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After the launch of Le Gin de Christian Douin in 2015, the only gin made from more than 30 varieties of cider apples and 7 herbs selected for their perfect combination of apple and juniper aromas, Guillaume Drouin has created a new blend dedicated to red fruits. Carmina is made with the same principles as the original version of Le Gin; each botanical or fruit is macerated and redistilled separately in order to optimise the extraction of aromas. The distillates are then blended before bottling. This time the bouquet is summery. It combines flowers and fruit with the use of raspberry, blackcurrant, elderflower, vanilla, lemon and orange in addition to juniper and cider apple varieties from Normandy.

Certification:Calvados Pays d'Auge (Certified Designation of Origin)Ageing:Between 2 and 3 years in oak barrelsTasting:First smell: newly picked apples cooked in butter followed by refreshing hints of mint. After several minutes, frank apple aroma.Serving suggestion:Fruity alcohol particularly recommended to strong « eaux de vie » lovers.- Used as a basis for cocktails.- Used forculinary preparations requiring an aromatic power and a high content in alcohol (flambéing, sauces...)- Served as well at the end of a meal in a coffee cup.References:- Silver Medal Regional Competition Cambremer 2012Preservation:With optimal preservation conditions (constant cellar temperature), Calvados can be kept about 10 years.Distillation:The Calvados AOC Pays dAuge is obtained through a process of double distillation of cider in a traditional copper still called alambic à repasse (which translates as a double distillation still). First, the juice obtained by pressing the apples is completely fermented (12 months) in one-hundred-year-old oak barrels.Our still is heated by an innovative and unique process in Normandy: woodchips. Woodchips produced on the Estate serves as ecological combustible.The cider is heated once for the first distillation. These cooled and condensed alcohol vapors are between 30 and 35% proof.The second heater is to distill the petites eaux. Only the heart of the distillation is retained. Calvados obtained is 70% proof.

It is summer in a bottle. This artisanal dry gin is inspired by the fruits and flowers of the garden of Château de Bonbonnet in France. Imagine it as a sensory postcard of the place, bearing accents of the garden fruit: whole lemon, Charentais melon flesh, yuzu and orange peel. And to round it off, juniper berries cultivated by hand from the orchard out front. The gin is a blend of 22 botanicals, which are distilled at low temperature to intensify the freshness of the fruit. Each botanical is infused for a different length of time, and then distilled in small copper pot stills. Drink it neat, on the rocks, with sparkling water, or make a cocktail with tonic, lemon zest and a lemon peel twist.

A true dry gin, juniper led and made in the London Dry style then tinted rosé with a touch of Provencal flair. Our 12 botanicals are all at home in Provence, either growing wild or cultivated for the perfume trade with its historical heart in Grasse. All evocatively Provencal. In keeping with our heritage as a wine estate we use grapes for our base neutral spirit. We also add 10% of our Provence Rosé to the final macerate before distillation. The grapes add a round softness to the mouthfeel of our Gin. Design is also part of our heritage and the bottle is a nod to the perfume trade and reflective of the region's glamorous past and present. On the palate Mirabeau Dry Rosé Gin is juniper led with complex layers of citrus, floral and herbal tones all the evolve over time. The grape spirit and wine add a gentle roundness, soft enough to be sipped as it is.