{"title":"Macedon Ranges","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"animus-distillery-ambrosian-gin","title":"Animus Distillery Ambrosian Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Ambrosian Gin is a Macedon Ranges gin built around South-East Asian aromatics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen botanicals go in, and the interesting ones are fresh: mandarin, lime, young makrut lime leaf, ginger and galangal, with white sesame seed for body and a nutty edge at the close. Juniper, cardamom, angelica root, clove, coriander seed, turmeric, lemon myrtle and star anise hold the frame. The distillery works out of Kyneton, where Luke Jacques and head distiller Sarah Wallace grow much of what they use and pick it on the day of distillation. What could easily have turned into a shouting match of flavours is instead clean and well proportioned, with a soft, almost fluffy texture across the palate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZesty and spicy, with tangy citrus up front and rooty ginger heat behind. Serve over plenty of ice with a good tonic and a wedge of lime, or use it where a gin needs to hold its own: a Gimlet, a spicy Collins, a Southside with Thai basil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287994232891,"sku":"14088-700","price":105.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/14088-700.png?v=1790124523"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-ambrosian-gin-100ml","title":"Animus Distillery Ambrosian Gin 100ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Ambrosian Gin 100ml is a small bottle of the distillery's South-East Asian-inspired gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hundred millilitres is enough for two or three drinks, which makes this format useful in two ways: trying a gin before committing to a full bottle, and putting something decent in a stocking. What is inside is the Kyneton distillery's most aromatic core release, leaning on mandarin, lime, makrut lime leaf, ginger, galangal and white sesame seed alongside juniper, cardamom, angelica root, clove, coriander seed, turmeric, lemon myrtle and star anise. Fresh botanicals are grown at the distillery in the Macedon Ranges and prepared the day they go into the still, which is why the citrus reads as fruit and not extract.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTangy and warm, with a nutty sesame finish that separates it from most Australian gins. One 30ml pour makes a gin and tonic, with good tonic, heaps of ice and a lime wedge. Two pours will get you a pair of Negronis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287995379771,"sku":"14088-100","price":26.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/14088-100.png?v=1790124519"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-ambrosian-gin-500ml","title":"Animus Distillery Ambrosian Gin 500ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Ambrosian Gin 500ml is the standard bottling of this spice-and-citrus gin from the Macedon Ranges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustralia's appetite for South-East Asian cooking is the starting point, and the botanical list reads more like a curry paste than a London Dry: ginger and galangal for rooty heat, fresh mandarin and lime for tang, young makrut lime leaf for perfume, white sesame seed ground in for weight. Juniper, cardamom, angelica, clove, coriander seed, turmeric, lemon myrtle and star anise do the classical work underneath. Five hundred millilitres is the format the Kyneton distillery uses across most of its range, which says something about how these gins are meant to be drunk: often, and without ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe texture is the giveaway, soft and full, with tangy citrus, ginger heat and sesame on the finish. Pour 45ml over ice with tonic and lime, or push it harder in a spicy sour. It also makes an unusually good gin basil smash.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287995543611,"sku":"14088-500","price":86.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/14088-500.png?v=1790124519"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-ananas-gin-500ml-2021","title":"Animus Distillery Ananas Gin 500ml 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Ananas Gin 500ml is a pineapple-driven gin from the Macedon Ranges bottled at 50 per cent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTiki cocktails and questionable lounge music are Luke Jacques's stated influences, and this second release follows them all the way. Fresh pineapple takes up most of the botanical load, with ginger, turmeric and galangal cutting across the fruit's sweetness. Makrut lime joins pineapple sage, lemon verbena, lemon myrtle and lemon balm, every one cut and prepared the morning of the run, for complexity, and ground sesame seed builds an oily texture. After distillation, pineapple flesh and rind, with some lemon and lime, steeped in the spirit in stainless steel for a full twelve months. Bottled without added water, the dilution coming from fruit juice and oils drawn out in steeping. No colour, no sugar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplosive and layered, with real pineapple weight and a spicy undertow. The distillery suggests elderflower tonic with fresh fruit and leaves, and that works well. There is texture enough to sip it over ice and intensity enough to stand up to coconut in a tiki drink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287995674683,"sku":"20336-500","price":84.