Yomeishu Kanomori Infused Kuromoji Japanese Craft Gin 700ml

Japan’s famed medicinal liqueur maker, Yomeishu, jumped into the Japanese craft gin scene with an herb-lover’s dream of a gin – using kuromoji, an aromatic shrub native to Japan, as the prime botanical. Nose: Grassy, herbaceous, like walking in a forest. Palate: Kuromoji, Juniper, Citrus, Anise, Sweet Spice. Finish: Long and Rich. IWSC 2021 Gold 95 pts Kanomori means ‘forest of aromas’, and the gin is made with botanicals including kuromoji (which translates as ‘spice bush’), as well as goji berries, mulberries and blackberrry twigs. Judges appreciated its ‘intense’ notes of citrus and spicy juniper, as well as its palate of sweet vanilla spice and anise.