Darnley's Spiced Gin

A new addition to our range of Gin, Darnley's Spiced Gin.

Darnley’s View is made in the time honoured way by distilling the botanicals with a four times distilled neutral grain spirit in a pot still. We use the London Dry method so no flavours are added after distillation- only purified water to reduce our gin to its bottling strength.

Why London and not Scotland given our Scottish heritage? Simple. Because we want to create a completely authentic gin in gin’s historic home; one which would appeal to those who appreciate the history and provenance of this iconic white spirit.

Darnley's View is made with a selction of ten berries, seeds, peels and roots collectively known as botanicals. The prinicpal botanicals in the recipe are juniper, cinnamon and nutmeg. Bottled at 42.7% as it is the point where the combination of warming spices makes Darnley's gin taste its best.

Botanicals...
Juniper - In our gin the distinctive pine, lavender camphor-like flavour of the juniper berry is the keynote around which all the other botanicals are built. We select the most aromatic, oil rich berries which grow in Southern Europe.
Nutmeg - Indonesian nutmeg is a sweet and delicate seed which adds a hint of mystical eastern spice.
Ginger - Ancient ginger root from China delivers ginger and slight citrus freshness.
Cumin - The dried seeds from the delicate cumin flower originating from the Eastern Mediterranean and India are rich in essential oils giving a distinct warmth and earthiness.
Coriander - Seed Coriander seed from Morocco contributes warm, gingery, sage like flavours and a soft spiciness.
Cinnamon - Cinnamon from the inner bark of trees native to Sri Lanka and South East Asia brings a peppery influence.
Cassia - The thick cassia bark from Indonesia brings an almost spiced chocolate note.
Grains of Paradise - Native to West Africa and known as the African pepper, grains of paradise has an intriguing peppery flavour. Cloves The aromatic dried cloves flower buds from exotic Madagascar and Zanzibar bring balance with rich floral and herbal spices.
Angelica Root - The woody notes of dried angelica root from France helps to make our gin dry.