TANQUERAY RANGPUR 700ML

Description

Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Distilled Gin blends the exotic Rangpur lime with ginger and bay leaves for a spectacularly fresh flavour. Rangpur limes, a rare fruit originating from India, carry all the zest of lime and the juiciness of mandarin oranges, elevating Tanqueray’s perfect balance of four classic gin botanicals – piney juniper, peppery coriander, aromatic angelica, and sweet liquorice. The unique taste of rare Rangpur limes makes this award-winning gin the best kept secret of the British-Indian tradition.

Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Distilled Gin is best enjoyed with plenty of ice, premium tonic water, and a wedge of lime.

*Gold medal – 2020 San Francisco Spirits Awards

Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Gin launched in 2006. At the time, it was a bit of a bold and unusual move. Signature botanicals gin were rare. Gins that higlighted unusual botanicals in their name were even rarer.

A Rangpur Lime isn’t really a lime. It’s known as a Canton lemon in some parts of the world— but it’s not a lemon either. It’s a hybrid of a mandarin orange and a citron. (Citrus × limonia). Its flesh is orange, the fruit highly acidic and the flavor is perhaps closer to a citron than any of the above. It’s used in place of a lime in some culinary applications because its high acidity; however, to summarize it’s best simply stated: a Rangpur Lime is truly its own thing.

Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Gin features the four signature botanicals of their Tanqueray London Dry Gin as a base. They then add three new ones: bay leaves, ginger and the aforementioned Rangpur Lime.

Bartenders would be advised to treat Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Gin as a specialty citrus-forward gin. Mixed, its citrus profile complements fresh citrus quite well. Try it in a Gimlet, Tom Collins or an Evans style Gin and Tonic.

That being said, I was less of a fan of it in heavy spirit forward drinks such as the Martini. There’s a certain harshness and heat that doesn’t work as well here as it does in longer drinks.

Something different here from Tanqueray. This gin is flavoured with Rangpur limes, also known as a mandarin orange. These highly acidic fruits, actually orange in colour, impart a fresh, zesty zing to this refreshing gin. Roll on summer!