In Japan, bergamot is rarely sold as a fruit and may not be familiar to many, but it is a very fragrant fruit that is familiarly used to flavor Earl Grey tea and in perfumes.
Organic, pesticide-free bergamot grown at Yamada Olive Garden on Shodoshima Island in Kagawa Prefecture.
The bergamot is grown in a corner of an olive grove, and its fragrance is spread just by rubbing its leaves.The bergamot grown with great care in the olive groves of Shodoshima Island in the beautiful Seto Island Sea is lavishly used in this gin, from the “skin” and “pulp” to the “leaves.
This time, bergamot harvested in December, when it is fresh and aromatic, was manually separated into peel and pulp, to which bergamot leaves were also added and distilled so that the aroma and flavor of each can be easily expressed.
The result is a gin with a gorgeous aroma, like the wind that blows between the lush bergamot-fruited trees.