2026 Ravensthorpe Wildflower Gin Limited Release

In the south-east of Western Australia, the town of Ravensthorpe holds an annual wildflower show, and Esperance Distillery Co has made this limited gin in its honour. For the 2026 release, the show's coordinator, Sue Leighton, hand-collected the pink boronia, a small, intensely scented native flower of the region. It joins Geraldton wax, strawberry gum, Tasmanian pepperberry and juniper in a recipe drawn from the flora of the Fitzgerald Biosphere, one of the richest botanical areas in Australia.

Limited Edition · Floral · Fruity

Delicate flowers lose much of their scent in a pot stillPot stillA traditional still, often copper, that distils in batches. It keeps more texture and character than a column.Glossary, so for the first time in its five-year history the distillery used a low-temperature extraction for them. Geraldton wax, a native shrub with waxy pink and white flowers, adds a lemony, floral note, while strawberry gum, a eucalyptus whose leaves smell of berries, brings fruit. Tasmanian pepperberryTasmanian pepperberryA wild Australian berry: fruity at first, then a slowly building heat. It can tint the gin pink.Glossary gives a slow warmth, and juniper holds the whole together. Esperance Distillery calls it its most floral and most technically ambitious gin yet.

The release also gives something back: four Australian dollars from every bottle go to the Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show, and the label was illustrated by the local artist Meg Hodgson. The 2026 edition is bottled at 40% ABV in 500 ml bottles. Esperance Distillery Co works from Esperance, on the south coast of the state, and this is its second Ravensthorpe release after the 2025 edition; the 2026 bottle sells for 83 Australian dollars.

The distillery suggests two ways to drink it. In a gin and tonic, a twist of pink grapefruit brings out the citrus side of the Geraldton wax without hiding the boronia. For something more festive, shake it into a French 75French 75Gin, lemon juice and sugar, topped with champagne. It is named after the French 75 mm field gun of the First World War.Glossary with lemon and sugar, then top with sparkling wine.