Stoli Raspberry Vodka (75cl, 35%)

Stoli Raspberry Vodka is a naturally flavoured raspberry vodka from Latvia, bottled at 35% ABV. It is produced at the Latvijas Balzams distillery, originally built by order of the Tsar in 1900. The base spirit is made from wheat and rye, fermented for about 60 hours, distilled four times to 96.4% ABV, then filtered through charcoal and quartz sand and cut with artesian well water. It uses only natural flavours and earned a Gold Medal at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The nose has raspberry jam, boiled sweets and berry-fruit infusion. The palate has raspberry ripple creaminess, sweet spice, citrus and rye grain. The finish trails with cracked pepper, wild raspberry cane and slight bitterness.