The Last Spring

Ingredients

• 22 ml Juliet Gin
• 22 ml Green Chartreuse
• 22 ml Luxardo maraschino liqueur
• 22 ml fresh lemon juice

Method

Shake. Serve in a Coupe. Garnish with Brandied cherry.

Fresh lemon juice: in place of traditional lime.

The story

The Last Word is one of the most perfect cocktails ever formulated: equal parts gin, green Chartreuse, maraschino, and lime juice. Created at the Detroit Athletic Club around 1916, it disappeared for decades before David Wondrich's research and bartender Murray Stenson's revival in Seattle brought it back to the centre of the cocktail conversation. Equal-parts drinks demand a gin with enough character to hold its own in a four-way fight. Juliet Gin's lemon and cherry profile aligns naturally with the maraschino's cherry-almond sweetness, while the Chartreuse provides that unmistakeable herbal wallop. Spring makes the case for swapping lime for lemon — a subtle adjustment that softens the whole thing and opens the seasonal angle.

Tasting note

Chartreuse-green with gold highlights. The nose is herbal, complex, and faintly floral. The palate is everything at once — sweet, sour, bitter, and boozy — but in perfect conversation. Juliet Gin's cherry note emerges in the finish and insists on being recognised.