Windspiel Premium Sloe Gin

500 ml / 33.3%

Sloe

$49

Silky and floral, with ripe sloes and bitter-almond depth swimming beneath a clean juniper line. The base spirit is the curiosity here: a dry gin distilled from Eifel potatoes, then steeped with sloe juice pressed from fruit foraged in the same hills. Voluminous, fruit-rich and built for a long, unhurried evening.

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SKU GN0375 Categories Gin, Sloe, Windspiel Spirits Brand: Windspiel Spirits

Description

Sandra Wimmeler and Denis Lonnendonker built Windspiel around an unusual idea: a gin distilled not from grain but from potatoes grown in Germany's Eifel uplands, with everything from cultivation to bottling handled on site and the shipping carried out carbon-neutral. For this expression they take their premium dry gin and refine it with sloe juice, the dark wild plums gathered from the surrounding region and pressed to a deep, ruby concentrate.

The nose is intense and layered, juniper and citrus giving way to ripe sloes and a soft floral lift. On the palate it turns silky and full, fresh fruit balanced against a whisper of bitter almond, the whole thing staying bright rather than syrupy. The finish is long and harmonious. Pour it over plenty of ice with a splash of soda and a wedge of lemon for an easy late-summer long drink.