Meet the makers of Erika Gin de Printemps

The threeThe partners chose to name their gin after a flower, but not just any flower. It is the flower that the bees of Paul pollinate to produce the honey we use in the distillation. It is the Erica heather.

They started distilling Spring Gin in 2019. Every spring, they produce 5 batches of 500 bottles in a limited edition. It is a simple distillation, in a Stupfler column still. The botanicals used are juniper berries, tarragon, walnut leaves, sancho berries (a type of Japanese lemon pepper), heather honey, and fresh elderflower. Lovers of white flower aromas, freshness, renewal... this gin is made for you! They specially went to handpick elderflowers in the beautiful gardens of Altaïr in Dordogne. The harvest and distillation were done just a few hours apart to preserve the full intensity of the spring aromas.

Erika Spirit makes three other gins: the Gasconha Dry, the Navy Strength, and the Old Tom. They have many top secret projects, but among the projects they can talk about, they will bottle a mead this summer (for now it is aging in barrels), as well as their Old Tom in a version aged in cognac barrels.