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Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
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Distiller:
Four Pillars
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Bottler:
Four Pillars
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ABV:
41.8%
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Age:
NA
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Price:
$$$$$
- Raided Score: 92
- Publication: Wine Enthusiast
- Excerpt: Warm with orange and spice notes, this gin is earthy and woodsy, finishing with a hint of bitter orange peel. Mix this mouthwatering gin made in Australia's Yarra Valley into Negronis and other bold-flavored cocktails.
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- Raided Score: 81
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: There's a very appealing spice-forward quality to the aromas of this Aussie gin, earthy cardamom and cinnamon in a gingery spice cake. It's very light on the palate, with the juniper lower down the scale than the crips tangerine peel quality. Round rather than oily, finishing herbal with a bit of a peppery twist at the end.
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- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: Drinkhacker
- Excerpt: The nose is very heavy on juicy citrus — which may be off-putting to some — with evergreen notes and some grassy (lemongrass?) character underneath that. The palate is a different animal, heavily herbal with notes of sage, plus some light mushroom, rose petal, and just a hint of black pepper on the finish.
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- Raided Score: 85
- Publication: Gin Raiders
- Excerpt: The nose on this is wild and fun, and the palate is nice as well but I'm sort of disappointed to see the finish just up and leave with such haste. This isn't my favorite neat, I think its perfectly fine, but I bet this is better as an ingredient to really up the floral component of a component. I went ahead and tested this and found it to work really well in a gin and tonic, as well as something spritzy, combining St. Germain, soda water and a splash of lime.
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- Raided Score: 95
- Publication: The Gin Is In
- Excerpt: Fans of contemporary style gins who can forgive the paltry presence of juniper here will find a lot to like. Beautifully made with a lot of bright, clear botanical character. The evolution on the palate is clear and gradual. Four Pillars Distillery have made an ideal sipping gin.
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Intro:
Distilled at Four Pillars in the Yarra Valley of Australia, this gin is distilled in old German stills using citrus, cardamom, star anise, lavender root, juniper along with some uniquely Australian botanicals like lemon myrtle, Tasmanian pepper berry and oranges. This should be an interesting one following the impression their Bloody Shiraz left me, so lets get to it.
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Nose:
Really peppery on the nose, following with some refreshing anise, some cedar, creamy sweetness and a hint of rising bread. Bay leaf is something I cant get out of my head while I smell, also.
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Taste:
Thin but crisp on the palate. A hint of heat, but nothing too wild. Some pepper, a big hit of juniper, then the orange, lemon, and herbal qualities take over. Bay leaf, some nice earthiness, more cedar. Really diverse, kind of like potpourri.
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Finish:
Short, wisps away cleanly, sort of pedestrian. Pepper, jasmine, some orange and then poof.
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Overall:
The nose on this is wild and fun, and the palate is nice as well but I'm sort of disappointed to see the finish just up and leave with such haste. This isn't my favorite neat, I think its perfectly fine, but I bet this is better as an ingredient to really up the floral component of a component. I went ahead and tested this and found it to work really well in a gin and tonic, as well as something spritzy, combining St. Germain, soda water and a splash of lime.
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Score:
5
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