GUD Gin
The five founders created GUD Gin with the goal of achieving a truly new product, inspired by tradition but accomplished through an innovative approach and without making any compromises on quality.
The long family history of designing distillation equipment allows to make GUD Gin in an alembic inspired by the 19th Century Bennett still. However, the still has been revisited by introducing innovative technologies – something that has never been done before on a craft alembic – in order to maintain the characteristics of the raw materials and achieve the finest quality and highest level of purity of the end product, the Italian London Dry Gin.
With their roots and tradition in mind, the founders have fine-tuned the recipe of GUD and carefully chosen the raw materials to be added to the Tuscan juniper berries in order to obtain GUD’s unique and unforgettable taste. Moreover, everything – from the bottling to the final packaging – is done on the same site and under their careful supervision.
GUD Gin
£94.90
GUD is an ultra-premium quality Dry Gin, characterized by the balance of aromatic and flavourful worlds that explode into citrus, floral and undergrowth notes. The addition of nuances of selected spices – less predominant, but always noticeable – increases the complexity of its unique flavour.
| Weight | 1 kg |
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0.5 L |
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Description: GUD gin bridges the gap between tradition and innovation, staying true to the British legacy of London Dry Gin. Its distinctive flavour arises from a harmonious blend of 20 botanicals sourced from various landscapes: the classical English garden with its roses, the geometric Italian garden featuring citrus fruits, Mediterranean evergreen shrubs, roots, wild berries, and exotic herbs from the former British Empire.
Alcohol: 45% vol.
Size: 0.5 L
Botanicals:
- Citrus Fruits – the first notes to be perceived are those of citrus, in particular cedar and bergamot from Calabria. The combination of these two fruits gives GUD its fresh and decisive flavour. The more subtle notes of Ligurian chinotto soften the citrus component, granting GUD complexity and breadth, while the Sicilian lemon instils continuity and tradition within the flavour.
- Flowers – the floral scents of roses and neroli follow immediately after, skilfully blended. The four roses used were selected with care to make different aromatic and chromatic contributions. The notes of peach, romantica rose, almond and honey contribute to the unmistakable aroma of the gin. Their colours enrich its elegance.
- Wood and spices – at the very end, the fresh and balsamic notes, typical of the undergrowth, of pepper grass, myrtle, walnut husk and azarole, are released, accompanied by the woodiness of oak and angelica, thus giving the gin persistence and body, both olfactory and tactile. The petit grain harmonizes the perceptive transition from the citrus top notes to the woody base notes, enhancing the floral component.
- Juniper – throughout the tasting experience, the different olfactory worlds are accompanied by the leading note of Tuscan juniper, a particular variety found mainly in the woods on the hills between Siena and Montieri, that slope down to the sea.
Why is this producer exceptional?
“Ultrapremium” quality: the distillery is built inside the research centre CREA, which allows to implement an unprecedented quality control and tracking system on each distillation batch.
The Technology: Turbostill Technology allows to obtain enormous thermal power with low vapour pressure and without significant temperature variation; Vacuum Distillation allows to distil GUD at low pressure and low temperature (that varies from -10°C to +60°C, whereas traditional distillation takes place at 80-100°C); Nanocopper Technology, never before used in Italy and patented by Green Engineering, allows to substantially reduce unwanted substances in GUD and guarantees the purity of the product.
Ingredients: the most distinctive botanicals—cedar, bergamot, and roses— are individually handpicked under the founders’ meticulous supervision and used fresh, unlike the dried botanicals typically found in most gins. They are then processed and preserved using their patented technology, to maintain their distinctive fragrances.