Vietnam makes some fascinating spirits, and now it could add gin to the repertoire. Sông Cái was based in 2018 and launched within the U.S. in 2021. It solely makes gin for now — the truth is, it makes three of them — all designed to “bottle the style of Vietnam’s biodiverse terroir.” Its botanicals are sourced solely from long-standing farming and foraging operations within the nation.
Whereas Sông Cái’s flagship Dry Gin is made with 16 heirloom Vietnamese substances together with inexperienced turmeric, jungle pepper, black cardamom, and heirloom pomelo, its Floral Gin, reviewed right here, is constructed round 5 native flowers. It’s unclear to what extent the Dry Gin recipe is used as a base for the Floral Gin, nevertheless it doesn’t matter a lot: We don’t have a full botanical checklist for both product, anyway.
Let’s dive into this distinctive product.
As famous, the product is named Floral Gin, and the identify is apt. Boldly perfumed, the gin showcases intense aromas of dried flowers, plus a brisker floral high quality within the type of honeysuckle and rose, then an earthy fringe of angelica root. Juniper is current, nevertheless it’s fairly light, an afterthought in opposition to the assault of all these flower petals. On the palate, an identical expertise awaits, although the floral notes are faster to fade in opposition to an assault pushed once more by that earthy, bitter angelica and a sweet-and-sour high quality courtesy of some late-game orange and grapefruit notes — half juice, half peel. A child powder high quality on the end evokes cleaning soap and clear laundry and new child infants, which, relying in your temper, could also be simply what you have been searching for as you sip away the night.
90 proof.
B+ / 39 / songcaidistillery.com
Tune Cai Viet Nam Floral Gin
$39
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