Vestal Polish Vodka 70cl

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Very cherry mouthfeel without the overpowering sweetness that is characteristic of cherry liqueurs - the vodka offers brings a touch of dryness. Vestal Polish Potato Vodka: There’s a real viscosity here, an oily mouthfeel and a surprising and lovely natural sweetness, some vanilla, a bit of mint and a hint of saline on the finish.

William Borrell is the founder of Polish spirits brand Vestal Vodka, and owner of two London cocktail bars, Ladies and Gents, and Crossroads. Martini: Given the delicacy of the spirit I opted for 5ml Dolin Dry Vermouth to 60ml of the vodka with a lemon twist. Vodka can be made from either a grain spirit (such as rye or wheat) or potatoes, and some other sources such as corn or grape syrup. Vestal vodka was inspired by the ideas of terroir and vintage , we asked the question what would happen if you planted different potato varieties in different soils much like a wine producer would describe as terroir. There has been a rise in craft vodkas being produced over the past few years, with small-batch producers taking the liquid to quality and flavour levels never seen before,” he says.The UK Government has since announced 370 new sanctions against Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Disclaimer: this review is of an unsolicited samples provided by the distributor, opinions expressed regarding the product are my own.

The source of their water and potatoes ( three are used varieties in this release: Innovator, Asterix and Russet Burbank) are integral and they even offer vintage vodkas from a particular year to emphasise the terroir of that release.

All ingredients including spring water from our well are sourced when possible, potatoes have been grown on our farm or in various other fields that are no more than 30 km away. Vestal greatly value the aromas and flavours from the vodka, and this is clearly evident from the first nosing to the last sip. Just like wines, Vestal release their drinks with vintages, and with the region where the potatoes were grown listed up-front, as these factors affect the resulting spirit.

Each can be perfectly fine for their purposes, but the key is the quality of the spirit and it’s distillation. There are two ways to make potato vodka — real potato vodka, which is a dying breed, or the other, which utilizes potato chippings in a mash, or even a powdered starch that falls off the potato to make a type of potato ethanol,” says Borrell, who grew to love vodka after spending his teen and early adult summers in Poland with his father, a former Time war correspondent. For any self respecting Martini lover it would be amiss to dismiss out of hand the most popular spirit by volume used in the iconic cocktail: vodka.Vestal — a loose translation of virgin or new potatoes — sources their potatoes from the Kaszebe and Podlasie regions of northern Poland, harvests them young to retain flavor then distills them once in a column still or a hybrid pot-column still. On-trade venues are also seeing a rise in the popularity of flavoured vodka offerings, following on from the sharp increase in gin infusions launched in recent years. So I mixed a Martini and had a chat with the founder of Vestal Vodka,William Borrell who lived in Poland for several years, and is based in the United Kingdom. This is the 2009 vintage Vestal Kaszebe, produced in Poland with Vineta potatoes grown in the Kaszebe region using a single distillation.

Vintage Unfiltered: You may do a double take here, as the nose is like the purest essence of a potato — very earthy, too. Black Cherry: Utilizing black cherries from Poland, you’ll obviously get cherry on the nose but a surprising amount of marzipan on the mouth. This will be more than suitable for sipping neat or over ice, but it should also do very well in mixed drinks, we reckon. Their commitment to the production style, it’s design and flavour profile as a spirit, along with a very personalised approach to carving out a niche and building relationships at the right end of the market means that this fine spirit will find it’s place for people who appreciate spirits ofboth finesse and complexity.A densely fruity flavoured vodka here from the Vestal range, packed to the brim with black cherry decadence. Vestal has been selling by hand around the world for 9 years prior to a joint venture with Halewood international the UK largest and last family owned spirit company. The vodka market is indeed a cluttered one with some of the largest marketing budgets in the spirit world. What was the thinking behind just distilling the spirit once, so many other vodkas make a thing about multiple distillation?