Spiritueux Cognac
GIN CITADELLE
A GIN WITH A CAPITAL “G”
In the heart of the famed Grande Champagne Cognac region in France lies the breathtaking estate of the Logis d’Angeac where Pierre Ferrand Cognac is made. In this chateau, the noble pot stills that create some of the world’s finest Cognacs were left quiet six months a year, the victims of strict French AOC laws that allow the distillation of Cognac to occur only from November through March.
Cognac Ferrand owner and president, Alexandre Gabriel, enjoys gin as much as Cognac, so he decided to put his all-too-still stills to use by making gin in the months he could not produce Cognac, determined to create one of the planet’s finest gins.
To achieve this, Cognac Ferrand rummaged through a century-old archive in the historic seaport city of Dunkirk, on the northern coast of France, which was the site of a fortress, or a citadel, housing a distillery. There he found and updated an 18th-century recipe calling for a complex medley of spices and a pot still. The result, Citadelle Gin, returned to gin lovers what they were missing exotic ingredients and a “story of taste.”
Citadelle Gin is a unique blend of 19 distinct botanicals, as carefully selected today as they were in 1775. They include: coriander from Morocco; orange peel from Mexico; cardamom and nutmeg from India; liquorice from China; cubeb pepper from Java; juniper, savory, violet and star anise from France; fennel from the Mediterranean; iris from Italy; cinnamon from Sri Lanka; almonds and
lemon rind from Spain; cassia from Indochina; angelica from Germany; grains of paradise from West Africa; and cumin from Holland.
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We pride ourselves on our handcrafted gin and our ability to fine-tune a time-
honoured tradition in a bottle”, says Alexandre Gabriel. “Our gin is pure, fresh and complex all at the same time. It embodies the most exotic ingredients and is a creation for those craving the taste of a genuine gin.”
Dominique Peyral-Bon
www.citadellegin.com
www.cognacferrand.com
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