Description
Christian Drouin Le Gin Blanc 350ml is an apple-based gin from Christian Drouin, a family Calvados house in the Pays d’Auge, Normandy. Instead of a grain base, it starts with an eau-de-vie distilled from cider made with more than 30 varieties of cider apple, distilled in small copper pot stills.
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Juniper and seven other botanicals, ginger, vanilla, lemon, cardamom, cinnamon, rose petals and almonds, are each macerated and distilled separately, then blended with the apple spirit. The house suggests serving it over ice in a balloon glass with tonic and thin slices of fresh apple, and it also makes an orchard-fruity Martini or Gin Fizz.
- Apple-based gin from Christian Drouin, Normandy
- Cider apple eau-de-vie from over 30 apple varieties
- Eight botanicals distilled separately, 42% ABV
Expect apple on the nose, then liquorice, juniper and a little pepper. The palate brings apple blossom with red fruit such as raspberry and blackcurrant, finishing on fresh apple, apple tart and a hint of quince.
A smaller bottle that suits gin drinkers curious about a fruit-led French style, or Calvados fans keen to try the house’s gin.
