Oxley Classic English Dry Gin
Oxley · Thames Distillers
Oxley's cold vacuum distillation captures botanicals with startling clarity — each ingredient arrives intact, as if preserved in amber. This is a gin for people who want to understand exactly what juniper, citrus, and spice can do when handled with surgical care. Outstanding in a Martini.
Nose
Bright juniper and grapefruit dominate the opening, with a clean, almost crystalline quality. Beneath that, coriander seed and a delicate meadowsweet sweetness emerge. The cold distillation method preserves a freshness rarely found in traditional gins.
Palate
Silky textured and remarkably precise. Juniper leads but shares the stage with lemon zest, orris root, and a gentle peppery warmth. The botanicals read individually yet cohere into a unified whole — nothing bleeds into anything else.
Finish
Medium, with juniper and grapefruit lingering cleanly. A whisper of vanilla and angelica root provides a soft landing.
- Style
- London Dry
- Botanicals
- Juniper, coriander, orris root, angelica root, lemon peel, grapefruit peel, meadowsweet, vanilla, cocoa, nutmeg, anise, cassia bark, grains of paradise, orange peel
- Base Spirit
- Neutral grain spirit
- Distillation
- Cold vacuum distillation at -5°C
Cocktail Suggestion
The Vanishing Martini — 2.5 oz Oxley Gin · 0.5 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth · Stir with ice for 30 seconds, strain into a chilled coupe, garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Food Pairing
Oysters with mignonette
Distilled at Thames Distillers in London using a pioneering cold vacuum distillation process operating at minus five degrees Celsius, Oxley was developed over eight years and thirty-eight prototypes by master distiller Tim Taylor.
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