Wacholderbar Veltliner Grapes & Saffron Gin
London Dry 44.7% ABV
7 January 2026
Bold Botanical Choices
Using Veltliner grapes and saffron is a brave move and it pays off handsomely. There's a richness and warmth here that sets it apart from typical London Drys. The 44.7% ABV supports it well.
3 January 2026
Utterly Unique Experience
I've never tasted anything quite like this. The Veltliner grape gives a fruity, almost honeyed quality while the saffron provides an exotic backbone. A London Dry that genuinely breaks new ground at 44.7%.
17 December 2025
Boundary-Pushing Brilliance
This is one of the most creative and successful gins I've ever encountered. The Veltliner grapes and saffron create an utterly captivating London Dry at 44.7% ABV. Wacholderbar are true innovators.
3 December 2025
Grape and Saffron Magic
What an unusual combination — Veltliner grapes and saffron in a London Dry gin. It works beautifully though, with a vinous richness and exotic golden warmth at 44.7%. Truly original.
21 October 2025
Austrian Innovation
Wacholderbar have created something genuinely unique here. The Veltliner grape gives it a luscious, almost wine-like quality, while the saffron adds an earthy, golden depth. At 44.7% ABV it's perfectly pitched.
18 October 2025
Complex and Fascinating
The saffron adds a distinctive earthiness that I've not found in any other London Dry. Combined with the Veltliner grape character and 44.7% strength, it's a genuinely thought-provoking gin.
6 October 2025
Too Unusual for My Palate
I can admire the creativity of combining Veltliner grapes and saffron in a London Dry, but the resulting flavour profile is a bit too far from traditional gin territory for my liking. The saffron in particular is divisive.