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/20336-500.png?v=1790124392"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-arboretum-gin","title":"Animus Distillery Arboretum Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Arboretum Gin is a savoury, herb-driven gin from the Macedon Ranges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSavoury is the point. Strawberry gum leaf brings floral and menthol tones, native bush tomato reads like tamarillo, rosemary and bay build herbal depth, and orange, both zest and flesh, rounds the palate out. Sarsaparilla, mountain pepperberry, capsicum, lemon thyme, cardamom, angelica, clove, star anise, turmeric and lemon myrtle fill in the middle, while juniper, coriander seed and citrus keep it recognisably a gin. Most of the Australian material is grown in the garden at the Kyneton distillery and picked on the day it goes into the still, which is where the sappy, resinous quality comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResinous and spicy with a green, almost eucalypt edge, and silky enough to sip neat over ice. In a drink it wants something savoury alongside: tonic with a rosemary sprig, a dirty Martini, a Gibson. Bartenders tend to treat it as a canvas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287995805755,"sku":"14089-700","price":105.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/14089-700.png?v=1790124519"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-arboretum-gin-100ml","title":"Animus Distillery Arboretum Gin 100ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Arboretum Gin 100ml is a small bottle of the distillery's savoury native-botanical gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustralian native ingredients get used badly often enough that it is worth pointing out when they are used well. Strawberry gum, bush tomato, mountain pepperberry, lemon myrtle and sarsaparilla all appear, grown in the garden at the Kyneton distillery and picked the day they go in, alongside bay leaf, rosemary, lemon thyme, capsicum, orange, cardamom, clove, coriander seed, angelica, star anise and turmeric. Juniper still leads. A hundred millilitres gives you a few drinks, which is the right amount for working out whether a gin this unusual belongs in your cupboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerbal, resinous and dry, with a green savouriness that sets it well apart from a London Dry. One 30ml measure makes a gin and tonic with a rosemary sprig. 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Orange, both zest and flesh, rounds things out, while capsicum, sarsaparilla, cardamom, clove, coriander seed, angelica, star anise, turmeric and lemon myrtle sit underneath. Juniper is never in doubt. Five hundred millilitres is the house format across the range, and this is the gin in it that rewards the most attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDry and sappy, with pine, green herb and a warm pepper finish, smooth enough to drink neat. Over ice with tonic and a rosemary sprig is the simple route. It is also one of the better Australian gins for a Martinez or a Gibson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287996166203,"sku":"14089-500","price":86.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/14089-500.png?v=1790124519"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-barrel-aged-gin-500ml-2021","title":"Animus Distillery Barrel Aged Gin 500ml 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Barrel Aged Gin 500ml is a barrel-matured gin bottled overproof at 55.9 per cent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is a variation on the house Macedon Dry, pushed towards lemon and Christmas spice to give the wood something to work with. Twenty months followed, most of it in Cloud9 Pinot Noir casks with a finish in new French oak. That is long by the standards of barrel-aged gin, and long enough for the wine and oak influence to read clearly without burying the botanicals. The distillery sits at Kyneton in the Macedon Ranges, which is good company for barrels: this is cool-climate wine country and the casks come from up the road. Bottled overproof, with no adjustment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOily and very long, with lemon oil, baking spice and a soft wine-cask sweetness over the juniper. At this strength it takes water well. Drink it neat, or over ice with lemon zest, or mix hard. An Old Fashioned built on gin is the obvious experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287996330043,"sku":"19701-500","price":156.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/19701-500.png?v=1790124459"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-barrel-aged-gin-500ml-2022","title":"Animus Distillery Barrel Aged Gin 500ml 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Barrel Aged Gin 500ml is a gin matured in Moscato Giallo barriques and bottled at 55.1 per cent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOak choice made this release. Three freshly disgorged Moscato Giallo barriques from Musk Lane Winery, a few minutes down the road, took a citrus-led variation on the house Macedon Dry, and the white-wine seasoning supported the gin instead of swamping it. Despite the colour in the bottle, maturation ran only twelve months before the spirit was judged ready for blending, dilution and hand bottling. No sugar or colour was added at any point. The barrel program at Kyneton has been running for years, and this is the release where the cask selection clicked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStraight up, layers of apricot, marmalade, cocoa butter and coconut give way to pear, pineapple and burnt sugar, with heat and spice around a firm structure. Add water or ice and chocolate-orange, herbs and vanilla come forward. Bartenders will find plenty to work with.