The label of this independently-bottled gin shows Shortcross' David Armstrong and That Boutique-y Gin Company's David T Smith foraging for blackberries and damsons on the Rademan Estate, home of Shortcross Gin. The fruity additions to the regular recipe provide a quite different taste of the Northern Irish countryside.
This is a release of 1,246 bottles.
Ripe berries in the sun, nettles, green apples and citrus oils.
Oily juniper as it opens. White pepper and cinnamon, balanced by rounded sweetness of damson jam.
Seville orange, blackberries and dried apple. A touch of spicy juniper lasts.
The fruit-influence stands out at the centre of this very sippable gin.
Top marks, MoM tasters... I get the huge berry influence, as well as a weird nettle-like top note. The palate is extremely rich, and very 'green' (but not in an under-ripe way). This is an absolutely textbook gin.
