Taste a piece of history!
To offer a unique opportunity to taste a piece of history, Isle of Wight Distillery have partnered with the National Museum of the Royal Navy to recreate the style of gin imbibed by Naval officers during the 1800s.
Royal Navy gin was stored on board ships in oak barrels that had been used for wine. As with whisky, much of the colour, flavour and character is carried over from the oak itself, so Isle of Wight Distillery commissioned four oak barrels to be re-made from wine casks by Alastair Sims, England’s only Master Cooper. Each barrel contains an oak stave from HMS Victory, extracted as part of her ongoing restoration, imparting this famous ship’s true character in the gin.
The barrels were filled in May 2016 with HMS Victory Navy Strength Gin. There have been four limited edition releases; the first release was in October 2016, the second in May 2017. The third was released two years later, in May 2019, with the final batch aged for five years, and released May 2021. Each release is limited to 251 bottles, as 2016 saw the 251st anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory. Ours is from the first release, and each bottle is individually numbered and presented in a locally made box with a leather handle and engraved coaster. 70cl, 57% abv.
Also included is a miniature 5cl bottle, so that you can taste the gin immediately without opening the main bottle - allowing you to save it for a special occasion perhaps.
We offer three UK delivery options:
Standard UK Delivery: £4.99. On this service, goods will usually arrive within 14 days of your order reaching us, and often in less than 10. (Please remember that if you posted your order it may have taken up to five days to get here).
3-Day Delivery: £6.99. This is a three-working-day (not Saturday, Sunday, or Bank Holidays) service for UK mainland and Ulster addresses, provided that you order before 1pm. Orders received after 1pm will be processed on the next working day, so take one day longer to arrive. If you require an item to be personalised, your order will be delayed by one working day.
Express Delivery: £9.99. This is a next-working-day (not Saturday, Sunday, or Bank Holidays) service for UK mainland and Ulster addresses, provided that you order before 1pm. Orders received after 1pm will be processed on the next working day, so take one day longer to arrive. Service to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Wight and other UK Islands takes two days. If you require an item to be personalised, your order will take an additional working day. Your package will arrive between 9am and 6pm (may be up to 8pm), and must be signed for on receipt, so please give an address where there will be somebody available to take delivery (perhaps a neighbour/friend, or your workplace if your employer permits this).
Delivery Information (Overseas)
We are currently unable to deliver to EU addresses due to the high and unpredictable costs, customs charges, and courier handling fees. Our other overseas delivery charges (standard service only) are:
Channel Islands (7-10 Days), £20
Rest of World. From about £50, depending on what you order. Please phone on +44 1932 235550 or e-mail us on mailorder@nauticalia.com for a quote. Outside Europe, most orders arrive within 21 days.
VAT (sales tax) will be deducted from the listed price of your goods where applicable for customers outside the UK, including those from the Channel Islands.
