Ki No Bi Kyoto Dry Gin

700 ml / 45.7%

New Western

$62

Yellow yuzu gives a singing citrus lift while hinoki cypress and gyokuro tea lay down a woody, umami depth, all snapped into focus by green sansho pepper. Distilled and bottled in Kyoto at Japan’s first dedicated gin distillery, it reads like the turning seasons in a glass. Complex, layered and quietly intense.

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SKU GN0145 Categories Gin, Kinobi, New Western Brand: Kinobi

Description

Ki No Bi is made at The Kyoto Distillery in Minami-Ku, the first distillery in Japan devoted to gin. Its name means the beauty of the seasons, and the botanical bill is built from distinctly Japanese ingredients: yellow yuzu, hinoki wood chips of Japanese cypress, bamboo, gyokuro tea and green sansho berries, each pulling the spirit far from the London Dry idiom.

The nose carries fresh yuzu, floral nuance, subtle wood and a spicy sansho prickle. The palate is complex and multi-layered, juniper meeting citrus brightness, peppery heat and gentle tea and timber tones, before a long, elegant finish of fine spice and delicate herbs. At 45.7% it makes a superb G&T with Japanese tonic and a twist of yuzu zest.