The bottle design is inspired by traditional ceramics of Sargadelos which are also made in Galicia and are synonymous with utilising singular designs and white and blue colours. With tonic, the journey is lengthened a little but the flavours aren’t much different from when tasted neat. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Delicately perfumed with 12 different Galician botanicals, including lemongrass, hibiscus and peppermint, Nordes is a soft, sweet gin with the flavours of sherbert, peaches and red fruits. There is too much dark purple fruit flavor in the gin, and a bit too little crispness and juniper to easily make a classic martini.

It is the most unique gin I have ever tasted, It's a "I can't quite get my head around it" type of gin. Nordes is a very contemporary gin that pushes the boundaries of traditional gin but in a very good way - unique, and interesting. These ceramics are distinctive because of the uniqueness of their designs and the use of white and blue colours. As well as 6 botanicals which grow wild in Galicia, it also has 5 which are sourced overseas, each one macerated separately until the exact aroma is achieved.Nordés is the product of a discussion over a meal with three friends – a sommelier, a wine entrepreneur and a master distiller – who wanted to create a spirit that was true to the Galician region. NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.

Wine spirit, the soul of the gin, is produced by using Galician Albariño grapes, and this distillate is macerated with 11 botanicals, 6 which are native to Galicia, Samphire, Sage Bay, Lemon Verbena, Eucalyptus and Peppermint. To that they added 6 local botanicals, lemon verbena, bay leaf, mint, sage, eucalyptus, and Glasswort (a plant that grows along the seashore and in marshes and is also known as “pickle weed”).

I may from time to time choose to do a second review and amend my opinion of a product, should I feel like it and find my review criteria has evolved, or that I’ve found it different at a later date. The Liberator Wines We’ve had the great pleasure of knowing Richard for many years now – not just from a shared passion of South African wine, but also out of mutual respect. It features a world map, compass rose and all, with a red arrow coming in from the north Atlantic and pointing into Galicia, designed to mimic the route of the Nordes wind.