Shining Cliff Dry Gin: Thirteen Botanicals Foraged from Derbyshire's Shining Cliff Woods — Silver at San Francisco

Item: Shining Cliff Dry Gin: Thirteen Botanicals Foraged from Derbyshire's Shining Cliff Woods — Silver at San Francisco
Rating: 7
Author: Ash Carrington

Ash Carrington December 2, 2025 1 views

7 /10

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Distillery: White Peak Distillery
Type: Contemporary
ABV: 45% ABV
Price: £38.50
Botanicals: juniper, rosehip, bilberry, mayflower, coriander, angelica, citrus peel

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Floral — the woodland botanicals creating a hedgerow aromatic, mayflower adding delicate sweetness, clean and green

Palate

Savoury woodland flavours — bilberry adding dark fruit depth, rosehip providing tartness, mayflower florals, the sweetness balanced by dry piney juniper and zesty citrus, vapour distillation preserving delicate aromatics at 45%

Finish

Juniper and woodland — the foraged botanicals persisting, floral and savoury in balance, the Shining Cliff Woods captured

First Impressions

Shining Cliff is made by White Peak Distillery at the Derwent Wire Works in Ambergate, Derbyshire — established 2016. Named for Shining Cliff Woods at the Peak District's edge, many of the thirteen botanicals are foraged from these woods: rosehip, bilberry, and local mayflower. Vapour-distilled at 45%. Silver at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Tasting

Thirteen botanicals, many woodland-foraged. Floral nose with hedgerow aromatics. Savoury woodland palate with bilberry, rosehip, and mayflower balanced by juniper and citrus. Juniper and woodland finish.

The Bottom Line

Shining Cliff earns a 7 — the woodland-foraged botanicals create genuine Peak District terroir. Silver at San Francisco confirms the quality. At £39, Derbyshire woodland gin from a wire works distillery.