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Lyme Bay Sloe Gin: The UK's Best-Selling Sloe Gin From Devon's Winery

Lyme Bay Sloe Gin: The UK's Best-Selling Sloe Gin From Devon's Winery

7 /10
EDITOR
Distillery: Lyme Bay Winery
ABV: 26% ABV
Price: £18

Tasting Notes

Nose

Tart plum with rich pungent over-ripe notes — dominated by full-bodied sloe with hints of gin complexity in the low notes

Palate

Sweet and smooth, unusually light for a sloe gin — rich full-bodied sloe flavour, robust and not oversweet

Finish

Smooth and quaffable — the gin complexity providing clean structure beneath the sloe fruit

First Impressions

Lyme Bay Sloe Gin is the UK's best-selling sloe gin with the widest distribution. Hand-picked sloes are steeped in London gin and sugar, reduced to 26%. Lyme Bay Winery's decades of fruit experience show in the quality of the fruit handling.

Tasting

The nose is tart plum with rich, pungent notes and full-bodied sloe flavour with gin complexity underneath. On the palate, sweet and smooth, unusually light for a sloe gin — robust and not oversweet. The finish is smooth and quaffable.

The Bottom Line

Lyme Bay Sloe Gin earns a 7 for the UK's best-selling sloe gin that earned its position through quality. Robust, rich, and not oversweet — the winery's fruit expertise creating a sloe gin you can be proud to display. At around £18, exceptional value.

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Amelie Farnham
Amelie Farnham
Gin & Botanicals Editor

Amelie came to gin via botany — she studied plant sciences at Edinburgh before realising her real interest lay in what happened to botanicals after they reached the still. She has visited over a hundr...

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