Umegae Yokitsuki Gin

“Umegae Shuzo in Nagasaki (the first place gin was distilled in Japan) are re-creating the past in the present with Yokitsuki Gin.

With patience and perseverance, Umegae have crafted a distilled sake-based gin characterized by non-traditional botanicals. These include loquat, strawberry, lemon, mikan,and Umegae’s namesake, plum branch.

A light base with unusual botanicals. Sweet, tart with both acidity and intensity of flavour from mikan and lemon. This is complemented by loquat’s stone fruit characters, such as white nectarine and Morello cherry – this also enlivens the berry notes from strawberry and ume. The plum branch provides a pleasant woody foundation upon which the fruity botanicals shine.”