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PRECOGNITION GIN

PRECOGNITION GIN

What were we to do when the warm and luminescent 2020 vintage delivered up a glut of stellar Pinot Meunier from our 'Grand Cru' site Mount Harry in East Sussex? 

A precognition I had many years ago came like a bolt from the blue: let's make a single vintage, single variety, single vineyard gin – a gin for wine lovers.

Working with Silent Pool Distillers in the Surrey Hills, Ana and I selected botanicals that best complemented our beautifully ripe grapes: Serbian juniper, coriander, angelica root, clove, black cardamom, wild forest pepper, rosemary, jasmine, and lavender.

We let the vintage wood-fired boiler and copper still work their magic.

Precognition Gin emerged from the steam-filled haze.

A London Dry Gin in style, it's pure and juniper-led with a smoky, floral top note that's perfect in a Martini or a gin and tonic. We always keep a bottle and a set of glasses in our freezer for emergencies. 

Man, after all, cannot live on wine alone.

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

SUGRUE SOUTH DOWNS PRECOGNITION GIN (70CL)

CEPAGE: 100% Pinot Meunier

VINTAGE: 2020

VINEYARDS: Mount Harry Vineyard, Lewes, East Sussex, planted May 2006

SOIL TYPE: Clay loam over pure chalk, no flints, 70m above sea level

YIELD: 2000 bottles produced

DISTILLATION: double-pot distillation

BOTANICALS: Serbian Juniper, Coriander Seeds, Angelica Root, Clove, Black Cardamom, Wild Forest Pepper, Rosemary, Jasmine, Lavender

ANALYSIS: 43%abv

TASTING NOTES: Unique combination of familiarity and intrigue, traditional pine-rich juniper and lavender floral character are contrasted by a deep smoke that presents throughout.  Along with its unmistakable grape spirit backbone, the elements present in this gin work cohesively to bring complexity, balance and satisfaction.