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  Beluga Transatlantic Racing Premium Russian Vodka 70 cl 40%

  Item no.: 22227865479-7127

  A race across the Atlantic rewards patience as much as speed. Beluga Transatlantic Racing is drawn for that world. Navy-blue glass, a golden anchor, and inside it a vodka that was left completely still for 45 days before it ever reached a bottle.

  The expert's description

  Beluga Transatlantic Racing Premium Russian Vodka is a Russian Vodka made from malt spirit at the Mariinsk Distillery in Siberia, filtered through natural cotton and quartz sand and bottled at 40%.

  Mariinsk lies in the Kemerovo region deep inside Siberia, where the winters run long and the water is drawn from artesian wells far below the frost line. Spirits have been distilled on the site since 1900, but the Beluga name only arrived in 2002. The water accounts for much of the house style: soft and mineral, and in no need of harsh treatment before it can be used.

  The base is malt spirit rather than the neutral grain spirit most vodkas are built on. Malt yields a distillate with more body and a distinct cereal sweetness that is hard to reach by any other route. Filtration then happens in two stages, first through natural cotton, which catches the heaviest compounds, and afterwards through quartz sand, which polishes what is left without carrying the character away with it.

  Finally the vodka rests for 45 days. That is a long time to leave a spirit standing, and it is not cask maturation but a stretch in which the components are given room to settle. The bottling is the house's tribute to ocean racing, and the bottle says so: navy-blue glass with marine motifs and a golden anchor at the neck.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale grain and a trace of vanilla, with something cool and mineral underneath. A light berry note sits at the edge, close to strawberry, and the alcohol takes up remarkably little room.

  Palate

  Soft and creamy from the first sip. Oat and mild cereal sweetness settle across the tongue like a film, then fresh citrus and a suggestion of liquorice arrive, and underneath it all sits something dry and graphite-like alongside almond.

  Finish

  Medium and clean. The citrus holds on, white pepper gives one small jab at the end, and the creaminess stays around longer than expected.

  Specifications

  Name: Beluga Transatlantic Racing Premium Russian Vodka 70 cl 40%
  Distillery: Mariinsk Distillery
  Region/Country: Kemerovo, Siberia, Russia
  Type: Russian Vodka
  ABV: 40%
  Size: 70 CL
  Distillation method: Malt spirit filtered through natural cotton and quartz sand, then rested for 45 days
  Edition: Transatlantic Racing
  Serving suggestion: Ice cold and neat in a frozen glass with smoked fish, or stirred into a Vodka Martini with lemon zest
  

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Creamy · Cereal · Citrus · Mineral

  Did you know?

  The Mariinsk Distillery is far older than the brand that made the place famous. Spirits have been produced at the plant since 1900, while the Beluga name first appeared in 2002. The distillery had therefore been running for over a century before it gained the name people know it by today.

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  • 93,75
    1pcs.
    81,50EUR
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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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  • 134,00
    1pcs.
    116,50EUR
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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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  • 120,00
    1pcs.
    104,50EUR