Citadelle Rouge

Although this Citadelle Rouge is not or does not have explicit gift packaging, it can certainly make an excellent gift. Gift packs are usually taken as a safe choice of gift because brands often combine the most accessible or their most popular gin combine with a fun accessory in a nice gift pack. But if you are looking for a gift for an experienced gin-drinker they may not be waiting for yet another glass and then this one Citadelle Rouge might even be a better choice than such a gift pack.

This Citadelle Rouge can be a gin one that suits you if you like a gin with a floral character. Indeed, this florality is quite emphatic in the flavour profile.

However, we recommend that you also look at the rest of the flavour profile, as this florality is of course only one part of the overall character of this gin.

On its own, yes, but this Citadelle Rouge is one gin with only a slightly spicy flavour profile: the spiciness of this gin is not emphatic in the flavour profile, but it is there.

The spiciness of a spirit can come about in different ways.

• In whisky, the spicy notes mainly arise during the maturation process in wooden casks. The type of wood used (e.g. American oak, European oak) and whether the casks have been used before (e.g. sherry casks) have a big influence on the spiciness of the whisky that comes out of them.
• With rum, the spicy notes can also come from the barrels used, but in addition there is also a separate class of "Spiced rum" where extra spices are added.
• Gin has a much shorter production cycle and therefore does not usually get its spiciness from wood. Spicy notes in a gin are usually the direct result of the botanicals used to "colour" the gin and give it its own identity.

Yes, Citadelle Rouge is a gin with a moderately fruity flavour profile: the fruitiness of this gin will be discernible right from the first sip from your glass.

• Whiskies with a fruity character can range from light and fresh apple notes to deep, ripe stone fruit and exotic aromas. This fruitiness can come from the grains, yeast and fermentation used, the shape of the pot stills and the cask type.
• Rum made from sugar cane or molasses lends itself ideally to fruity notes. From the fresh citrus aromas of a white rum to the deep pineapple and banana notes of an aged variety - fruitiness is an essential characteristic in many rums. Again, the same factors affect fruitiness as with whisky.

Yes, Citadelle Rouge is a gin with a rather sweet flavour profile: the sweetness of this gin will be detectable right from the first sip from your glass.

While not everyone is a fan of a (very) sweet gin, they are usually among the most accessible. This Citadelle Rouge therefore constitutes a reasonably safe starting point to get acquainted for the first time with gin.

This gin from Citadelle has a normal alcohol content. Within gin alcohol levels of up to 43% are most common.

According to the data currently available to us, we cannot state with certainty that this product is vegan and this claim is not explicitly made by the brand.

Based on the information available to us, we can conclude that this Citadelle Rouge gin from Citadelle is not an organic product.

There are several places in Belgium and the Netherlands where you can gin can order, but there are some specific reasons why Drankenshop Broekmans is the best place to order these Citadelle Rouge and numerous other Citadelle gin order:

• Fair and correct prices
• Up and coming Belgian family business, led by Jan Broekmans and based in Zolder, Limburg, since the beginning
• More than 35 years of experience in our physical shop in Zolder
• More than 8500 references in stock and immediately available: ordered before 10 am, shipped the same day!
• Breakage-free shipping thanks to our own developed packaging
• No rubbish or plastic on delivery: all our packaging and padding can simply be put in the paper bin
• Free shipping from 150 euro
• Customer service readily available via e-mail to help with and answer all your questions, concerns and possible problems you might encounter
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• Drankenshop Broekmans has carried the official Becom Trustmark for years and has won several e-commerce awards in recent years for their logistics and payment processing, among other things