Distillery / The Botanical Chart Eight botanicals from eight regions

The BotanicalChart

The fourteen ingredients in N° 24, where each one comes from, how long we've sourced from that partner, and when in the year it's harvested.

01

Juniper Berry

Juniperus communis
Macedonia · Mt. GaličicaMountain-grown juniper, slow-dried, three-year contract with Petar Zlatkov's farm cooperative. Foundation of the spirit.
12%Of dry weight
02

Sea Salt

Cape Mendell flats
Local · Maine coastHand-harvested from our own salt pans on the south flat, mid-October after offshore winds. The defining botanical.
3%Of dry weight
03

Coriander Seed

Coriandrum sativum
Bulgaria · Plovdiv plainSun-cured coriander from a single Bulgarian farm. Citric, bright, sweetly resinous — the tonic-friendly note.
8%Of dry weight
04

Sicilian Citrus Peel

Citrus × paradisi
Sicily · CataniaHand-peeled grapefruit and lemon zest, partially dehydrated. The lift on the front of the palate.
9%Of dry weight
05

Angelica Root

Angelica archangelica
Saxony · ErzgebirgeSliced and oven-dried, Saxon-grown. The "binding" botanical — structures the mid-palate without dominating.
6%Of dry weight
06

Cardamom Pods

Elettaria cardamomum
Guatemala · Alta VerapazGreen pods, lightly cracked at maceration only. Provides the eucalyptol-camphor lift.
5%Of dry weight
07

Star Anise

Illicium verum
Yunnan · LincangWhole star anise, used sparingly. Adds long anethole sweetness against the salt without going pastis-like.
4%Of dry weight
08

Pink Peppercorn

Schinus terebinthifolia
Réunion · Saint-PierreRéunion pink pepper, cracked. Finishing botanical — lives in the last second of the swallow.
3%Of dry weight
Long contracts, named partners

Where the chart comes from

Region · 01

Cape Mendell

Maine coast — local

Our own salt pans, harvested after offshore winds. The whole reason this distillery exists in the first place.

Sourcing since · 2018
Region · 02

Mt. Galičica

North Macedonia

Petar Zlatkov's juniper cooperative on the Galičica massif. Three-year forward contracts to stabilize price.

Sourcing since · 2019
Region · 03

Plovdiv plain

Bulgaria · sun-cured

Single-farm coriander outside Plovdiv. Drives the bright citric mid-palate that distinguishes our gin.

Sourcing since · 2018
Region · 04

Catania

Sicily · grapefruit

Citrus peel from a third-generation Catania family. Hand-peeled, partially dehydrated to lock the oils.

Sourcing since · 2020
Region · 05

Erzgebirge

Saxony · angelica

Saxon angelica from the Erzgebirge mountains. Slow-dried, sliced thin for fast extraction in the macerate.

Sourcing since · 2019
Region · 06

Alta Verapaz

Guatemala · cardamom

Green cardamom pods from Alta Verapaz, organic-certified, broken only at maceration to preserve oils.

Sourcing since · 2021
Region · 07

Lincang

Yunnan · star anise

Whole star anise from Lincang prefecture. Single-grower, certified GMO-free, harvested October only.

Sourcing since · 2022
Region · 08

Saint-Pierre

Réunion · pink pepper

Réunion-grown pink peppercorn from a Saint-Pierre cooperative. The finishing botanical, used in trace amounts.

Sourcing since · 2023
Twelve months of inputs

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