80 - 135 € Vodka

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  Beluga Transatlantic Racing Premium Russian Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-7127

  Four thousand kilometres east of Moscow lies a town on the Trans-Siberian railway where the winters are long and the water is drawn from far below the frost line. Spirits have been made there since 1900, and since 2002 some of it has been called Beluga.

  Expert description

  Beluga Noble is a Russian Vodka made from malt spirit at the Mariinsk Distillery in Siberia, bottled at 40%.

  The base is malt spirit rather than the more common plain grain spirits, and that is part of the explanation for the rounder mouthfeel. The spirit is blended with artesian water from deep wells in the Siberian bedrock and then run through a tall column of birch charcoal, which catches the heaviest compounds.

  Then comes the part the house hangs its name on. Small amounts of honey, oat extract and milk thistle extract are added, and the vodka is left to rest for 30 days before it goes into glass. The rest is not cask maturation but a stretch of time in which the components settle down and find one another.

  The result is a vodka deliberately softer and sweeter than the classic dry Eastern European style. It is built to be drunk ice cold and neat alongside salty, rich food — caviar is the house recommendation, and it holds up.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale honey and wet grain, with a touch of vanilla and something mineral underneath.

  Palate

  Round and almost oily. The malt gives mild sweetness, the oat lays down a creamy film, and only at the end does a dry, herbal edge arrive.

  Finish

  Soft and medium. The sweetness withdraws slowly and leaves a clean, faintly bitter herbal note.

  Specifications

  Name: Beluga Noble
  Distillery: Mariinsk Distillery
  Region/Country: Mariinsk, Siberia, Russia
  Type: Russian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Column distilled malt spirit, filtered through birch charcoal
  EAN no.: 4603928000976
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a frozen glass alongside caviar, or neat with smoked fish and pickled vegetables.

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Honeyed · Creamy · Clean

  Did you know?

  Beluga is the name of the beluga sturgeon, the largest freshwater fish in the world, which can live for more than a hundred years. It is also the fish the most sought-after caviar comes from — and therefore the fish stamped onto the label.

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  • 1pcs.
    93,75EUR
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  Belvedere Ultra Premium Vodka 175 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-7227

  Every party has a moment when the bottle moves onto the table instead of staying in the kitchen. A 175 cl bottle of frosted glass with a lit palace on the side is built for precisely that moment.

  Expert description

  Belvedere Ultra Premium is a Polish Vodka made from Dankowskie rye, distilled four times and bottled at 40% in a 175 cl bottle.

  The large format is aimed at the host. An extra litre and a half over the standard means you do not have to disappear into the kitchen for a fresh bottle halfway through a round, and every drink comes from the same bottle all evening. The weight is noticeable, but you can still hold it by the neck with one hand if you support the base.

  The liquid is the regular house expression. The rye is Dankowskie from Polish fields, the water comes from artesian wells beneath Polmos Żyrardów, and distillation runs four times: once at an agricultural distillery and three times through column stills at the plant in Żyrardów. No additives, no sugar, no glycerol.

  In company it is the rye that does the work. It gives the vodka enough body that a Moscow Mule or a Cosmopolitan does not simply taste of whatever was poured on top. When drinks are being built one after another, it helps to have a base you can still detect in glass number five.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dry grain aroma with baked bread and a little cream caramel. A cool mineral pull sits underneath.

  Palate

  Full and lightly oily. The rye arrives first as mild sweetness, then as a clear peppered warmth across the middle of the tongue.

  Finish

  Dry and spiced, with a touch of bitterness at the edge. It lets go slowly.

  Specifications

  Name: Belvedere Ultra Premium
  Distillery: Polmos Żyrardów
  Region/Country: Żyrardów, Poland
  Type: Polish Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 175 CL
  Distillation method: Four times distilled
  EAN no.: 5901041003423
  Serving suggestion: Cold in Moscow Mule mugs with ginger beer and lime, or in a large jug of Cosmopolitan.
  

  Flavour profile

  Full · Peppered · Bready · Dry

  Did you know?

  Belvedere carries the Polska Wódka designation. It is protected in the same way as Cognac and Champagne and demands that the grain is grown in Poland, that the entire production takes place in Poland, and that nothing but water is added. Only a handful of brands are allowed to use it.

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  • 1pcs.
    134,00EUR
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  Grey Goose French Ultra Premium Vodka 150 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-134

  A litre and a half changes the shape of an evening. Nobody counts glasses, and nobody has to go digging in a cupboard for a fresh bottle halfway through. The geese also get room to spread across a surface where you can actually see them.

  Expert description

  Grey Goose is a French Vodka made from soft winter wheat, bottled at 40% in a 150 cl bottle.

  The water is the half of the recipe that rarely gets told properly. It comes from a well in Gensac-la-Pallue, a small town in the Cognac region, where it rises from an aquifer beneath the building itself. On the way up through the limestone it is filtered naturally, and it is collected fresh at the source without further treatment.

  That water is precisely why blending and bottling happen in Cognac rather than in Picardie, where the wheat grows. The spirit is brought to Gensac and taken down to strength with the spring water, and only then does it go into glass. The whole chain stays inside French borders.

  At this size it becomes a different sort of bottle to handle. Full, it wants two hands, and in return it stretches across a whole evening of drinks built for the table rather than for single glasses. The soft wheat character takes citrus, bubbles and elderflower without disappearing.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Soft grain and pale marzipan, with a floral note and a breath of freshly peeled lemon over the top.

  Palate

  Round and full. The wheat settles as mild sweetness mid tongue, followed by a discreet nutty note and a stroke of pepper.

  Finish

  Soft and medium. It dries out slowly and leaves a cool, mineral impression behind.

  Specifications

  Name: Grey Goose
  Producer: Grey Goose
  Region/Country: Picardie and Cognac, France
  Type: French Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 150 CL
  Distillation method: Single distilled in a continuous column
  Serving suggestion: In a Le Grand Fizz with elderflower liqueur, lime and sparkling water, served in large wine glasses for the whole table.
  

  Flavour profile

  Round · Soft · Nutty · Cool

  Did you know?

  The man who put the recipe together was François Thibault, a maître de chai from Cognac. He had worked with brandy all his life and had never made vodka, and he approached the job like a cellar master: choose the raw material, touch it as little as possible and let the water decide the rest.

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  • 1pcs.
    120,00EUR