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287996887099,"sku":"20802-500","price":112.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/20802-500.png?v=1790124390"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-barrel-aged-gin-700ml","title":"Animus Distillery Barrel Aged Gin 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Barrel Aged Gin 700ml is a cask-matured gin from the Macedon Ranges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarrel-aged gin is a small category and an easy one to get wrong, since too much wood and the botanicals disappear. The Kyneton distillery has been working at it for years, starting from a variation on its Macedon Dry recipe and using wine casks sourced locally, the Macedon Ranges being cool-climate wine country where empty barriques are not hard to come by. Each release differs according to the wood available, and they are bottled by hand at high strength with no sugar or colouring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuniper and citrus softened by vanilla, dried fruit and a gentle wine-cask sweetness, with a long oily finish. Drink it neat or over a single large cube with lemon zest. It also stands in convincingly for whisky in an Old Fashioned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287997018171,"sku":"17099-700","price":158.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/17099-700.png?v=1790124518"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-bauble-ambrosian-dry-gin-50ml","title":"Animus Distillery Bauble Ambrosian Dry Gin 50ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Bauble Ambrosian Dry Gin 50ml is a 50ml Christmas bauble filled with the distillery's spiced gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bauble is exactly what it sounds like: a small glass ornament, filled and sealed, made to hang on a tree and then be drunk. They appear each December and have become a fixture on Australian gin shelves at that time of year. Inside is the Macedon Ranges distillery's most aromatic core gin, driven by fresh mandarin, lime and young makrut lime leaf, with ginger and galangal for rooty warmth and white sesame seed lending body and a nutty finish. Juniper, cardamom, angelica root, clove, coriander seed, turmeric, lemon myrtle and star anise fill in behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifty millilitres is one solid drink. Make it a gin and tonic with good tonic and a lime wedge, or split it between two small Martinis if you want to taste the gin more plainly. Serve it very cold either way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287997182011,"sku":"20144-050","price":11.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/20144-050.png?v=1790124459"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-bauble-ananas-gin-50ml","title":"Animus Distillery Bauble Ananas Gin 50ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Bauble Ananas Gin 50ml is a 50ml bauble of the distillery's pineapple gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePineapple is notoriously hard to capture in a still, which is presumably why Sarah Wallace and Luke Jacques kept pushing until nearly three-quarters of the botanical load was pineapple. Fresh ginger, turmeric and galangal cut the fruit's sweet acidity, while lemongrass, lemon verbena and makrut lime, picked and prepared the day of production, add lift, and ground sesame seed gives the spirit its oily mouthfeel. The gin then went back onto pineapple flesh and rind in a single 400-litre vat for eight months, until distillate and fruit infusion sat in balance. The bauble is a sealed glass ornament holding a single pour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne bauble is one generous drink. Pineapple arrives first, then ginger and lime-leaf warmth. Pour it over ice with elderflower tonic and a wedge of fresh fruit, or use the lot in a short tiki-style sour with lime and a dash of bitters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287997345851,"sku":"20147-050","price":23.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/20147-050.png?v=1790124460"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-bauble-core-range-3-pack-macedon-ambrosian-arboretum-3x50ml","title":"Animus Distillery Bauble Core Range 3-pack Macedon, Ambrosian, Arboretum 3x50ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Bauble Core Range 3-pack is three 50ml Christmas baubles holding the Macedon Dry, Ambrosian and Arboretum gins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKyneton in the Macedon Ranges is where these are made, by Luke Jacques and head distiller Sarah Wallace, who grow a large share of their own botanicals and pick them on the day they distil. The three gins pull in different directions. Macedon Dry is the London Dry homage, juniper-led, with lemon myrtle and mountain pepperberry added for citrus lift and a piquant edge. Ambrosian turns towards South-East Asia, with mandarin, makrut lime leaf, ginger, galangal and white sesame seed. Arboretum is the savoury one, built on strawberry gum, bush tomato, rosemary and bay. The baubles are sealed glass ornaments, made to hang on a tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis suits the person who wants the lay of the land before choosing a full bottle, and it suits anyone hunting a Christmas present that will actually get used. Three distinct styles, one drink in each, and a better-looking tree at the end of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287997476923,"sku":"20149-050","price":67.