Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

There once was a time when you didn't have to specify what spirit you wanted in your martini. It was gin, and only gin. For some of us, it still is, and on Bouchon's cocktail menu, the gin of choice is Oxley, a cold-distilled, small-batch gin (only 240 bottles are produced per day) that balances out the spirit's usually heavy pine accents with 14 different botanicals. Paired with Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambery and Angostura orange bitters, it may just prove the death knell for that other martini spirit.

Beverly Poppe

There once was a time when you didn't have to specify what spirit you wanted in your martini. It was gin, and only gin. For some of us, it still is, and on Bouchon's cocktail menu, the gin of choice is Oxley, a cold-distilled, small-batch gin (only 240 bottles are produced per day) that balances out the spirit's usually heavy pine accents with 14 different botanicals. Paired with Dolin Dry Vermouth de Chambery and Angostura orange bitters, it may just prove the death knell for that other martini spirit.