Description
One of the original gins, at Atlas, back in 2012, and for good reason!
Strict French regional law stated that copper stills could only be used for the distillation of Cognac between October and March.
Cognac Ferrand owner, Alexandre Gabriel, thought this was a waste and lobbied so that he could use the stills to distil gin during the other 6 months.
Now, Citadelle is the only gin to be distilled in a gas fired Cognac copper pot.
They have recently redesigned the bottle and the new bottle compared to the old tells you the Citadelle gin story in visual cues.
Copper Accents on the bottle refer to the pot stills used to distill Citadelle. Citadelle is the only gin distilled in small, Charentais copper pot stills, the same ones used to make the company’s famed Pierre Ferrand Cognac.
“Distilled with time” means that it takes time to make Citadelle: distilling only one small batch at a time (not column distillation), allows them to precisely cut the ‘heads’ and ‘tails’ and only keep the precious, flavorful ‘heart’ of every batch.
This method of distillation isn’t cheap to do but imparts a smooth and creamy texture that’s only found in spirits distilled this way. Cold infusion process is what is used to infuse each botanical into the gin which takes a week.
Citadelle is the only gin infused with this combination of botanicals, which enhances the juniper to create one of the most sophisticated, juniper-forward London dry gins available today.
After Cognac, gin is Alexandre’s passion and you can see that in this gin and can certainly taste it!
His recommendation for the perfect G&T, would be with a premium tonic, a juicy wedge of lemon and either a cinnamon stick, or cinnamon grated over the top!
This is just delicious.
