Christian Drouin Le Gin Pira Gin 700ml (ABV 42%)

A variety of pear traditionally used to make pear cider in Normandy, known as Domfront, is blended with juniper, vanilla, lemon, black pepper and iris root. A typical Norman cottage will have irises growing along the ridge of the thatched roof.

Pira is made with the same principles as the original version of Le Gin, in which each ingredient is macerated and distilled separately in order to extract the full aroma. The distillates are then assembled just before bottling.

Pira packaging replicates the visual identity of Christian Drouin Gin, but in a luscious raw green hue that brings pears to mind.

It tastes of mouth-watering white fruit, black pepper and iris, as ever with the full-bodied flavour that has forged the reputation of gins by Drouin.