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Citadelle

Citadelle
Cornichon Flavored Gin

Category: Flavored Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 43.8%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$39

Citadelle
Cornichon Flavored Gin

Category: Flavored Gin

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 43.8%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of sweet and sour tamarind, pickle brine, salt, vinegar, mustard seed, and juniper and lemon with a round, lively, dry light-to-medium body and a tingling, stimulating, medium-long finish displaying nuances of pickled lemon zest, pickles, coriander, and sandalwood. Pickle Rick! Gin with a delicate pickle back.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: sweet and sour tamarind, pickle brine, salt, vinegar, mustard seed, and juniper and lemon
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with nuances of pickled lemon zest, pickles, coriander, and sandalwood
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails and neat
Cocktail Cocktails: Gin Martini, Gimlet, French 75
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Pickle Rick! Gin with a delicate pickle back.

The Producer

Maison Ferrand

The Producer
500 Victory Rd Suite 400
Quincy, MA 02171
USA

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Flavored Gin

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Serve in a Rocks Glass
All gins are flavored, however Flavored Gin is a white spirit that is flavored with juniper berries and so-called botanicals (a varied assortment of herbs and spices) and additional fruit or floral flavors or essences. The spirit base of Gin is primarily grain (usually wheat or rye), which results in a light-bodied spirit.

The chief flavoring agent in Gin is the highly aromatic blue-green berry of the juniper, a low-slung evergreen bush (genus Juniperus) that is commercially grown in northern Italy, Croatia, the United States and Canada. Additional botanicals can include anise, angelica root, cinnamon, orange peel, coriander, and cassia bark. All Gin makers have their own secret combination of botanicals, the number of which can range from as few as four to as many as 15.