Tarquin's British Blackberry Gin

£37.00

70cl

38% ABV

A gin crafted in celebration of the great British blackberry. Tarquin's flagship Cornish Gin is first distilled in small batches then post distillation the gin is lovingly infused with the most brilliant berries around. Just before bottling a touch of local Cornish wildflower honey is added to bring some fragrant sweetness and balance.

Tasting notes:
Crisp, piney juniper still prominent as the backbone of the gin, with notes of blackberry crumble, wild berries and sweet spice. Summer pudding and frangipani on the palate with a zesty, sherbety finish and fragrant sweetness from the wildflower honey.

Pairs perfectly with:
Cloudy lemonade, fresh blackberries and a sprig of mint.

70cl - 38% ABV

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Tasting Notes

Crafted in celebration of the great British blackberry.

Nose

Crisp, fragrant juniper still prominent as the backbone of the gin, with notes of blackberry crumble, wild red berries and sweet spice

Taste

Initial hit of bright Summer pudding and frangipani on the palate with a zesty, sherbety mouth feel and fragrant sweetness from the wildflower honey.

Finish

Candied lemon sherbet and zingy blackberry sorbet, with balance and rounded sweetness coming from the honey. Retains a lovely dryness to the finish due to zero added sugar.

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Our Process

As a fully-independent, family-run business, we at Southwestern Distillery like to celebrate the fact that we do things a little bit differently.

To create our Tarquin’s Blackberry Gin we first start the process of distilling our flagship Tarquin’s Cornish Dry Gin. We macerate 11 hand-selected botanicals overnight before adding violets in the morning and firing up the stills. We collect only the purest ‘heart of the distillation’, collecting and setting aside the ‘heads’ and ‘tails’ cuts (the first and last parts of the distillation) that don’t make the most selective taste and texture grade. Post distillation, this ‘hearts cut’ (around 76% abv neat Gin) is lovingly infused with fresh pressed blackberries and cut the gin with de-mineralized Cornish spring water to bring it down to the desired 38% abv.
Finally, just before bottling a touch of local Cornish wildflower honey is added to bring some fragrant sweetness and balance. Every single bottle is then individually hand-filled, labelled with individual batch tasting notes, hand-dipped into a slow-cooker filled with paraffin wax and hand-stamped with our Puffin logo. We truly believe in the value of maximising the human-touch at every stage of the process. When Tarquin puts “Handcrafted in Cornwall” on every bottle, he really does mean it.

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