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I love the creamy vanilla character here, which is balanced by freshly sliced lemon, finishing crisp with fresh grassy notes and green chilli spice. This vintage vodka is made from the potato crop of just one year and it’s distilled only once to retain its character. This creamy small-batch vodka is made from Jersey Royals – a type of small, thin-skinned, earthy and sweet potato that’s unique to the island of Jersey, located in the Channel Islands between the UK and France.

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Full and rounded, with a creamy vanilla note that plays against peppery spice and fresh citrus, Reyka delivers a classic Vodka Martini. Reyka is made in small batches, from a base of wheat and barley, and filtered through lava rock. In fact, ‘reyka’ is an old Icelandic word for ‘steam’.

It was the world’s first eco-friendly vodka, made with glacial spring water and distilled using sustainable geothermal energy. Hailing from Iceland, Reyka was launched in 2005. Rich and rounded, with good balance between spice notes and sweetness, it makes a very well-balanced Vodka Martini. Named after the wild Polish horses that are depicted on the label, Konik’s Tail is made from a blend of three grains – golden rye, early winter wheat and spelt – and is filtered through silver birch charcoal. One of the smoothest and cleanest vodkas, it has a crisp citrus flavour with notes of honey and a long and lively finish that works well in a Vodka Martini. Made by 10th generation distillers – with over 300 years of expertise – this Dutch vodka is distilled in small batches and made from 100% GMO-free European wheat. Double distilled with bamboo charcoal filtration, the palate is pure, soft and rounded, with an edge of sweetness on the soft lingering finish that marries well with the dry vermouth in a Vodka Martini. Produced by Suntory, which is better known for its whiskeys, this Japanese vodka is made from Japanese white rice (the word ‘haku’ means ‘white’ in Japanese). It’s a versatile, super-creamy wheat vodka that works well in a whole range of cocktails, including a Vodka Martini. From the Cognac region in France, Grey Goose was created by François Thibault, son of a wine-grower and a master Cognac blender.

Grassy notes are balanced by fruitiness, vanilla and peppery spice from the rye. The blend of grains creates a creamy, silky texture and plenty of flavour. This distinctive Ukrainian vodka is made from a mix of rye, wheat and barley. Though it’s not the cleanest tasting vodka out there, Skyy is noticeably better than our bottom-shelf subject.

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