Selvatiq Beyond Gin: Hand-Harvested Wild Botanicals from Italy's Valtellina Alps — Tilia, Meadowsweet, and Dog Rose

Item: Selvatiq Beyond Gin: Hand-Harvested Wild Botanicals from Italy's Valtellina Alps — Tilia, Meadowsweet, and Dog Rose
Rating: 8
Author: Amelie Farnham

Amelie Farnham December 23, 2025 2 views

8 /10

EDITOR

Distillery: Selvatiq
Type: Contemporary
ABV: 40% ABV
Price: £59.50
Botanicals: juniper, tilia flower, meadowsweet, red clover, sage, dog rose, wild foraged botanicals

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Unmistakable pollen sweetness — tilia and meadowsweet florals, wild aromatics from the Alpine meadows, complex and unique

Palate

Deliciously floral and herbaceous — the wild-foraged botanicals creating flavours that cultivated ingredients cannot replicate, juniper berries adding gin structure, dog rose providing tart sweetness, sage adding herbal depth, a terrific Negroni gin

Finish

Floral and herbaceous — the Alpine meadow persisting, wild and untamed, best served at room temperature for full expression

First Impressions

Selvatiq — 'wild botanicals, nomadic spirit' — harvests flowers, berries, and fruits by hand from Valtellina in the Italian Alps. Every botanical is wild-foraged, cooperating with the territory and protecting biodiversity. Tilia flowers, meadowsweet, red clover, sage, juniper, and dog rose.

Tasting

Wild-foraged Alpine botanicals. Pollen-sweet nose from tilia and meadowsweet. Floral herbaceous palate. Floral meadow finish. Best at room temperature.

The Bottom Line

Selvatiq Beyond earns an 8 — genuine wild-foraged Italian Alpine botanicals with biodiversity-conscious harvesting. The flavours cannot be replicated with cultivated ingredients. At £60, a premium justified by the hand-harvesting and Alpine terroir.