Sabatini London Dry Gin, 70cl, 41.3% ABV.

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By launching their gin, the Sabatinis have also become part of a proud Italian tradition: small, family-run businesses founded in Italy that have gone worldwide. As Filippo says, “The gin is a tribute to our homeland. Everything started there, and this gin brings us there.”

At the moment we are looking to build our brand in a healthy way creating a solid base, once this will be achieved we will work with my distributor on the next step planning a growth path to aim to be one of the leading European Gin in India.”

This northern Italian region – home of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, to name just two of the many geniuses who were born and worked here – was the centre of Italian political and artistic life for hundreds of years. But its blessings go deeper, to the very ground, and show themselves in the richly flavoured herbs that blossom on the green hillsides. Sabatini Gin is made with home-grown botanicals and distilled in London Dry Style. This combination creates a perfect balance in flavours consisting in a pleasant aroma of fresh herbaceous and lemon scent, with nuances that refer to the Tuscan countryside. As the Sabatinis got to know more about gin, trying the best spirits from around the world, they started seeing connections between the botanical flavours they loved in their G&Ts and the scents and flavours they remembered from their childhood breaks on the estate. Slowly but surely, an idea came to them.

In the end, the Sabatinis decided on an evocative blend of Tuscan botanicals: coriander, sage, lemon verbena, olive leaves, thyme, orris, wild fennel, juniper and lavender. But, even with the botanicals decided, the Sabatinis had a long way to go. Over the course of a year, they tried a dozen recipes to find the key to their perfectly-balanced Tuscan gin. Keeping the entire family involved was a challenge at times, but the Sabatinis made the effort. Niccoló says, “During one of our ‘aperitivi’, while sipping our gin and tonic, we said, ‘Why don’t we do our own gin?’” Sabatini Gin is best described as a London Dry Gin with a Tuscan soul because it recently won the Silver medal in the London Dry Gin category of the World Gin Award 2023. The Sabatini’s passion, love for their land, and pride in their heritage resulted in the creation of this, which is a fruit of a perfect fusion of flavours and aromas. This Gin contains nine strictly Tuscan botanicals: juniper, of course, but also coriander, iris, wild fennel, lavender, olive leaves, wild thyme, also known as savoury in Tuscany, lemon verbena, and sage, the majority of which are derived from wild plants collected in the villa’s gardens. The goal of Sabatini Gin was clear from the beginning. As Ugo explains, “It’s not only about the flavour. Our gin tells a story.” Think of Tuscan dishes: they’re very simple,” Niccoló explains. “What makes the difference is the freshness of the ingredients.”

The first non-alcoholic distillate with a Tuscan spirit

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As Ugo Sabatini, elder statesman of the family behind Sabatini Gin, explains: “This is the cradle of the Renaissance, which led to the production of an astounding quality of masterpieces in practically every artistic realm – and this is where the key botanicals of London Dry gin, like juniper, orris and coriander grow.”

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As Filippo says of the hills above Cortona: “Those are special places – our legacy is closely connected to this area, and the places where our ancestors were born, lived, played as kids, married and now rest in peace.” Lavender, sage, fennel, thyme – these flavours and scents suffused the summer weeks brothers Enrico and Niccoló, along with their uncle Filippo, spent in their family’s Tuscan villa. Surrounded by olive terraces and gardens bursting with herbs, it was hard for the trio not to fall in love with the bright aromas of their happy family home, especially since their day-to-day lives were so far removed from the villa’s easy Italian elegance. Spectacular anywhere you sip it, the Sabatini Gin in this month's box takes on a whole new dimension when enjoyed in the very garden its botanicals grow. Fortunately for lovers of this ginny masterpiece, you can visit the Sabatinis’ villa to see for yourself the spectacular place where this gin was born. Summer is the only time of the year when the family can gather together in Tuscany,” Enrico says, “and the aperitivo at the end of the day, when the countryside is at its most beautiful, has become a ritual.”