Rye is the grain of Poland. It grows where wheat gives up, it bakes into bread that keeps for a week, and in distilled form it is the backbone of the country's vodka tradition. WÓDKA sticks to a single rye variety and lets it decide everything.
Expert description
WÓDKA Vodka is a Polish Vodka distilled solely from the Dankowskie Golden rye variety, five times column distilled and bottled at 40%.
The rye comes from a single estate and is distilled just outside Kalisz in central Poland. Dankowskie is the variety Polish producers themselves point to when genuine rye vodka comes up, and it is grown for exactly this purpose. After five passes through the column, the spirit is filtered twice through charcoal burned from Polish birch.
Five distillations sound like a road towards the neutral, but the aim here is different: to clean without removing. The rye character still stands clearly in the glass, and that is precisely what the judges rewarded when the vodka took Double Gold and was named Overall Best Vodka at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2017.
Tasting notes
Nose
Vanilla and freshly baked rye bread, with a clear scatter of black pepper on top.
Palate
Full and broad. The rye carries all the way with a bready sweetness, while pepper cuts a dry line through the middle.
Finish
Long and fine. Almond and rye bread linger, and white pepper arrives on its own at the close.
Specifications
Name: WÓDKA Vodka
Producer: WÓDKA
Region/Country: Kalisz, Poland
Type: Polish Vodka
ABV: 40%
Size: 70 CL
Distillation method: Five times column distilled, filtered through birch charcoal
Serving suggestion: Ice cold in a small glass with herring or smoked fish, or in a Bloody Mary where the rye has something to say.
Flavour profile
Rye spiced · Bready · Peppery · Full
Did you know?
The word wódka is a diminutive of woda, the Polish word for water. Translated directly it means little water — a modest title for something that has been the subject of state monopolies and court cases over which country invented it.
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