Product of: New Zealand

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Black Robin is a New Zealand gin eponymously named after the rare and endangered domestic bird which also graces the bottle in the form of a hand-painted work by artist Andrew Barnes-Graham. Appropriately, a donation is made against every bottle sold to help its preservation.

Launched in 2013, Black Robin Gin is made by Michael Deinleina, a distiller with German distilling heritage in a German Arnold-Holstein copper hybrid pot still.

A base of triple-distilled whey spirit is distilled a further two times with 11 traditional and "exotic botanicals" including locally sourced Horopito, a flowering shrub/tree. The gin is hydrated filtered spring water sourced from a sprung underneath the distillery.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 04/03/2021

Appearance:

Crystal clear.

Aroma:

Creamy pine with candied lemon and lime, black pepper and fresh basil.

Taste:

Piney juniper notes are fairly restrained with liquorice, lemongrass and black pepper spice.

Aftertaste:

Black pepper spice with light star anise and almost minty freshness.

Overall:

Black Robin is fabulously clean with an attractive creaminess, liquoice and cleansing peppery spice.