Our Experience – and I’ve no better word than ‘experience’ – is so much more complex than that simplistic, almost binary jumbo our tongues create, and yet our sense of taste is not really limited to a mere 5-6 different tastes, oh no. True, that’s what many of us were taught but that’s merely a gimmick, just like the claim there are only 5 senses (or six if you feel like being mysterious) – no, there are quite a few senses, some meant to stabilize us, allow us to sense where the north is, where is down and where is up, where did that music we just heard come from and where the wind is going right now. You can simplify the world, but the world isn’t necessarily simple. Let’s complicate for a bit.

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La ginebra floral de referencia que siempre utilizamos en nuestras catas es G-Vine Floraison, la cual tiene un inconfundible carácter gracias a la infusión de flores de uva verde en la mezcla de los botánicos. Los mismos creadores de esta refinada ginebra francesa han elaborado un licor floral utilizando flores de uva verde de diferentes variedades.

Claves del Licor June Espirit

- Elaborado con la flor verde de cinco variedades de uva francesa: Ugni blanc, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, folle blanche y sauvignon blanc.

- Es fruto del ensamblaje artesanal de los licores de los cinco destilados de flor de uva, las cuales se recogen manualmente y se destilan utilizando alambiques tipo florentino

Nota de Cata del licor June espirit

En nariz nos llenan dulces y semiácidas notas de flores y frutas que se entremezclan al igual que nos pasa en boca: pera, manzana, melocotón, frutos rojos, roiboos, albaricoque, vainilla… En boca es dulce pero muy equilibrado, no llegando a empalagar por exceso de dulzor. El final es largo e invita a tomar otro sorbo.

Recomendación

Un licor de flores muy sutil, goloso sin ser empalagoso y muy delicado lleno de matices de frutas blancas y frutas naranjas confitadas ideal para tomar solo, utilizar en cocteles o en gintonic como complemento.

October, the 11th, the Queen Elizabeth II has officially named the brand new Queen Elizabeth cruise ship in her home port of Southampton, before her maiden voyage to the Canary Islands.

She joins two other “queens” in the Cunard fleet – the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) and the Queen Victoria.

Lucky passengers, after discovering the 1,046 rooms, the 25 penthouses the 832-seater theatre, the spa, the games deck and the shopping arcade, please relax at the bar and have … a G’Vine cocktail!   Indeed, G’Vine is proud to be part of this elegant enterprise, being listed on the cocktail menu.

Unfortunately, we do not know if Her Majesty took time to taste on board our “so traditionally unconventional” gin …

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Last week, during the Bar Convent Berlin, we took the opportunity of being in Berlin to visit some very nice Cocktail places.One of them: the Shochu Bar where Arnd Henning created a few cocktails with Esprit de June. Simply delicious!

June in Oktober
40 ml june
40 ml Earl grey
30 ml lemon juice
20 ml vanilla syrup
Garnish with a branch of thym

Silky June
30 ml rosebud shochu
30 ml June
30 ml lemon juice
8 dashes Giffard violette
40 ml passion fruit nectar

Thank you Arnd for your time and for sharing your recipes!

After Excellia Reposado’s results last month, we are happy to share our new vineflower liqueur’s GOLD medal at the BTI: