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Is there anything better than a refreshing G&T on a hot summer day? If you fancy a new gin for your drinks collection, try one of these new releases or seasonal specials…
1 Amalthea Dry Gin
£35/50cl Fortnum & Mason
New from London department store Fortnum & Mason, this small-batch gin is made from a base of apple spirit. The Piccadilly premises has an in-house distillery on the third floor, home to a copper still named Amalthea. Botanicals include grapefruit peel, liquorice root, Fortnum’s Monarch Marmalade and Fortnum’s Earl Grey Classic Tea, which adds an exotic note to the palate alongside plenty of punchy juniper and peppery cassia spice. Clean and crisp, with citrus creaminess on the finish and a cleansing note of grapefruit, it makes an excellent summer G&T. The range also includes Amalthea Pink Gin with rhubarb and rose. Alcohol 43%
2 Anaë
£41.99-£43/70cl House of Townend, The Secret Bottle Shop
This grape-based organic gin from France was created by the Bollinger group, drawing on the expertise of Dominique Touteau, cellar master at Delamain Cognac, and Master Distiller Philippe Lacile, among others. Distilled in the Cognac region, Anaë’s native French botanicals include camomile, cornflowers, lemon thyme, lemon verbena and maceron (also known as marsh pepper) hand-harvested on the lle de Ré. The result is a distinctively herbal gin, with notes of lemon verbena, sage and thyme, plus dried Mediterranean herbs and dried flowers, balanced by fresh lemon citrus and spice. Alc 43%
3 Masons of Yorkshire Fruits of the Tropics
£32.90-£33.99/70cl Latitude Wine
Masons of Yorkshire Masons of Yorkshire was launched in 2013 by husband-and-wife team Karl and Cathy Mason. In celebration of the distillery’s 10th anniversary, the duo have released this seasonal special edition, which is a tropical carnival in a glass. A London Dry style, it’s packed with tropical fruit notes – banana, pineapple, mango and passion fruit – plus sweet orange and grapefruit citrus, with balancing s
