Cotswolds Wildflower Gin No 3 is a zesty Cotswolds Distillery wildflower gin combining a London Dry base with alpine and meadow botanicals such as genepi, mint and yarrow. The gin is bottled with enough strength for a clean long drink, but its identity is defined less by power than by the precision of its botanical direction. The key aromatic frame brings together juniper, coriander, angelica, genepi, mint and yarrow. This matters because the bottle is not trying to behave like a neutral London Dry. It keeps the category readable through juniper and dry structure, then lets its chosen plants define the personality of the drink.

On the nose, piney juniper, candied lime, mint, alpine herbs and a faint aniseed-like accent. The first impression should be read as a progression rather than a list of equal ingredients: the most expressive botanicals arrive first, while juniper, roots and spice provide the dry line underneath. On the palate, the gin is dry, zesty and herbal, with mint giving freshness and genepi adding bitter alpine complexity. Texture is important here. A good description of this gin needs to mention the attack, the middle and the finish, because the real interest appears when sweetness, bitterness, citrus, herbs, spice or fruit start to separate after dilution.

In a gin and tonic, the safest serve is premium tonic, lime wedge and mint. The glass should stay simple: plenty of clear ice, a measured tonic and a garnish that echoes the gin instead of covering it. This gin can also work in lighter highballs or aperitif-style cocktails when the mixer respects its main aromatic line. The finish is crisp, green, dry and more complex than its playful colour suggests. It is a bottle to present through its own botanical logic, not as an interchangeable gin, and that is what makes the perfect serve easier to understand.