In Kaunas stands a red brick factory that has been making grain spirit since 1906. It has survived two world wars, a Soviet era and a rebirth as free Lithuanian craft. This bottle was the first organic vodka the house released — and the first from Lithuania at all.
Expert description
Stumbras Premium Organic Vodka is a Lithuanian Organic Vodka made from organic wheat and deep subsurface water, bottled at 40%.
The grain comes exclusively from EU certified organic fields, kept apart from the surrounding conventional land so that no mixing happens along the way. The water is drawn from deep down, where it has been shielded from surface contamination for thousands of years. Those two things are what an organic certification stands or falls on, and both are controllable.
The filtration is the technical signature. The spirit passes first through sand, then through activated charcoal, and finally through a linen filter — a method that was new to Lithuania when the bottle launched. The linen catches the last particles mechanically rather than binding aroma compounds chemically the way charcoal does, and that is why the grain character is still there afterwards.
You can taste it. The vodka is unusually mild, almost gentle, with a clear sweetness in the middle that is not added but comes from the wheat. There are no sharp edges and no spirit bite, and it belongs among the vodkas that best withstand being drunk neat at the table.
Tasting notes
Nose
Clean and gentle with a soft grain note. Behind it sits a suggestion of white bread and a stroke of fresh grass.
Palate
Very mild with a clear, natural sweetness in the middle. The texture is smooth and lightly syrupy, without any sharpness.
Finish
Short and clean with a soft trail of sweetness. No warmth arrives at the end.
Specifications
Name: Stumbras Premium Organic Vodka
Distillery: Stumbras
Region/Country: Kaunas, Lithuania
Type: Lithuanian Organic Vodka
ABV: 40%
Size: 70 CL
Distillation method: Distilled from organic wheat, filtered through sand, activated charcoal and linen
EAN no.: 4770033228585
Serving suggestion: Chilled to 5-10 degrees in a small glass with herring and rye bread.
Flavour profile
Mild · Soft · Lightly sweet · Clean
Did you know?
Stumbras means wisent in Lithuanian, that is the European bison. The animal is the largest land mammal in Europe, vanished from the Lithuanian forests and was reintroduced during the last century. The name was hardly picked at random for a spirit meant to signal strength and Lithuanian nature.
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