A world of FLAVOUR

While certain spirits embody their country of origin and can only be produced there – think tequila in Mexico – others can be made anywhere in the world. Of those, and perhaps more than any other nomad spirit, gin can capture the flavours of the place where it is made, through the use of distinctive local botanicals in its production.

‘Gin has the opportunity to say so much about locality in flavour terms,’ says Guy Hodcroft, buyer at Master of Malt. ‘By using distillate derived locally, from a particular place and in a particular style associated with that place, and infusing it with botanicals that could be exclusively of that same place, the fingerprinting of a spirit to a specific locality has huge potential.’ ‘Gins from different parts of the world tend to give us new botanicals and flavour combinations,’ adds Dawn Davis, head buyer at The Whisky Exchange. ‘By exploring world gins, especially those from the more exotic realms, we open