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Plymouth Gin
Plymouth Gin was listed as an EU geographical indication in 2008 but lost that status in 2016, after no technical file was submitted. The name is now a registered trade mark.
Contested
Claims that the distillery building was a friary are local tradition; the official listing finds no evidence.
From geographical indication to trade mark
Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 listed Plymouth Gin among the geographical indications for juniper-flavoured spirit drinks. Member States then had until 20 February 2015 to submit a technical file for every established GI; the Commission received none for 87 of 330, and Regulation (EU) 2016/1067 removed them. Plymouth Gin is absent from the replacement list. Difford's Guide reports that the brand owner, Pernod Ricard, said in November 2014: "We have decided to withdraw our support of the Protected Geographic Indication for Plymouth Gin." The name remains a registered trade mark.
How it connects
Region
- produced-in Plymouth
Maker
- produced-by Black Friars distillery (Plymouth)
Style
- style-of Gin (legal category)
History
- regulates EU spirit drinks regulation (2008)
Continue exploring
- CountryUnited Kingdom97 entries in the atlas so far
- HistoryEU spirit drinks regulation (2008)15 January 2008
- MakerBlack Friars distillery (Plymouth)converted to a gin distillery from 1793
- RegionPlymouthThe Barbican, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- StyleGin (legal category)Legal category
IngredientJuniperJuniperus communis L. (EU law also allows J. oxycedrus for juniper-flavoured spirit drinks and genever)- StyleGeneverProtected name
- HistoryEU spirit drinks regulation (2019)17 April 2019 (applies from 25 May 2021)
- MethodCompoundingFlavouring
- StyleDistilled ginLegal category