


It all started with Shiraz grapes found at the back of a mate’s winery in 2015. And ever since its first vintage release, this experiment that worked has been a happy shock to the senses for all who try it. From its dark purple colour to its natural grape sweetness, it’s the perfect balance of citrus, spice, sweet fruit and ginny goodness.
For our 2023 limited-edition bottle, we collaborated with Australian artist Luke Lucas to create a bottle you can treasure and re-use long after the purple gin is gone. From pre-batched cocktails to a vase, we can’t wait to see what you do with it.



Our gin distillery is in Melbourne’s Yarra Valley, beautiful cool climate wine country. We’d have to be crazy not to take advantage of it.
So back in 2015 that’s what we did. We were happily making gin out the back of our mate Rob Dolan’s winery when a tiny parcel of Shiraz came in from one of the region’s best vineyards. Rob wasn’t sure what to do with it, so we kindly ‘took it off his hands’…
Cam, our head distiller, steeped those grapes in Rare Dry Gin and the result was alcoholic alchemy… the juice turned a magical purple colour and found a sweetness straight from the ripe grapes.
Each year we take Victorian Shiraz fruit and steep the whole berries in high-proof gin for eight weeks before pressing.
The colour remains a deep, rich purple. Aromatically it shows fresh pine needles, citrus and spice, and distinct peppery, dense raspberry notes. The palate is lovely and sweet with a long juniper and spice character on the finish.
Stronger than sloe gin and more natural than (and pre-dating) pink gin, seven years on more gin drinkers at home and abroad have fallen in love with it…


