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GIN
XORIGUER is the same today as it
always has been.
It is the result of distillation in traditional copper stills, using
high quality wine alcohol and carefully selected juniper berries,
which come from the neighbouring Mediterranean mountains, togother
with aromatic herbs. These herbs are the jealousy guarded "secret"
of the liquor's original bouquet. Only the heirs of family know
the identity and proportion of this valuable ingredient, which is
added behind closed doors and without witnesses, at the start of
each distilling. The respect for tradition is such that the fuel
still used today in the distillation is wood.
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The
distillation begins when the vapours which are produced in the still's
boiler circulate through copper pipes until they reach a coil, where
they condense, forming a precious liquid that drips into jars.
An expert tastes the liquid at intervals to determine the pecise moment
when the distillation is complete. One this is accomplished the GIN
is stored in large oak barrels, where it retains unchanging its colour,
flavour and aroma, until finally it is bottled. |
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