The London Distillery Co Dodd's London Dry Gin 500ml

It is firstly intensely aromatic, with a heady perfume of spruce and pine resin from the Juniper as well as some softer notes from the honey. And then there's the palate. To paraphrase that legendary tagline, this reaches parts of the mouth wot other gins can't. It's a deep and intense, creamy, full bodied gin in the mouth with a sappy, racy, spicy energy and drive that only the very finest gins can match. It's also super complex with lavender and resin juniper notes, citrus pithy freshness and subtle notes of jasmine and green tea. And then, towards the end, all kinds of spice kicks in with a crack of black pepper warmth, plenty of brown spice and some woodsy bracken from the black cardamom. This spiciness is perfectly balanced by the pillowy, glycerol rich texture.