Peach is not a Caribbean fruit. Lychee is not a Caribbean fruit either. So why are they in our flagship gin?
The honest answer: because the pairing tasted, more than anything else we tried, like a Vincentian sunset.
Lychee on its own is delicate, almost perfumed. Pair it with peach and the peach gives it body — a soft, rounded sweetness that holds up against the juniper and coriander in a London Dry base. The two fruits cover each other's weaknesses and amplify each other's strengths.
The serve
- 50 ml Nine Isles Peach & Lychee Gin
- 150 ml premium light tonic
- A wedge of ripe peach (or, in season, a halved lychee) in the glass
- Plenty of ice
Stir once, don't crush the fruit. Drink it within ten minutes — that's when it's best.