Oka Gin (900ml) NO20231018 and wild herbs atop a

and wild herbs atop a firm structure

With a base from the 2021 vintage

and citrus peels—steeped

Poderi Cellario's go-to orange wine

fruit and butterscotch

Oka Gin (900ml) NO20231018 and wild herbs atop aAlmost every gin on the shelf starts life as neutral grain spirit. Oka starts with rice. The base is pot distilled from 100% rice at the Tsutsumi Distillery in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, then run six times through a copper lined pot still, with the botanicals dropped directly into the still on the final pass. The botanical bill goes all in on juniper, using two kinds: Macedonian for its bright, piney lift, and Himalayan for a lower,