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/20149-050.png?v=1790124451"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-bauble-davidsonia-gin-50ml","title":"Animus Distillery Bauble Davidsonia Gin 50ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Bauble Davidsonia Gin 50ml is a 50ml bauble of the distillery's Australian answer to sloe gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSloe gin usually starts with Prunus spinosa. This starts with Davidsonia pruriens, the Davidson's plum, a sour tropical fruit from temperate Queensland. The plums are snap-frozen so the ice ruptures the cell walls and the spirit gets at the juice quickly, then steeped for months in an overproof version of the Macedon Dry recipe. Pressing happens down the road at the Musk Lane winery. Because the fruit changes year to year, so does the gin, and this release is the most delicate so far. The bauble format is a sealed glass ornament holding a single 50ml pour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRipe plum, lemon and rosehip on the nose, then morello cherry, guava and a zingy palate, with gentle tannin and lime-like acidity holding the sweetness in check. Chill it and drink it neat, or lengthen it with soda and a wedge of blood orange.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287997706299,"sku":"20146-050","price":23.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/20146-050.png?v=1790124460"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-bauble-macedon-dry-gin-50ml","title":"Animus Distillery Bauble Macedon Dry Gin 50ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Bauble Macedon Dry Gin 50ml is a 50ml Christmas bauble filled with the distillery's flagship dry gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bauble is a sealed glass ornament holding a single serve, designed to hang on a tree and then be poured. Inside is the Macedon Ranges distillery's core gin, a juniper-led dry style given an Australian accent by lemon myrtle and mountain pepperberry. The distillery is at Kyneton and grows much of its own botanical material, picking on the day of distillation. As a small format it does two jobs at once, decoration and a decent drink, which is more than most Christmas novelties manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePine and juniper with a peppery citrus lift and a smooth, dry finish. Fifty millilitres is one good gin and tonic, built with plenty of hard ice, decent tonic and a twist of lemon. Serve it cold, and keep the garnish simple.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287998165051,"sku":"16510-050","price":22.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/16510-050.png?v=1790124519"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-bauble-macedon-dry-gin-50ml-050","title":"Animus Distillery Bauble Macedon Dry Gin 50ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Bauble Macedon Dry Gin 50ml is a single-serve Christmas bauble of the distillery's benchmark dry gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCream rises, and over the years this has settled in as one of the Australian gins other Australian gins are measured against. It was written as a homage to the great London Drys, then took on its own character once lemon myrtle and mountain pepperberry joined the juniper-led base, adding a subtle citrus edge and a piquant bite while lifting the aromatics considerably. Cinnamon, cardamom, angelica root, clove, coriander seed, sarsaparilla root, star anise, lemon, lime, turmeric and rosemary complete the list. The fresh botanicals come from the garden at Kyneton, picked on the day of distillation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuniper and sappy pine freshness carry a warm spice through a deep, smooth texture. One bauble is one drink: tonic, ice, a twist of lemon. If you would rather taste the gin properly, make it a very small, very cold Martini instead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287998263355,"sku":"20143-050","price":11.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/20143-050.png?v=1790124459"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-davidsonia-gin-100ml-2021","title":"Animus Distillery Davidsonia Gin 100ml 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Davidsonia Gin 100ml is a small bottle of this Australian fruit gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAustralian native fruit gets used for novelty often enough, so it is worth saying that the Davidson's plum here is doing real work: genuinely sour, genuinely tannic, and behaving in steeping much the way a sloe does. The fruit comes from temperate Queensland, is snap-frozen, then sits for months in an overproof Macedon Dry base before being pressed gently at the Musk Lane winery nearby. Each year's bottling has its own character, and this one is lighter than most. For that reason it is best drunk over days and weeks, or kept in the fridge once opened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBright plum, lemon and rosehip lead, with morello cherry and guava behind and a puckering, tannic close. Serve it cold and neat, add soda and blood orange for something longer, or build it into a sour. It makes a fine cocktail base.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Gin \/ Macedon Ranges \/ Animus Distillery","offer_id":44287998984251,"sku":"19948-100","price":26.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/19948-100.png?v=1790124457"},{"product_id":"animus-distillery-davidsonia-gin-500ml-2021","title":"Animus Distillery Davidsonia Gin 500ml 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnimus Distillery Davidsonia Gin 500ml is the standard bottling of this Australian plum gin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePressing is the unusual step. After months steeping in an overproof version of the house Macedon Dry, the snap-frozen Davidson's plums are taken down the road to the Musk Lane winery and pressed on wine equipment, which pulls out a depth of colour, tannin and extract that a simple rack-off would leave behind. Everything about this bottling is seasonal: the Queensland fruit varies from one year to the next, the volumes are small, and this is the most delicate release to date. Treat it as you would a fresh, fruit-driven wine and drink it within weeks of opening, or keep it cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAromatic and plummy, with lemon and rosehip above, morello cherry and guava below, and a finish of fine tannin and lime-edged acidity. Cold and neat is lovely. 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Having the press on site means the team can take their time and stop when the extraction sits where they want it. The fruit is grown in temperate Queensland and is properly sour and astringent, which is why it works in the role English sloes usually play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlum, lemon and rosehip on the nose, then morello cherry, guava and a lip-smacking acidity with soft tannin underneath. Neat over ice, or as a spritz with a large wedge of citrus. 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Davidson's plum is an Australian rainforest fruit, sour and astringent in a way that makes it a genuine substitute for English sloes and not a gimmick. When the distillery put its own allocation online it went in under two hours, which tells you what the local audience made of it. This is the 700ml bottling of that third release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSour plum, raspberry and feijoa sit over the juniper, citrus and spice of the Macedon Dry base, finishing dry and tannic. Neat is the purest way in. 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Rumble Coffee supplies a Colombian and Guatemalan blend carrying orange and caramel tones, coarsely ground and steeped in the gin for twenty-four to thirty-six hours depending on batch size, then diluted back with local spring water and house-made sugar syrup. A recipe with that few moving parts leaves nowhere to hide, so ingredient quality is the whole game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLayers of berry fruit, dark chocolate and Christmas-cake spice run against the citrus of the gin base, and it closes clean and moreish. 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The mandarins come mostly from Mildura, the variety shifting with the season and with what is good. Peel is taken off by hand to avoid pith and soaks in the gin for a day or so before being removed, the flesh is juiced and added to the vat, then the whole thing is cut with water and house-made sugar syrup to 30 per cent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePure mandarin, lifted and perfumed, with citrus zest and spice from the gin underneath and a luscious, rounded close. Serve it very cold in small glasses after dinner, or use it in a spritz with prosecco and soda. 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Cinnamon, cardamom, angelica root, clove, coriander seed, sarsaparilla root, star anise, lemon, lime, turmeric and rosemary fill out the rest. Much of the fresh material comes from the gin garden at the Kyneton distillery in the Macedon Ranges, picked on the day of distillation, and that freshness is not hard to find in the glass. Depth, complexity and balance make it an Australian classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassic juniper with sappy freshness and spice running through a smooth, deep texture. 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What is in it is the Kyneton distillery's benchmark: a juniper-forward dry gin with lemon myrtle and mountain pepperberry giving it an Australian accent, plus cinnamon, cardamom, angelica root, clove, coriander seed, sarsaparilla root, star anise, lemon, lime, turmeric and rosemary. The Macedon Ranges site has a botanical garden attached, and the fresh ingredients go from bed to still on the same day. The format also makes a straightforward gift, or luggage-friendly packing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuniper, pine and a peppery citrus lift, with a texture smoother than the price suggests. One 30ml pour makes a proper gin and tonic, with tonic, ice and lemon. 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The garden at the Kyneton distillery supplies a good deal of the fresh material, cut on distillation day, and the brightness that gives is obvious next to gins built on dried botanicals alone. Five hundred millilitres is the standard format across the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDry, deep and smooth, with pine, sappy freshness and a warm spice finish. Build a gin and tonic with plenty of ice, good tonic and lemon, or go straight to a Martini, stirred, very cold, with a twist. 