Product Description
Adorned by a brilliant mantle of ice and snow for nearly nine months of the year, Ungava is a place of incredible beauty whose splendour is heightened by the celestial light show of the aurora borealis and the immensity of its landscapes. These include deep valleys that shelter majestic waterways, countless lakes of astounding clarity, teeming wildlife, and ice floes that drift silently towards the open water of the northern seas. The unique climate of this region produces the six rare botanicals that give Ungava Canadian Premium Gin its particular aroma and colouring. This magnificent land has been home to the Inuit people and their ancestors for thousands of years. Still nomadic two generations ago, the Inuit have settled in villages along the coast or at the river deltas where, every summer, they continue to hunt, fish and harvest the precious gifts of the tundra before the onset of another long, hard winter. With total respect for the environment and Inuit traditions, the rare plants and berries that impart a unique bouquet to Ungava gin are delicately picked and selected by hand. For many years gin was a favourite tipple of explorers, gold prospectors and trappers in Canada, prized for its reputed medicinal qualities. With Ungava gin, an original recipe is produced in a traditional way: Nordic juniper, wild rose hips, cloudberry, crowberry, arctic blend and Labrador tea are naturally steeped until the gin takes on its complex flavour and distinctive sunny hue. Inside every glass of this gin there breathes a little of the Ungava Peninsula.
Lemon yellow in colour. The bouquet is slightly sweet, a hint of lemon zest but a good deal of juniper. A hint of alcohol as well, quite classic in character. The taste is quite nice. A little bit of tartness on the tip of the palate, reminiscent of a lemony/cranberry bitterness. Lightens up with a brief breath of fresh hair, slightly floral before the juniper comes on full force. A nice dash of heat and a long bitter and semi-dry finish.