Star of Bombay London Dry Gin

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Named not after the eponymous Westbourne Grove Curry House but after the Star of Bombay, a 182-carat cabochon-cut violet-blue star sapphire from Sri Lanka. The gem was presented to Mary Pickford, the silent film star by her husband, Douglas Fairbanks.

Star of Bombay gin is based on the same eight botanicals used for its older sibling, Bombay Dry: juniper, coriander, lemon peel, orris, angelica, almonds, liquorice and cassia, with two new additional botanicals: dried bergamot orange peel from the mountains of Calabria in Southern Italy and ambrette seeds from Ecuador.

The proportions of the eight 'Bombay' botanicals have been changed for Star of Bombay, as have the origins of some of those botanicals. For example three different types of juniper berries are used, including berries harvested when not quite ripe to impart fresher berry notes rather than piney notes to the gin. A different variety of coriander and angelica have also been used (angelica saponins which adds great woody and earthy notes). As with Bombay Sapphire, grains of paradise feature but are much reduced [thankfully]. As for the two new Bombay botanicals, ambrette seeds contribute musky, earthy and slightly nutty notes, while bergamot amplifies citrusy notes.

Like other gins in the Bombay range, Star of Bombay is vapour infused but by running the Dakin stills at a slightly lower temperature, so the rate and pressure at which the vapour enters the botanical infusion chamber is reduced. This slows the rate at which the botanicals infuse with the vapour and leads to a longer distillation (9.5 hours compared to the usual 6.5 hours) so achieving more intensive extraction of the botanical's essential oils.

The Dakin stills are initially run at 40% of the rate usually used to distil other Bombay gins before being increased to 60% for a couple of hours and then dropped back to 40% before the cut, which is made much earlier in the run, producing 64% of the total distillate produced during a standard distillation. The strength of the distillate produced is also lower, 86.1% alc./vol. as compared to the usual 87.5% alc./vol..

Αξιολόγηση

Η γευσιγνωσία έγινε στις 16/04/2015

Όψη:

Crystal clear.

Μύτη:

Rooty and earthy with fresh juniper berries, Christmas tree pine, musky and nutty, freshened with coriander, orange oils and elegant spice.

Στόμα:

Pine is more prevalent with coriander and strong rooty, earthy and musky notes. Sapphire-like pepper adds to the punchy alcohol spice.

Επίγευση:

Rooty, earthy and musky notes come to the fore in the long finish which fades with pronounced pine and a lingering bitter bark note.

Συνολική αίσθηση:

Rooty and spicy with relatively subdued juniper. A digestif gin perhaps.