Shining Cliff Spiced Gin: Marjoram, Cardamom, and Cassia from the Derbyshire Wire Works Distillery

Item: Shining Cliff Spiced Gin: Marjoram, Cardamom, and Cassia from the Derbyshire Wire Works Distillery
Rating: 7
Author: Amelie Farnham

Amelie Farnham April 3, 2026 4 views

7 /10

EDITOR

Distillery: White Peak Distillery
ABV: 40% ABV
Price: £30

Tasting Notes

Nose

Warm earthy spice — marjoram's herbal warmth, cardamom sweetness, cassia depth, inviting

Palate

Smooth and distinctive — well-balanced spiced earth, marjoram providing herbal warmth, cardamom adding subtle sweetness, cassia contributing warmth, meadowsweet adding floral depth

Finish

Subtle cardamom — earthy warmth, smooth and warming, the Peak District's spiced expression

First Impressions

Shining Cliff Spiced from White Peak Distillery — eleven botanicals with marjoram, cardamom, cassia, meadowsweet, and orris root from the Derbyshire Wire Works in Ambergate.

Tasting

Eleven spiced botanicals. Warm earthy nose. Spiced smooth palate with marjoram and cardamom. Cardamom finish.

The Bottom Line

Shining Cliff Spiced earns a 7 — the marjoram is an unusual gin botanical that works well here. At £30, affordable Peak District spiced gin.

Where to Buy

Master of Malt
£30.00

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Amelie Farnham

Gin & Botanicals Editor

Amelie came to gin via botany — she studied plant sciences at Edinburgh before realising her real interest lay in what happened to botanicals after they reached the still. She has visited over a hundr...