The sixth day of Advent Gin is Gin Mare, a name I recognised and had been looking out for a chance to try. The distillers emphasise its production with arbequina olives, rosemary, thyme, and basil (among other botanicals). I can’t claim that I could isolate one or another of these, but that’s as much as saying that it’s artfully blended, without allowing any single ingredient to dominate the others. (That’s not strictly true, since I infer that the single prominent flavour that I couldn’t place must be the olives — an agreeable complement to the rest of the gin.)
I like it. You’d want to be careful about what you mix it with, but in a G&T or in a carefully chosen cocktail, this could bring an unusual, subtle note that enhances drinks that lean less toward the sweet and more toward the astringent.