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The Botanist Gin 5cl

Name: The Botanist Gin 5cl
Brand: The Botanist
SKU: 30114128
Price: 7.0 GBP
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Producer The Botanist

Country Scotland

Region Islay

ABV 46%

Tasting Notes

A huge 31 botanicals go into The Botanist, 22 of which are foraged and native to Islay. The full list of botanicals is as follows: angelica root, apple mint, birch leaves, bog myrtle leaves, cassia bark, chamomile, cinnamon bark, coriander seed, creeping thistle flowers, elder flowers, gorse flowers, heather flowers, hawthorn flowers, juniper berries, lady's bedstraw flowers, lemon balm, lemon peel, liquorice root, meadow sweet, orange peel, oris root, peppermint leaves, mugwort leaves, red clover flowers, tansy, thyme leaves, water mint leaves, white clover, wood sage leaves.

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More About The Botanist Gin 5cl

Made at Bruichladdich Distillery on Islay, The Botanist is a Scottish dry gin that brings a bit of the island's wild landscape into the glass. It's distilled slowly with nine classic gin botanicals and 22 hand-foraged plants from Islay, giving it plenty of depth without losing sight of what makes a good gin.

Juniper and fresh citrus lead the way, followed by fragrant wild herbs, mint and delicate floral notes. There's a lovely balance of earthy, herbal character and bright citrus freshness, with a smooth texture and a clean, lingering finish. At 46% ABV, it has enough weight to shine in a Martini while making an excellent gin and tonic, particularly with grapefruit and a sprig of rosemary.

Meet the Producer, The Botanist

The Botanist

Style: Distillery

Islay has spent decades building a reputation around peat smoke, sea spray and whisky intense enough to start arguments. Then Bruichladdich decided to make a gin.

The Botanist comes from the same distillery responsible for some of the island’s most distinctive whisky, but the approach here heads firmly into the world of wild botanicals rather than smoke. The gin is built around 22 hand-foraged plants gathered across Islay, alongside more traditional gin ingredients. The result feels deeply connected to the island without tasting remotely like whisky.

What makes The Botanist stand out is balance. Plenty of modern gins lean so heavily into unusual botanicals that they forget juniper exists. Here the classic gin structure remains intact, supported by layers of citrus, herbs, flowers and soft spice that gradually unfold rather than arriving all at once.

There is a distinctly windswept quality to the flavour. Mint, thyme, wild herbs and floral notes all appear naturally, giving the gin a sense of place that feels genuine rather than manufactured.

For a spirit built around foraged plants, it manages to avoid becoming overly romantic about itself. Which is probably very Scottish.