![]() We still use original Carterhead stills – Tom and Mary – from the 1830s, but the team has now added two state-of-the-art 12,000 litre copper pot stills – Henry and Victoria – to Bombay's refurbished original stills. While ordinary gins boil their botanicals directly in the spirit to achieve their flavor, the wonderfully distinctive taste of the gin is created using the Vapour Infusion process. That way, as the heated spirit vapors rise, they’re gently infused with all the rich aromatic flavors the botanicals release. The gin is then flavoured with a blend of ten botanical ingredients using a slow infusion process, including juniper berries, coriander seeds, citrus peel, and liquorice root. The name originates from the British Raj and the popularity of gin as a drink, with the sapphire coming from the sapphire Star of Bombay. Bombay Sapphire is distilled in England and is made with a base of neutral spirits that are distilled from wheat and malt. The gin comes in a signature blue bottle with flat sides and a picture of Queen Victoria. Bombay uses up to 12 precious botanicals suspended above the spirit in perforated copper baskets during distillation. Bombay Sapphire is a premium gin brand created by an English company called the IDV. As Ivano himself says, this absolute attention to detail is “simply about maintaining the standard of care behind Bombay's gin".Ĭreating the finest gin possible takes the highest quality raw ingredients. Travelling to the four corners of the world, he’s developed personal relationships with each and every supplier, some going back decades. ![]() ![]() Bombay's spirit of innovation and inspiration is not only embodied in its gin, but in its Master of Botanicals himself, Ivano Tonutti. ![]()
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