Stolichnaya Vanilla Vodka

Vanilla ice cream on the nose, more to taste, where it becomes fuller and has a custard cream like feel about it. A little peppery on the finish with a lingering chocolatey touch.

Fermentation starts with wheat and rye and takes about 60 hours. Once complete its distilled three times through columns to 96.4%ABV. Once diluted it's filtered through quartz, sand, activated charcoal.

Part of a never ending industry saga, since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Stolichnaya trademark has been the object of dispute between distributors (predominantly the SPI Group and Russian state-owned Sojuzplodoimport).

Stoli is intrinsically linked with Russian vodka history and even has its origins in the Moscow State Wine Warehouse No. 1 (which was opened in 1901 by the authorities to ensure higher quality vodka production). It's been made in Latvia since 1948.