance weeks later, as I had bought the bottle, and still not to my taste. I then had an epiphany...cocktails! They tasted fantastic. I especially liked it in a simple gin and orange juice. Stunning. Tale of two gins
I was given a bottle of Gin Mare and found it to be so smooth and aromatic. Gin is my usual drink and I only like Gordons, but if it was not so expensive I would drink this instead.
If you like gin to taste of gin don't bother with this - it's far too delicate for mixing (even a decent tonic an slice of lime obliterates it), and if you drink it neat or in a Martini then it doesn't taste like gin. In fact, I doubt it meets EU regs which define gin as follows..."In all types of gin, the predominant flavour of must be juniper...". he Chaps at Masters of Malt don't know what they're are doing frankly, given the hopelessly inaccurate notes above. Stick to whisky, chaps.
This is the Gin that gets put in my basket at the airport duty free. This is my absolute favourite and so very unique. Ideal with ice, tonic and a sprig of basil.
