The Botanist Islay Dry Gin, 700ml

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Wild Island Botanic Gin is a celebration of the beauty and unique character of our island home, the Isle of Colonsay. The botanicals are gathered responsibly from the hills, shores and bogs of the Hebridean Island by The Botanist’s expert forager and the mixology of the liquid captures the heart and soul of the remote island. Wild Island have created a gin that has a refreshing lemon base, pronounced further by a diverse array of leaves and flowers, including lemon balm, selected to deliver a gentle floral, citrus fresh character. Fresh lemon lavender, ginger rosemary and even crisp apples from Sir Isaac Newton’s tree combine to produce an outstanding gin as floral as it is intense. Nine classic gin aromatics are also used to give the gin a highly distinctive, complex, floral and an outstanding finish.

They say it's smooth, very drinkable, and perfect for drinking on its own or with a good quality tonic.

We recommend that you do not rely solely on the information presented here and that you always read labels, warnings, and directions before using or consuming a product. With the addition of lavender and sweet orange, courtesy of our pollinator friends who are celebrated on the vibrant packaging, the gin is a true flavour of Kew and its values. hand-picked local botanicals delicately refine nine berries, barks, seeds and peels during a painfully slow distillation. Fraiser is a uniquely Scottish drink, blending the flavours of premium Scotch whisky with wild strawberries (from Dundee!

With every sip you’ll experience something unique and different – from woody and herbal notes on the nose, to smoky notes on the palate, through to an earthy, well-rounded finish. With nothing between here and Canada those weather systems bring fearsome and dramatic winter storms. It is the only gin and whisky distillery in Europe, and one of two worldwide, to meet B Corp’s high standards of performance, accountability and transparency to protect the environment and improve the lives of employees and communities. This richly complex gin is a collaboration with and a true celebration of the University of Oxford’s extraordinary Botanic Garden – the oldest of its kind in the country.

The botanist recipe was forged in 2010 with island botanical experts and foragers coming together to create a harmonious gin, which has had the same great flavour ever since! We set out to create a truly exceptional spirit crafted around the native botanicals that grow on our crofts here in the Southern Hebrides off Scotland’s West coast.

On adding a mixer, the citrus, lemon, orange – and even bergamot – open out, as do hints of cinammon, cloves and even saffron. Here at The Oxford Artisan Distillery, responsible farming will always be the first stage in our whisky making; taking our time, regenerating the land and supporting biodiversity with every bottle. As of 2020, Bruichladdich Distillery is proud to be the first whisky and gin distilling company in Europe to become a certified B Corporation. Colonsay is a tiny and remote island two and a quarter hours by ferry from the mainland – a place of massive contrasts and stunning beauty.Islay Dry Gin it is truly unique, with 22 hand-foraged, local herbs and flowers delicately and slowly distilled with nine classic gin botanicals. When you subscribe to our VIP Club you’ll receive your exclusive surprise bottle in the middle of the month. Please always check both the number of parcels and the condition of any wines you sign for - as we cannot be held liable for any breakages once you have accepted and signed for them. In the event of any safety concerns or for any other information about a product please carefully read any instructions provided on the label or packaging and contact the manufacturer. Our first batch of organic heritage grain was harvested in the Autumn of 2017, just after we threw open the doors to our distillery for the first time.

Nothing in these terms of sale affects your statutory rights (including your right to receive a refund in respect of any defective product we sell to you). Under the Distance Selling Regulations, you may cancel a distance contract to purchase a product or products from us at any time within 7 working days after the day you received the relevant product or products (subject to the limitations set out below). Enjoy in an elderflower martini: mix 50ml of The Botanist with 10ml dry vermouth and 5ml elderflower liqueur. Born in a traditional copper still infused with six native hand foraged botanicals growing wild on our island and a further ten as our base. Founded in 1621 as a physicke (physic) garden for the teaching of herbal medicine, Oxford Botanic Garden was planted during the 1640s by its first keeper, Jacob Bobart the Elder.Our second edition to our family of drinks is Wild Island ‘High Croft’- named after the fertile island farm land where we gather our Autumn botanicals to infuse this premium gin. Combined with a high ABV, you’ll find Botanist gin is a premium Scottish gin, distilled at Bruichladdich distillery on the isle of Islay off the west coast of Scotland.