The Most Expensive Gins of 2025

When thinking of expensive spirits, the mind naturally wanders to the world of whisky and its various ludicrous prices. From half a million bottles of Yamazaki to rare bottlings of Macallan, whisky prices regularly run into the hundreds of thousands, elevating an enjoyable dram to an untouchable asset.

However, this kind of elevation has for years been generally restricted to the rarefied world of malts, and it’s only been in recent times that other spirits are getting in on the act. Take Tequila, for example; there are now several brands like Clase Azul whose aged expressions regularly run into the thousands. The same now applies to rum with the likes of Dictador and Caroni.

Gin however, despite its global popularity, is still a white spirit and chained – like the genie to its lamp – by all that entails. White spirits are – in comparison to brown spirits – cheaper to make and offer high turnaround which, inevitably, lowers their value in relation to dark spirits which often require years of careful aging in various expensive casks.

Despite all this gin is starting to come to the party, albeit very slowly and with fewer gunslingers then its dark spirit brethren.

Before we go into detail as to who these gunslingers are, it’s worth mentioning how we compose these lists. All our prices are listed in American dollars and each one represents the global average retail price or GARP.

Now that’s out of the way, which botanic wonder reigns supreme for this year’s most expensive gin?

Well it’s the same one that’s been dominating the lists for the last three years, first making its debut in 2022’s.

The Watenshi by the Cambridge Distillery. The Cambridge Distillery was first established by Master William Lowe MW and his equally drinks-mad wife, Lucy. The distillery aims to highlight as much as possible each and every botanical that goes into their gin.

To achieve this, they use a low-pressure process of novo-dimensional vacuum distillation which – according to Lowe – allows various parameters such as temperature and pressure to be tailored to each unique botanical, and therefore preserving as much of their unique essence as possible.

The Watenshi – or Japanese Angel – is naturally the pinnacle of this method. Named after its – what some would say impossible – capture of the elusive angel’s share, the Watenshi is distilled at a temperature equivalent to the coldest day ever recorded at the South Pole and at a pressure apparently less than half of that found at the top of Mount Everest. The result, it can be assumed, is the peak of clear, crystalline flavors derived from yuzu, sansho and juniper largely unrivalled in the world of gin.

However, it comes with a price tag that also remains unrivalled in the world of gin. Currently the spirit comes in at $3847, a steady increase from last year’s $3495. It’s also unicorn-rare, with only three offers currently listed worldwide.

A distant second is the Globe Trotter x No. 3 London dry gin unrivalled Martini case – and it’s debatable whether it should even be on this list as it includes glassware and other paraphernalia which could – if judging on bottles alone – be classed as cheating. However, in this case, we will relax the rules and include an eleventh gin to make up for it, so no one gets left out.

The Globe Trotter also featured in the exact same spot in last year’s list. The No 3 London dry gin itself prides itself on the harmonious balance between juniper, citrus and spice. Produced by none other than Berry Brothers and Rudd, it was first made in partnership with Dr David Clutton – who happens to have a Ph.D. in gin production – and has won multiple awards since its inception.

While a plain old bottle of it will only set you back $47, it’s Globe Trotter form will currently cost the keen consumer a cool $2214, an up from last year’s $2189.

Third is Nolet’s The Reserve dry gin which sees a dramatic drop in pricing (albeit to still lofty figures) which continues through the rest of the list. Nolet’s gin reflects a family passion for distillation that spans the generations.

Although their standard gin focuses on rose, peach and raspberry, their Reserve is a heady mix of verbena, crocus and the famously expensive saffron, hence – it can be assumed – the equally heady price of $718. Last year it wasn’t much cheaper at $708.

Four is the Porfidio The Juniper Tree Kutani Edition Agave gin. Made by Mexican distillery Porfidio, the gin uses the Agave plant more commonly associated with Tequila. Its pretty decorated bottle is also reminiscent of the Mexican spirit, and with only four offers currently listed, this rare gin comes in at $500, a whole dollar more than last year’s $499.

Five is the Adler KPM Edition Berlin dry gin now produced – as of 2022 – by the Michelberger X Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur or MXPSM. Adler – which translates to eagle – embraces cardamom, ginger and lemon as its key botanicals. It also comes in at $452, marginally up from last year’s $429.

Number six is The Kyoto Distillery Ki No Bi – Ki Noh Bi cask aged gin. Founded in 2014 by whisky importers Noriko Kakuda Croll, David Croll and Marcin Miler, the distillery is Japan’s first to be solely dedicated to gin.

Its beautiful bottlings use various botanicals from akamatsu to sansho pepper, and have gone on to enjoy great success. Their rare cask-aged expression currently sits at $347 however – in a rare first for this list – it’s fallen from last year’s $414.

Number seven is another by Porfido, their Juniper Tree Agave gin which comes in at $519, a significant jump from last year’s $315.

Eight is the Thames Distillers Fifty Pounds Cask at the Back Aged gin. Fifty Pounds gin honors London’s rich history with the spirit. The name itself pays homage to the 1736 Gin Act which decreed an annual licence fee of fifty pounds on both gin producers and sellers.

Their Cask at the Back has a small production of only 500 bottles, and it harks back to the days when gin was ferried around in oak barrels, some of which had previously housed Sherry.

Often certain barrels at the back of the warehouse were left longer than usual, simply because they were harder to access, and the resulting gin was subsequently richer and more amber. Fifty Pounds Cask at the Back is currently available for $299, up a few dollars from last year’s $297.

Number nine is another Cambridge Distillery, this time their Anty gin which is made using wild botanicals like wood avens, nettle and alexanders seeds, and comes in at $340, marginally up from last year’s $301.

Ten is the Silent Pool Black Juniper gin from Surrey. Founded by a group of friends in 2013 on the magnificent Duke of Northumberland’s Albury Estate, their Black Juniper gin is a beautifully packaged rare one-off that currently comes in at $320.

Finally, for our bonus number eleven, we see a return to the Cambridge Distillery and their Darwin Collection Americas Herbarium which pays tribute to Darwin’s voyage through the Americas, using various botanicals native to the region. It’s also one of the distillery’s more affordable offerings at $290.

So there, we have it. This year’s most expensive gin which even at their most extra don’t come anywhere near malt whisky or even rum. However – as the majority of this list proves – gin is largely on the up, particularly those elusive one-off bottlings, and it may not be long where this historically cheap-to-produce spirit offers a new unexplored horizon for investment.

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