Archipelago Barrel Reserve Gin

Barrel Reserve takes the Philippines' first craft gin and gives it time in oak. The base is ARC Botanical Gin from Full Circle Craft Distillers in Manila — 28 botanicals, 22 of them sourced and foraged across the archipelago: fresh pomelo, dalandan, calamansi, and dayap for a citrus profile no European gin can copy, Benguet pine, fresh mango, and the native flowers sampaguita, ylang-ylang, and kamia, anchored on Italian juniper and a base of whole-kernel French winter wheat from the Champagne region. That gin, which Wine Enthusiast's blind panel scored 92 points, is then rested in oak barrels to round the citrus brightness with vanilla, gentle spice, and a pale gold color, and bottled as a reserve release. Wine Enthusiast scored the Barrel Reserve 89 points. Expect the tropical citrus and floral perfume of the original softened by toasted oak, vanilla, and a whisper of caramel on the nose, opening into a rounder, warmer palate where pomelo and calamansi meet honey and light spice, with the juniper still present, finishing longer and smoother than the unaged gin. It's the ARC for stirred drinks — a Martinez, a barrel-aged Negroni, or a gin Old Fashioned — and it sips neat over one cube in a way the bright flagship doesn't. From a distillery that also makes the world-first Black Bamboo Gin and a 93-point Lava Rock Vodka. Southeast Asian craft, aged.

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