Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin
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A phenomenon. Full strength gin and shiraz juice – no wine or barrels. Just sweet, freshly crushed, Yarra Valley Shiraz grapes in our Rare Dry Gin. Aromatically it shows fresh pine needles, citrus and white pepper spice, with distinct, dense, raspberry notes. The palate is balanced and sweet with long juniper, spice character and a little tannin on the finish. There is no added sugar – all sweetness is natural from the grapes, as is the deep, purple colour. The gin is unfiltered, so it will develop secondary fruit characters over time.
It all started back in 2013 with three mates and one extraordinary copper still. They called her Wilma (after Cameron’s beautiful late mother), and she has since been joined by Jude, Eileen, Beth, and Coral.
Six years later, in 2019, Four Pillars Gin was named the world’s leading gin producer by the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) in London. They won again in 2020, making Australia’s favorite gin officially the world’s best.
Healesville is the home of Four Pillars Distillery - just out of Melbourne, Australia. This is where they make and experiment with gin. The process of making great gin is an art, balancing purity of spirit and concentration of flavor. At Four Pillars Distillery they use the best stills, water and botanicals to make the world’s most delicious and awarded range of craft gins.
Every gin made at Four Pillars is full of the bold, vibrant flavors of Australia. The summers are a little longer here, the sun is just that bit hotter, so the fruit get riper and the people get thirstier. Which is why every gin is packed full of flavor and dangerously drinkable.
Enjoying an enthusiastic resurgence in modern cocktail culture, Gin, a.k.a. ‘Dutch Courage,’ was originally touted as a 16th century cure for cowardice and stomach ailments. Arguably the broadest and most dynamic category of spirits in terms of flavor profiles and production styles, Gin is a distilled grain spirit that derives its primary flavor from juniper berries and secondary flavors from a dazzling array of spices, herbs, fruits and botanicals. It is both produced and enjoyed all around the world and is most commonly mixed into cocktails such as the Martini or simply added to tonic water.