Chilgrove Gin

The Gin for all seasons
Nestled at the foot of the South Downs, surrounded by woodland and steeped in thousands of years of history and tradition lies the sleepy Sussex hamlet of Chilgrove. This beautiful corner of rural England is home to Chilgrove Signature Edition Gin, an astonishing spirit as elegant as it is gloriously English.
Handcrafted using traditional methods and distilled with natural mineral water filtered through the very chalk Downs which surround Chilgrove; this fine London Dry Gin marries the finest Sussex-grown botanicals together with a neutral spirit distilled from grapes. It is this unusual relationship which gives Chilgrove Gin its sophisticated character, whilst the perfectly balanced elect of flavours, truly make it the gin for all seasons.

To handcraft a gin as unusually fine as Chilgrove requires three essential elements.
Botanicals
Eleven outstanding botanicals have been painstakingly chosen for their ability to bring something truly special to the team. The unique recipe embraces the hidden virtues of wild water mint, grains of paradise and citrus peel, using them to complement the extraordinary juniper berry and coriander seed.
A Master Distiller
Each small batch of Chilgrove Gin is crafted in traditional pot stills under the watchful eye of our master distiller, who just happens to be the scion of a gin distilling dynasty that stretches back to the 17th Century.
Alchemy
It takes a process we refer to as ‘Botanical Alchemy’ to create a gin that combines so perfectly the finely balanced elect of botanicals together with the less tangible sense of ‘Englishness’ which lies at the very heart of this glorious spirit

Chilgrove Signature Edition Gin is the very first (and only) English gin to be made solely from grape alcohol.
Whilst it is widely known that English gin as we know it today has its roots in 17th Century Holland and is derived from the Juniper-based drink Jenever, it’s a lesser known fact that Jenever was originally made using alcohol distilled from wine. The change to a cereal-base occurred as a result of a wine-shortage in Holland driven by the significant effects the ‘Little Ice Age’ had on European viticulture coupled with changes in the political landscape.
Many new gins rely on an increased number of ingredients to present complexity and character, but the Chilgrove approach is entirely different. After years of researching and tasting the gins we respect and enjoy, along with the very history of the spirit itself, we decided to eschew the current trend of using prominent or unusual botanicals. Instead, we went back to first principles, looked at the very heart of gin and sourced a superior grape neutral spirit as our starting point.
The result is a more refined, elegant style of gin with sophisticated, approachable, modern flavours. Chilgrove is an exceptionally smooth and balanced gin, the perfect drink irrespective of occasion or season.