INFLEXION Gin
Nobody adds anything to a great wine. Why should a great gin be any different?
This question guided us throughout the creation of INFLEXION, from the choice of botanicals to the glass it is served in.
INFLEXION gin
INFLEXION is a French craft gin, a complex blend of ten botanicals.
We created it as a companion to wine and the dinner table. A simple sparkling water with fine bubbles is all it takes to turn it into a long drink.
70 cl · 44 % vol · €55 incl. VAT.
2,288 bottles produced
First orders ship on November 20.
“Served without tonic, INFLEXION speaks the same language as wine and the dinner table.
The language of balance and unadorned elegance.”
The concept
As winemakers in Saint-Émilion, we are also gin lovers.
Gin and tonic never won us over: it overwhelms the palate and alters how you taste the wine and food that follow.
So we chose a different path.
INFLEXION is our first spirit. A complex blend of ten botanicals that delivers bitterness, freshness and roundness all on its own.
A simple sparkling water with fine bubbles is all it takes to turn it into a long drink.
Served without tonic, INFLEXION speaks the same language as wine and the dinner table. The language of balance and unadorned elegance.
The perfect serve
One third gin, two thirds sparkling water with fine bubbles, a few ice cubes.
In a wine glass, rather than the usual gin glassware. This choice is no mere detail: the glass opens up the nose, lets the aromas unfold, and invites the slower pace of tasting.
Served this way, INFLEXION keeps all its aromatic purity and delicacy, and finds its place alongside wine at the dinner table.
The botanicals
Ten botanicals make up the INFLEXION blend, on a wheat spirit base.
Juniper · Coriander · Cinchona bark · Bitter orange · Sweet orange · Fresh ginger · Red sandalwood · Bergamot · Cacao nibs · Eucalyptus
We chose them as wine tasters would, and approached their blend as we would a wine: seeking synergy rather than accumulation. None of them dominates. The balance between bitterness, freshness and roundness comes from the way they work together.
The stopper
Florence and Dominique Decoster, former owners of the Haviland porcelain manufactory in Limoges, both became winemakers in Saint-Émilion in 2001.
INFLEXION’s stopper is made of ceramic, as a tribute to this heritage. It bears a mark, like the backstamps found on porcelain plates.
A central I, inside a circle. An N whose diagonal has become a curve, inflecting exactly at the center of the I. The first and last letters of the name. Two letters, a curve, a circle.
Our partner
INFLEXION is distilled at the Distillerie de Bercloux, in Charente-Maritime, our partner on this project.
The still is made of copper and heated by steam rather than direct flame, to preserve the finesse of the aromas.
The botanicals macerate together for a full day, except for the fresh ginger, which is added only at the very last moment, just before distillation begins.
Buy INFLEXION
2,288 bottles produced
70 cl · 44 % vol · €55 incl. VAT.
First orders ship on November 20.