The first gin made in France inspired by the Cape Route
BARTOLOMEO
Inspired by the Cape Route, Bartolomeo® is a French gin made in the Charente-Maritime region also renowned for its cognac, whose main ingredients come from the spice trade. This unique selection offers a surprising gin: peppery at first, the palette then opens to fresh and expressive citrus aromas. Round and smooth, Bartolomeo® expresses itself perfectly in mixology.
ORI’GIN
Paris – Lisboa – Cape Town – Goa
The history of Bartolomeo® gin is inextricably linked with that of the spice trade: it was when we noticed the similarities between Lisbon and Goa, two cities separated by thousands of kilometers yet so close in their architecture and quiet effervescence, that the idea of the Indian route came to us. Opened by the explorer Bartolomeu Dias after rounding the Cape of Good Hope – near Cape Town – this maritime route reopened trade in precious commodities to the West, and today makes it possible to use spices in the Bartolomeo® recipe. In 1487, Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope for the first time. More than 500 years later, in 2018, Bartolomeo® becomes the first French premium gin inspired by the Indian route and its history.
THE VOYAGE OF GIN
The name “Bartolomeo” is a tribute to Bartolomeu Dias, the Portuguese explorer who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Ten years later, this major discovery would open the way to the Indies and the resumption of the spice trade.
Coriander, maniguette, angelica root, cardamom and ginger, the main ingredients in these exchanges, are the basis for Bartolomeo®. The addition of combava and Timut pepper to the recipe was thought out and realized with the master distiller to give Bartolomeo® juice the citrus base essential to its perfect balance.
THE BLUE BOTTLE (GIN)
The inspiration for Bartolomeo®‘s decor came from azulejos, the famous earthenware tiles that are so much a part of Portuguese architecture. Geometric and refined, these typical mosaics surround the bottle with a colorful band, while partially revealing its transparency and ocean-blue color. Its stopper, chosen in rough wood and engraved with an astrolabe, recalls the caravel and the instrument for locating by measuring the stars, both symbolic of maritime discoveries and great adventures.
