This London dry gin is named after the famous crossroads in the St Giles parish of London.
Seven Dials sits between St Giles and Soho. The area was urbanised in the late 1600s where seven streets were laid out to meet a central pillar thereby forming a seven pointed star. During the 1700s the area became home to dozens of gin shops.
This gin is like taking a smooth sip of eighteenth century London, it is big and ballsy; and ripe with juniper, pungent herbs and citrus zest. This is true Dickensian fare!
The Seven Dials is a small batch cold-distilled gin created by the London Gin Club using the seven botanical flavours of juniper, coriander, angelica, marshmallow root, clementine peel, cardamom and almond. The implementation of cold-distillation through a rotary evaporation still prevents the botanicals from becoming ‘cooked’ and helps retain freshness and vitality.
Juniper infused double cream, leading to herbaceous touches of coriander and lavender before zesty aromatics take sway.
Angelica and cardamom spice open the palate followed by a typhoon of fresh juniper, before dense earthy root notes emerge.
The finish is gentle with fresh coriander and bay leaf, making way to almond and tangy clementine zest.
This gin is a flavour bomb of a drink, the juniper asserts itself well but complex herb flavours make this a very interesting gin, furthermore it has a zesty quality that keeps it from becoming tired and flabby. Great in a Martini and would hold up excellently with tonic water.
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A really 'classic' dry gin - no silly botanicals or anything - it's just a perfectly rounded, nicely citrussy gin. Top marks.
Stunning with lots of ice, small amount of quality tonic and loads of ice. To be sipped and enjoyed. Perfection x
