This beautiful organic French gin will transport you to a golden sandy beach!

Here at Craft Gin Club we know that enjoying gin is about so much more than just the taste - it’s about the experience of drinking the gin, too. If you like the sound of spending a day with a warm breeze blowing against your skin on a golden sandy beach, then this organic craft gin will transport you there, in spirit at least! Who knew a gin could have magic carpet powers?

So what is a Discovery Gin? In addition to the Gin of the Month sent to Craft Gin Club members, every month a panel of experts select an adventurous gin for connoisseurs looking for something out of the ordinary. This month, we’ve got an organic French gin that will whisk you away to a sunny windswept island after one sip…

Tasting notes

Elegant citrus and floral aromas come through on the nose. On the palate, the attack is very round and aromatic. The organic juniper expresses itself, especially in its most fruity notes. The heart is complex with the immortelle flower revealing touches of fresh mugwort, cardamom. The finish is long, citrusy, and shows some elegant iodine notes.

Botanicals

Juniper, Cardamom, Angelica, Kaffir Lime, Maceron, Gentiana, and Immortelle Flowers.

ABV 43%.

Beaches are special - we’ve all got fond memories on a beach somewhere, whether that’s childhood memories of playing in the sand or a calm moment of escapism. And the blissful beach behind this gin? An island off the Atlantic coast of France called Oléron. Known for its pine forests and fine sandy beaches, we were tempted to book flights there immediately!

Melifera captures the scents of the island with iodine, pine, warm sand, and immortelle flowers. Often used in the fragrance and cosmetic industry for their antioxidant properties, immortelle flowers are the star of the show in this gin:

“It has this duality of being spicy, as well as very floral. It is truly delicate and well-balanced when you know how to use it!” says Christophe.

As so much of this gin is centred around the special island’s roots, support and respect for Oléron is at its core:

“We work with local farmers and are Ecocert certified. It’s important that the growth of Melifera benefits the local community”. And that’s not all…

“We support the preservation of bees (Melifera is the scientific name for the black bee) through a local association, and have two hectares of organic land where we grow and harvest our own immortelle flower by hand every year”.

The stunning bottle has an interesting history, too: “The bottle is inspired by the fragrance industry.” (And it makes sense… we wouldn’t mind this beauty sitting on our gin shelf OR dressing table!)

“The ‘1152’ on the label is the date when the French queen (Alienor d’Aquitaine) decided to marry Henry II. The crown on the bottle represents the one she wore for her wedding - the legend says that she put immortelle flowers within it to ensure happiness and fecundity in her marriage”. Sign us up…

One thing’s for sure, we’re all for a gin with benefits!