Nolet's The Reserve Gin

Nolet's The Reserve Gin is a 750mL limited-edition sipping gin bottled at 52.3% ABV (104.6 proof) by Nolet Distillery in Schiedam, Holland. Built on saffron and verbena over a classic juniper base, personally created by 10th-generation distiller Carolus Nolet Sr., each bottle is hand-numbered and presented in a gift box. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• ABV: 52.3% (104.6 proof)
• Size: 750mL
• Signature botanicals: Saffron and verbena over a classic juniper base (the full recipe is undisclosed)
• Creator: Carolus Nolet Sr., 10th-generation owner
• Release: Allocated annually; every bottle individually numbered by hand
• Distillery: Nolet Distillery, Schiedam, Holland — founded 1691

A Distiller's Personal Reserve

The Reserve is Carolus Nolet Sr.'s own creation — by his account a recipe perfected over four decades at the Schiedam distillery his family founded in 1691 and still runs today, the same house behind Nolet's Silver and Ketel One. Its signature is a pairing no other gin makes: warm, spicy saffron — the world's most expensive spice — against the cool, delicate citrus character of verbena, on a classic botanical base. The botanicals are individually macerated and distilled, then blended, and Carolus Sr. tastes and approves each batch before bottling. Production is allocated annually, and every bottle is numbered by hand. Browse the house on the Nolet's vendor page.

Tasting Notes

The brand publishes no formal tasting trio for The Reserve. Its documented profile is the saffron-and-verbena pairing itself: warm spice and golden richness from the saffron, lifted by verbena's subtle, delicate citrus, over juniper — with a long-lasting finish. At 52.3% ABV it is deliberately full-strength, made to be savoured slowly.

How to Enjoy

Nolet's positions The Reserve as a sipping gin: pour it neat, exactly as you would a fine single malt, and give it time in the glass. Chilling or a single large cube opens the saffron without diluting the proof away. More top-shelf bottles are in our gin collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Nolet's The Reserve so expensive?
It is the distiller's personal, allocated expression: saffron-led botanicals, a recipe refined over four decades, hand-numbered bottles in a presentation box, and a full 52.3% ABV bottling strength.

What botanicals are in Nolet's The Reserve?
The brand names saffron and verbena over a classic juniper base; the rest of the recipe is undisclosed. Turkish rose, peach and raspberry belong to Nolet's Silver, not The Reserve.

How should The Reserve be drunk?
Neat and slowly — the brand created it as a sipping gin, not a mixing gin.

A hand-numbered bottle of Schiedam history — order Nolet's The Reserve Gin online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA.