Spirit Type: Gin

Country: England

ABV: 40%

Bottle Size: 75cl

Description:

A clear, energizing, and citrus-forward gin is Bombay Sapphire. Juniper and pepper tastes that cover the tongue are followed by a piney, prickly aftertaste. For lovers of vodka, it provides a fantastic entry point into the gin category.

On the nose, it has a very fresh lemon scent with a hint of musky angelica.

The flavor sensation of Bombay Sapphire in your mouth is its most remarkable feature. A sweet-tart flavor and a nearly unctuous, gooey, tongue-coating texture greet the palate before a mild, drying juniper-pepper spiciness bring it to a close.

The general result is the distinctive juniper only fully emerges at the conclusion when the beverage has been sipped. It infuses your senses with a stinging, drying zap of spicy heat and a fresh, sweetly piney fragrance.

When vodka first entered the market in the middle of the 1980s, it was both a lifestyle marketing icon and a blank-canvas spirit. Bombay Sapphire's clean, fresh, and mixable profile exemplifies the cocktail principles of that time.

Although some may contend that it is vodka-adjacent, it has persisted and won over many gin-averse drinkers to the side of botanical-flavored spirits.

It uses ten botanicals from around the world, including coriander from Morocco, orris root and juniper from Italy, cubeb from Java, Spanish lemons as well as almond butter, cassia bark from Indonesia, licorice root from China, angelica from Germany, and grains of heaven from Ghana. However, its aromatics and flavor profile are clean and modern. It is a genuine G&T staple since it is energizing, zesty, and quinine-friendly.