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Arboretum is the savoury one, leaning on strawberry gum, bush tomato, rosemary and bay for a resinous, herbal profile. Ambrosian looks to South-East Asia, with mandarin, makrut lime leaf, ginger, galangal and white sesame seed. Luke Jacques and head distiller Sarah Wallace grow a large share of their own botanicals and pick them on the day they distil. The three bottles arrive in a branded chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the set for someone deciding which Animus gin belongs in their cupboard, and it works just as well as a present for a drinker who likes to compare. 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Twenty-four botanicals went in, the most the distillery has used in one gin: ruby grapefruit zest with lemon-scented gum and lemon myrtle for lift; wattle seed roasted alongside macadamia for toasted weight; anise myrtle, peppermint gum and native oregano for fragrance; pink peppercorn and mountain pepper leaf for warmth; saltbush, clary sage, rosemary and lavender for herbal depth. Two hundred bottles were made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nose is pure oleo saccharum, with pine-like juniper behind and leafy, floral botanicals in front. The palate is big and viscous, sweet and spicy up front, finishing bone-dry with a saline snap. 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Across 28,000 productive vines the survivors yielded an average of 50 grams each, barely a hundred dozen bottles all up. So there is one Pinot Noir from 2020 and no more, and Robert Walters and Rémi gave it a label of its own. The Latin name describes the season; what is in the bottle argues otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePretty and perfumed, with a structural spine that belies the tiny crop: red cherry, rose, dried herbs and fine chalky tannin. A style this vineyard may never repeat. Serve at 15 degrees with duck, roast pork or mushrooms on toast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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A third of the 2021 went into the ferment as whole bunches, and the wine then spent nineteen months in Stockinger casks with no new oak at all, an unusually long élevage for a wine at this level and one reason it has the structure it does. Several parcels across the site make up the blend. Power is the first impression, though the finesse is there underneath; Robert Walters and Rémi have built something that drinks well young and has the balance to hold for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark cherry and plum with plenty of upfront fruit, then spice and a firm tannin frame. Serve at 15 degrees, decanted while young. Try it with roast duck, braised beef or a wintry mushroom and barley dish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Its first year passed across an assortment of neutral barrels, after which everything went into a 2,000-litre Stockinger for the remainder, and bottling followed at the end of February 2025, three years of wood behind it. Just over 13 per cent alcohol, refined and savoury, yet deep enough to look almost indestructible. Magnum only slows that further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSavoury and perfumed, with dark plum, dried herbs, iron filings and a long mineral finish, the tannin fine and persistent. Decant and serve at 16 to 17 degrees. Made for a table: slow-roasted lamb, beef cheeks, or mushrooms and polenta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Most of the fruit went into the ferments as whole bunches, which is where the peppery, stalky spice comes from. Maturation ran across large neutral Stockinger casks and a concrete egg, and bottling waited until February 2025, close to two years after picking. A 1.5-litre format slows the whole thing down again: the same wine, more patient, and a bottle built for a table of six.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect black pepper, dark plum and something faintly meaty behind the fruit, with fine chalky tannin. Serve at 16 degrees, decanted an hour ahead. Lamb shoulder, grilled quail or a mushroom risotto all sit well beside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Half is Pinot Noir off the estate vines in the Macedon Ranges, half Syrah from Heathcote and Harcourt, with 80 per cent whole bunches in the ferments. Mostly seasoned oak, large and small, held it until bottling in December 2024. Fewer than 3,000 bottles were filled in total, so a magnum represents a real slice of the vintage, and the larger format will hold the perfume in place for years longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrambly fruit, crushed spice and florals, with juicy acidity and tannin that stays out of the way. Approachable already, though it will reward a few years. Serve at 15 to 16 degrees with a shared roast, charcuterie or a Sunday lamb leg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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Maturation began in a mix of large and small oak, most of it well used, and finished in steel tank and a 600-litre Stockinger cask before bottling at the end of November 2023. The template is Maurice O'Shea's Hunter reds of the 1940s and 50s, a style Australia abandoned and has only recently begun to revisit. Rob Walters was importing Burgundy long before he planted a vine, which explains the light hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfume first, rose and raspberry and black pepper, then a bright, juicy palate with gentle tannin. Lovely now, steady for years. Fifteen to sixteen degrees is the mark. Pour it with roast quail, a charcuterie board or mushrooms on toast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. 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