Defiance Premium Gin: Foraged Spruce Tips and Myrrh From Lancashire
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Defiance Premium Gin is a London Dry gin made by Defiance Distillery in England. ABV: 42% ABV. Key botanicals include juniper, coriander, angelica, orris root, cinnamon. Our expert rating is 7/10.
Tasting Notes
Nose
Earthy resinous base with clear juniper and cardamom — fresh citrus peel, pine-like spruce tips with anise sweetness from sweet cicely
Palate
Citrus brightness and juniper moving into woodland spruce and myrrh — measured cinnamon-nutmeg warmth, smooth medium body, restrained liquorice-anise from sweet cicely
Finish
Dry and moderately long — earthy backbone yielding to citrus with a final echo of anise
Expert Review
7/10Fourteen botanicals foraged from Speyside to Yorkshire — Douglas fir, myrrh gum, tangerine root and sweet cicely alongside classic gin ingredients. Woodland pine with measured warmth and dry anise finish.
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