Christian Drouin Gin 'Le Gin Blanc' 42% 700ml

Name: Christian Drouin Gin 'Le Gin Blanc' 42% 700ml
Brand: Comte Louis de Lauriston
SKU: LAURdrouingin
Price: 113.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

$113.00

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France

Gold Medal, World Gin Awards (UK), 2021
Gold Medal, World Gin Awards (UK), 2019
Gold Medal, San Francisco World Spirits Competition, 2018 (USA)
Gold Medal, All Wines Asia Hong Kong, 2018 (China)
Gold Medal, Competition Gilbert and Gaillard, 2018 (France)
Best of its category, ADI's Judging of Craft Spirits, 2018 (USA)
Gold Medal, ADI's Judging of Craft Spirits, 2018 (USA)
82/100, Ultimate Spirits Challenge, 2018, (USA)
Silver Medal, Vinalies Internationales, 2018 (France)
Graduate of the competition, Prodexpo Moscow, 2018 (Russia)
Bronze Medal, IWSC, 2018 (UK)

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Description

Guillaume Drouin has created this hand-crafted Gin using the art of blending developed for classic spirits. It is produced by distillation of ciders in three small Normandy copper pot stills, and by the distillation of Juniper and seven other aromatic plants typical of the world of Calvados. Each one is distilled separately before being blended in unique proportions for a batch of 2,850 bottles. This gin is in fact a cider apple eau-de-vie from Normandy in which juniper berries, ginger, vanilla, lemon, cardamom, cinnamon, rose petals and almonds have been macerated. Remarkably well-balanced, it simultaneously reveals finesse and incredible aromatic precision. Proud of its Normandy roots, the nose opens with wafts of apple. Little by little, it becomes liquorice-inspired, herbaceous (juniper) and peppery. Full of energy, the opening on the palate is floral (apple blossom) and fruity (raspberry, blackcurrants). The back of the palate offers freshly cut quarters of apple and a voluptuous nose (apple tart, quince jelly). For more Christian Drouin, CLICK HERE

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Christian Drouin

Pays d'Auge, France

Calvados, Ciders & Liqueurs

Christian Drouin

Christian Drouin is one of Normandy's most celebrated Calvados houses — a family distillery in the Pays d'Auge rather than a single individual. It was founded in 1960 by Christian Drouin senior, an industrialist from Rouen who bought a farm at Gonneville with cider-apple orchards and set out to make the finest Calvados he could. His son, Christian Drouin junior, joined the business and began selling only in 1979, once stocks had matured; having spent a decade abroad, he steered the house toward export and specialised in rare, very old Calvados for the world's best hotels and restaurants. The third generation, Guillaume Drouin, now runs it.

Today the house produces Calvados, ciders, perries and gin, and has won over 300 gold medals, exporting to 55 countries. Its style is defined by long cask ageing and meticulous blending across dozens of cider-apple varieties.