English Heritage London Dry Gin

The Wiltshire Distilling Company combines garden botanicals with a classic London DryLondon DryA style, not a place of origin: every flavour comes from distilling natural botanicals. After distillation only water and a trace of sugar may be added, with no flavouring or colouring.GlossarySee London Dry gins structure in this gin for English Heritage. The label pays homage to the gardens of Queen Victoria's Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, and the recipe follows that cue: rosemary, raspberry leaves and elderflower sit among the botanicals, alongside the juniper a London Dry requires.

Citrus · Dry · Floral · Herbal

The list reads like a walled garden translated into a still. Juniper, coriander seed, angelica seed and orris rootOrris rootIris rhizome dried for years, then ground. Powdery and violet-like, it mainly works as a fixative that binds and lengthens the other aromas.Glossary give the dry, classic frame; angelica seed is lighter and more aromatic than the root most gins use. Fresh rosemary brings a resinousResinousAn aroma reminiscent of pine or fir resin. It is juniper's signature, due to compounds such as pinene.Glossary herb, elderflower a soft floral note, and raspberry leaves a green, faintly tea-like dryness rather than fruit. Bergamot and fresh lemon supply the citrus, bergamot adding its floral bitterness, and cardamom closes the list with a bright spice. The botanicals are organic, and the gin is copper pot distilled in small batchesSmall batchProduction in small quantities per distillation run, often in a small still. The term has no legal definition.Glossary.

The distillery works from a Grade II listed barn on the 9,000-acre Fonthill Estate, near Stonehenge, and is B Corp certified, a label that covers the company's social and environmental practices as a whole rather than the packaging alone. This London Dry belongs to the English Heritage Spirits Collection, a trio of 40% gins launched in March 2026 in partnership with the charity of the same name, which looks after historic sites such as Osborne.

A classic Indian tonicIndian tonicThe classic tonic: sparkling water, bitter quinine and sugar. The name recalls colonial India, where quinine warded off malaria.Glossary keeps the garden botanicals clear and the finish dry. Four centilitres of gin, ten of chilled tonic, firm ice, then a lemon wheel and a sprig of rosemary, the herb that links the drink to the Osborne gardens. Bruise the rosemary lightly before adding it, so its oils reach the nose with the first sip.