Gin Mare
Vantguard / Brown-Forman · Destilerías MG, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
Gin Mare is botanical architecture at its most deliberate. Where most gins start with juniper and build outward, Mare's designers flipped the blueprint: they began with the flavors of a Mediterranean table — olive, thyme, rosemary, basil — and built juniper around them as structural support rather than the main event. Each botanical is distilled individually to capture its purest expression, then blended with the precision of a perfumer. The result is a gin that tastes like the Catalan coast on a warm evening — savory, herbal, bright, utterly unlike anything from London.
Nose
Olive brine, rosemary, thyme, warm basil, citrus oils, gentle juniper
Palate
Herbal complexity, green olive, juniper warmth, Mediterranean spice, bright lemon, coriander seed
Finish
Long and savory with lingering herbs and gentle juniper warmthGin
- Botanicals
- Arbequina olive, thyme, rosemary, basil, juniper, coriander, cardamom, citrus (orange and lemon)
- Base Spirit
- Neutral grain spirit
- Distillation
- Each botanical distilled individually, then blended
Cocktail Suggestion
— The Mare Mediterranean G&T: 2 oz Gin Mare · 4 oz premium tonic (Fever-Tree Mediterranean) · Fresh rosemary sprig · Olive on a cocktail pick · Orange peel. Build over ice in a copa glass, garnish with rosemary, olive, and expressed orange peel.
Food Pairing
Grilled octopus with romesco sauce — the herbal, olive-forward gin complements the char and the smoky pepper of the romesco.
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