Port Barrel Gin (43%)

Where it's from

We tracked down four oak barrels from a port house in the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal – the exact location of which we have been sworn to secrecy! Before coming to us, Tawny Port rested in these barrels for three years, saturating the white oak walls blood red with its fruity contents.

What it contributes

Our Dorset Dry has extracted the port-soaked oak insides of the barrel, turning the gin a stunning ruby pink and taking our signature gin to another level of flavour and intrigue.

Where it's from

Grown in the wild in Italy, it’s not actually a berry at all; it’s a female seed cone. That’s dinner party GOLD.

What it contributes

The vital component in gin and the headline act in the Dorset Dry.

Where it's from

Grown in Sussex here in the UK.

What it contributes

A usual suspect in a London Dry, and used in the Dorset Dry in the absence of lemon peel in the botanical mix.

Where it's from

Taken from the root of the Angelica plant and found growing from Syria right through to France, we’ve chosen Belgium’s herbaceous harvests

What it contributes

Works as a drying agent in the Dorset Dry, adding a bitterness that’s essential to its classic, London Dry gin foundation.

Where it's from

Grown all over the world, this heady botanical is taken from the root of the irresistible Iris flower.

What it contributes

Used less for its flavour and more for its trickery in binding and enhancing flavours, giving longevity to the gin.

Where it's from

Taken from the bark of the Cinnamomum aromaticum tree, we source ours from Indonesia.

What it contributes

Cassia bark adds a layer of sweet spiced complexity to the Dorset Dry, bridging the gaps between the piney juniper and the bold citrus melody of coriander seed, bitter orange and lime.

Where it's from

The fertile soil of the great orange-growing empires: Spain, Turkey, Morocco, Egypt and India, depending on yield.

What it contributes

Welcoming notes of warm rich sweet citrus that round off the spice and heat from juniper and cassia bark. This comforting orange is paired against with the bright, crisp punctuation of fresh lime peel.

Where it's from

Whilst you’ll find limes growing across the world, the juiciest and most lip-smackingly delicious live in Mexico and Peru… good old South America.

What it contributes

Subtle when neat, yet when diluted with tonic the lime peel jumps forward, self-garnishing the drink with a refreshing lime zest bite. Clawingly dry, moreish and inviting.

Where it's from

Can be found growing along the wild and wonderful Dorset coastline.

What it contributes

Once distilled the salt is left behind in the still, adding to the Dorset Dry only the luscious & herbaceous green notes akin to green tea and a remarkable caramel sweetness.

Where it's from

Handpicked by our Conkerers in the heart of Dorset.

What it contributes

Lifting the Dorset Dry from its classic, London dry foundation bringing a subtle floral sweetness and cut straw - once perfectly described as a ‘yellow brightness’

Where it's from

Our last batch was sourced from Bulgaria, but we go where the harvests triumph.

What it contributes

The last botanical to join the Dorset Dry recipe – cooling blue fruit that calmed the peaks and troughs of our botanical recipe. A good nose can pick out a lingering jammy finish of the Dorset Dry.