Day ten of Advent Gin features Hepple Gin, a welcome gin without adornments. Hepple explains that their process involves vacuum distillation and CO? extraction; their botanicals include juniper (Italian, local, and Macedonian), lemon, and lovage. I found a slightly woody aroma at the start, but the juniper took over when I tasted; the lovage prevails over lemon, though the lemon lingers and provides a firm background for the herbal notes.
I appreciated the unusual blend of junipers, and the lovage mediating to the lemon. It went down well with Fever Tree tonic. One of my favourites so far.