Portobello Road Distillery - Royal Opera House Collaboration

For our Royal Opera House collaboration gin we wanted to echo the produce of the costermongers, florists and fruit and veg traders who for many years plied their trade in Covent Garden.

The recipe combines traditional gin botanicals such as juniper, coriander seed, angelica root and liquorice, with the subtle addition of lemon peel, elderflower and apple. Finally we add a tiny hint of nutmeg just as we do in our signature Portobello Road London Dry Gin.

The botanicals are steeped in finest English pure spirit, distilled from wheat.

They are then re-distilled in our diminutive copper pot gin still, King Henry, at our brand home The Distillery, on Portobello Road in the heart of London’s famous Notting Hill.

After distillation, we add purified water and more pure spirit to balance the botanicals and to bring the ABV to 42% .

A traditional London Gin, created by hand and produced in very small batches at our Portobello Road Distillery in London’s Notting Hill.

NOSE - As one would expect juniper initially predominates, with secondary notes of citrus and a distinctly floral perfumed note that lingers long on the nose.

PALATE - A gin that evolves on the palate, as with the nose the juniper is immediately apparent slowly giving way to the citrus and spice of coriander seed, with a delicate suggestion of crisp apple making a brief cameo before the perfumed fragrance of elderflower and the warmth of festive spice take over to define the finish.

CHARACTER- The generosity of texture in this gin brings bountiful mouthfeel, it possesses indeed a certain oiliness which causes the multifaceted flavours to cling to the tongue and its flavour and memory enjoy a sustained stay on the tongue and in the mind.