Tarquin's Cornish Dry Gin

Tasting Notes by Rocky

• Nose

  Rich, citrus aroma with sweet spice (coriander and fennel) in the background.

• Palate

  Creamy, mouthcoating texture. Dry juniper and pink grapefruit at the front and sweet cinnamon and nutmeg at the back.

• Finish

  Dry and spicy with a pine note appearing at the very end.

• Comment

  A different style of gin to those I’ve tried before, it’s drier and spicier on the palate than I was expecting, especially considering sweeter varieties of fennel and coriander are used. The pine note from the violets slowly appears at the very end of the finish, and shows that every botanical used has its place in the recipe.

• Serving suggestion

  This is at home in both a G&T and a Martini. Tarquin suggests adding a drop of Cornish Pastis to five parts gin and one part dry vermouth for a Cornish Martini and given the spicy nature of the gin, I can see how these would complement each other.