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Comte de Grasse

44˚N

Comte de Grasse Distillery


ABV: 44%
Country: France
Style: Contemporary 
Price per bottle: £41-60 (US$54-79)
Availability: Worldwide


David T. Smith

Nose
Indulgent and perfumed with distinctive aromas of rose and violet chocolate creams, backed up by a sprinkle of baking spice.

Palate
A restrained sweetness to start, mixed with warm, spicy cassia, nutmeg and oily juniper wood. Followed by rose and violet flavours mixed with raspberry, liquorice
and coriander.

Finish
A gentle glow of alcohol is accompanied by flavours of dark chocolate and oily, zesty citrus peel.

Comments
Elegant and graceful with a delightful complexity.

Score

9.5


Phoebe Calver

Nose
This is immediately there with the aromatic spice, but it’s not overpowering, slightly chai-like. 

Palate
Those spices wrap you up in a warm hug. Chai latte in both spice and creaminess. Then the spice calms a little to reveal that earthy juniper, floral aromatics, like Turkish delight but not as intense, and rounded out with a citrus edge.

Finish
Delicately spiced and creamy to the end of time.

Comments
This is one punchy gin. Maybe I’m in a good mood, maybe it’s heaven in a glass – who knows!

Score

9.4


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