Terres de Mistral Gin NV

New artisan gin distillers are popping up every day in the UK. And very good they are too, but it’s refreshing to find one with more than a century of distilling behind it. The company was founded in 1898 and has many awards to its name. The Roberts family took charge in 1978 – third generation distillers who’ve inherited a tradition of gathering local medicinal herbs from the Lure mountains in Haute Provence for their liqueurs and spirits. Gin is a new venture, but it suits the botanicals well. Here you’ll pick out maniguette, coriander, cardamom, iris root, pink pepper, juniper, eucalyptus, fennel, basil, mint, thyme and pink grapefruit. As you’d expect, they make this a truly refreshing spirit – over ice, or served with a special tonic.