Comments on: In Review: G’Vine Nouaison vs. G’Vine Floraison http://everydaydrinkers.com/2009/06/17/in-review-gvine-nouaison-vs-gvine-floraison/ Drinking Everyday and Enjoying Every Minute Of It Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:33:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Thomas Dancer http://everydaydrinkers.com/2009/06/17/in-review-gvine-nouaison-vs-gvine-floraison/comment-page-1/#comment-8586 Thomas Dancer Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:21:02 +0000 http://everydaydrinkers.com/?p=1209#comment-8586 These are interesting iterations, but experienced gin drinkers should note that these are closer to infused vodkas than traditional gin profiles. The Nouaison makes an excellent, although idiosyncratic, Collins. I tasted this next against a traditional London Dry (Beefeaters) gin (all other elements: syrup, lemon, glass, ice, soda, were the same). 1½ gin, ½ lemon juiced, 1 tsp. syrup, soda in skinny collins glass. The Nouaison was sweeter. Not over sweet, but definitely the lime profile of the Nouaison knocked right through the soda and lemon. If I made this again, I might scale the syrup back a little, bring the lemon up a bit. Although even ‘as is’ this drink is not too sweet. It takes the Collins to a different level without changing the drink into something else. Unlike if used in a martini, martinez, or the like. I haven't tried it in a tonic or gimlet. I imagine it would be good in both (but I'd worry about sweetness in both cases--especially with a sweeter tonic like Schweppes). These are interesting iterations, but experienced gin drinkers should note that these are closer to infused vodkas than traditional gin profiles. The Nouaison makes an excellent, although idiosyncratic, Collins. I tasted this next against a traditional London Dry (Beefeaters) gin (all other elements: syrup, lemon, glass, ice, soda, were the same). 1½ gin, ½ lemon juiced, 1 tsp. syrup, soda in skinny collins glass.

The Nouaison was sweeter. Not over sweet, but definitely the lime profile of the Nouaison knocked right through the soda and lemon. If I made this again, I might scale the syrup back a little, bring the lemon up a bit. Although even ‘as is’ this drink is not too sweet. It takes the Collins to a different level without changing the drink into something else. Unlike if used in a martini, martinez, or the like. I haven’t tried it in a tonic or gimlet. I imagine it would be good in both (but I’d worry about sweetness in both cases–especially with a sweeter tonic like Schweppes).

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