Besides sheer superiority, these gins are also enhanced by the use of grape wine distilled spirit which gives a third dimension to the product against the neutral flatness of the competition. A Brocken Spectre could be a magnified shadow of an observer, typically surrounded by rainbow-like bands, thrown on to a bank of cloud in high mountain areas when the sun is low. Add a pinch of Tasmanian botanicals and you have a liquid, sombre antipodean romantism.