Gin Mare
Capri
- 42.7% ABV
- Mediterranean Gin
- 700 ml
- bergamot, lemons, Arbequina olives, rosemary, thyme, basil
Herbal / greenSavoury / coastal
Mediterranean gin in the Mare house style: juniper pushed back behind savoury, herbal weight, with a soft citrus lift the Capri name points to. Oily texture, faintly saline, and dry rather than sweet. At 42.7% it stays supple in the mouth and finishes long on green herbs and lemon peel.
Serve
Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic
1:2 — light on the quinine so the herbal side of the gin stays audible
Garnish — A wide strip of lemon peel, oils expressed over the glass
Cocktails
Martini
Cold, dry and close to neat spirit — the vermouth adds weight and a faint bitterness rather than much flavour of its own. The gin has nowhere to hide: juniper needs backbone here, and any softness in the botanicals shows up whole. Lemon oil sharpens the first sip and keeps it from going flat.
A Mare gin's savoury, olive-leaning backbone turns a Martini briny rather than piney — stir it very cold and skip the twist for an olive.
Gin Basil Smash
Bruised basil turns this green and gives it a peppery, herbal lift; underneath sits a lemon sour, tart with just enough sugar to round it off. The basil is loud, so the gin needs juniper and spine to be heard at all — softer floral styles tend to vanish into the leaf.
Basil is already in the bottle alongside thyme and rosemary, so the bruised leaf extends the gin rather than shouting over it, and the oily, saline texture gives the sour a body most gins can't.
White Negroni
Bitterness here is bright rather than heavy: gentian's clean, rooty bite against the honeyed weight of blanc vermouth, with grapefruit oil sharpening the top. The gin has to push back, so juniper and a firm spine keep it from turning syrupy, though a floral bottle finds room in the finish.
The savoury Arbequina olive and herb weight meets gentian's rooty bite as a fellow bitter rather than a victim, while the bergamot echoes the grapefruit peel over the blanc vermouth's honey.
