VOR Gin Barrel Aged - 700 ml

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 47% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

Cask maturation adds earthy vanilla notes to the Icelandic botanicals in VOR Gin Barrel Aged. The triple-distilled gin rests in new oak casks of the kind used to mature whisky. Its production draws on the style of 19th-century Icelandic gins: the base is made exclusively from Icelandic barley, complemented by local herbs and other plants.

The recipe includes juniper, rhubarb, crowberries, angelica root, birch leaves, creeping thyme, kale, Iceland moss and seaweed. The plants are either gathered in the wild in Iceland or cultivated there. Eimverk makes the gin in small batches of 500 bottles each. The cask-aged version combines these botanicals with a tart, fruity and herbaceous character. Seaweed is also one of its characteristic flavours, alongside juniper, rhubarb and birch.

The gin is bottled at 47% in a bottle containing 0.7 litres. It contains no added colouring and is not chill-filtered. It may therefore become slightly cloudy when mixed and chilled.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: Fresh citrus notes alternate with earthy impressions on the nose.
• Palate: The gin is intense and slightly bitter on the palate. Moss and fir needles come first, followed by grapefruit, rhubarb, strawberries and garden herbs. A little liquorice rounds out the flavours.
• Finish: Herbs and spices remain present throughout the long finish.

Distillery/Bottler:

Eimverk is a family-run distillery in Garðabær, Iceland, founded in 2009. Alongside VOR Gin, it produces Flóki Single Malt Whisky and Víti Brennivín. All three spirits share the same barley base; for the gin and Brennivín, Eimverk adds native plants.

For VOR, the distillery uses a custom-built pot-still system for small batches. The master distiller monitors each run and carefully selects the appropriate portion of the distillate. The choice of plants also follows seasonal availability in Iceland. VOR means spring in Icelandic, a reference to these origins.

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