3 | Spirits | Russia

"Clear. Neutral wet stone and cream aromas. A buoyant entry leads to a round, dryish medium-to-full body of smooth cream, wheat dough, and delicate spice flavors. Finishes with a warming, peppery and sweet cream fade. A nice Russian vodka with a smooth classy edge."

"Clear. Neutral wet stone and cream aromas. A buoyant entry leads to a round, dryish medium-to-full body of smooth cream, wheat dough, and delicate spice flavors. Finishes with a warming, peppery and sweet cream fade. A nice Russian vodka with a smooth classy edge."

"Subtle vanilla baby oil aromas follow through to a soft, silky oily, and dry light-to medium body with cream and mineral accents and a rounded oily fade. Very subtle pure vanilla flavor with a great texture."

"Pure stemmy herbal crushed raspberry, cream, and mineral aromas follow through to very smooth and silky, dryish medium body with nice mineral, white chocolate, and peppery spice accents. A fine, pure raspberry treat."

"Pure stemmy herbal crushed raspberry, cream, and mineral aromas follow through to very smooth and silky, dryish medium body with nice mineral, white chocolate, and peppery spice accents. A fine, pure raspberry treat."

"Very neutral aromas of river rocks, faint anise, and custard. A silky, effortless entry leads to a glycerous, dryish medium-to-full body of sweet cream, powdered sugar, talc, and tarragon, and honeyed lemon verbena flavors. Finishes with long, smooth wet stone and lemon custard-like fade. Superb texture, smoothness, and clean pure flavors."

"Not much happens in the initial minutes of nosing; more air contact helps in releasing supplementary aromas of black pepper and cardamom. Palate entry taste shows minor league cereal grain spice (rye) and a welcome flash of spirity warmth; at midpalate, this vodka displays some grip and character in the forms of oily texture and the piquant, spicy graininess. Aftertaste hangs its hat on the spicy, rye-grain flavor that dominates at the tail end." 85-89 pts.