Neben den klassischen Aromen vom Wacholder erscheinen über dem Glas würzige Nuancen der Muskatnuss und vom Koriander. Dazu gesellen sich frische Zitrusnoten, wobei ein fruchtiger Ton der Mandarine hervorsticht. Someone who really liked this type of gin will say that the bright citrus aroma and palate makes it a great mixer. Someone who is a fan of more traditional gins might be a little put off by its “one-note” and juniper as a bit player character. Overall, Larios 12 Botanicals Premium Gin The biggest-selling gin brand in Spain, Larios is owned by drinks behemoth Beam Suntory, and has stormed a path in recent years. Since 2016 it has doubled its volume sales from 1.2m to the 2.48m that it shifts globally today.

This success caught the attention of the Larios family, who had moved to Malaga at the beginning of the 19th century. They became involved in distillation in 1863, having originally been involved in cane processing. The quality of the spirits made by Jimenez & Lamothe was recognised by The Larios family, who subsequently acquired the company in 1916. Larios 12 Premium Gin should already be known to many, as it is often to be found in the retail trade. However, this is not a negative feature, as the gin is of high quality and unique in smell and taste. The Gatling gun arrived in time to impact the American Civil War The Three Amigos Part III: The Final Shootout … Its range includes Larios Dry Gin – a 37.5% abv London Dry Gin made with Mediterranean orange and lemon botanicals, and Larios 12 – a 40% abv gin featuring twelve botanicals in a blend of five distillations, enhanced with orange blossom. Jumping on the pink gin trend, in 2016 the brand launched Larios Rosé, a gin infused with strawberries.

Tanqueray, Diageo’s second-biggest gin brand, saw its organic net sales grow by 19% in 2019, while volume cases increased by 12.5% to 4.5m. This was the third biggest organic increase of all of Diageo’s international brands (behind Don Julio Tequila and Shui Jing Fang Baijiu), making Tanqueray one of its most powerful brands and reaffirming the continued pull of gin worldwide. Last year the brand launched a gin flavoured with four distillations of wild juniper exclusively for the travel retail market at stores operated by travel retailer Dufry in Spain. Called Larios Provenzal, the gin uses a base of corn in its distillation “to give the liquid a smoother profile”, which is then flavoured with a selection of fresh Mediterranean citrus fruits. Also owned by Pernod Ricard, Beefeater shifted 3.2m cases in 2019, making it Pernod’s biggest gin brand and one of it’s best-selling brands. In 2019, Beefeater reported a 12% increase in organic sales growth, joining the company’s other top growth brands which includes Royal Salute (17%), The Glenlivet (15%) and Malibu (13%). Overall, Beefeater was credited with “very strong growth” across all regions, “in particular in UK, Latin America and Africa Middle-East” over the course of 2019, while “triple digit” sales growth of the brand was reported in Brazil. It may surprise you to know that the biggest drinkers of gin in Europe are not the English. No, it is the Spanish who hold that esteemed title, and globally Spain ranks among the big players in gin consumption year after year. Die auffallend, tiefblaue Flasche unterstreicht den mediterranen Charakter. Das an die Flasche angepasste, blau glänzende Etikett ist mit einem Pflanzenmuster versehen. Das zentrale Element ist der Markenname Larios 12 in silberner Schrift. Darunter befindet sich noch der Zusatz Premium Gin Mediterran. Am Fuße des Etiketts ist noch der Alkoholgehalt von 40% vol. und die Füllmenge von 70cl angegeben.

The nose is bright and awash with orange blossoms and coriander. Quite nice, very inviting, and decidedly contemporary. Durch das klassische und recht ausgewogene Aroma eignet sich der Larios 12 wunderbar als Basis für mediterrane Mixgetränke. So kreierst du dir zum Beispiel einen sehr erfrischenden „12 Tonic“ in Kombination mit dem Mediterranean Tonic von FeverTree. Als Garnitur eignen sich eine Orangenspirale und eine Scheibe Limette.

Mild und ölig, aber mit einer leichten alkoholischen Schärfe verteilt sich der Gin auf der Zunge und am Gaumen. Er tritt klassisch, mit einem herb harzigen Aroma vom Wacholder und würzigen Anklängen vom Koriander auf. Auch ein Hauch Muskatnuss ist wahrzunehmen.