Full Review

Tovaritch

Tovaritch
Vodka

Category: Unflavored Vodka

Date Tasted:
Country: Latvia
Alcohol: 40%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$15
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Tovaritch
Vodka

Category: Unflavored Vodka

Date Tasted:
Country: Latvia
Alcohol: 40%
Clear color. Aromas and flavors of spun sugar, vanilla salt water taffy, cracked pepper, and lemon cream with a round, vibrant, dry medium body and an amusing, swift finish with notes of spun sugar and vanilla taffy, anise, marzipan, and lemon cream. Soft, clean, and rounded with a touch of vanilla sweetness in harmony with a light citrus lift.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: spun sugar, vanilla salt water taffy, cracked pepper, and lemon cream
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of spun sugar and vanilla taffy, anise, marzipan, and lemon cream
Smoothness Smoothness: Soft
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with drops of water
Cocktail Cocktails: Bloody Mary, Moscow Mule, Vodka Martini
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Soft, clean, and rounded with a touch of vanilla sweetness in harmony with a light citrus lift.

The Producer

Tovaritch Spirits International SA

The Producer
Place du Grand Mezel 2
Genève, CH-1204
Switzerland
41 -22 3105645

Their Portfolio

88 Tovaritch Vodka 37.5% (Latvia) $16.00.
89 Tovaritch Vodka 40% (Latvia) $18.00.
88 Tovaritch Vodka 40% (Latvia) $15.00.

Unflavored Vodka

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Serve in a Shot Glass
Unflavored vodka is defined in the US as a "neutral" spirit devoid of color, aroma, and taste, however, the finest unflavored vodkas are served neat and do have a subtle taste, sometimes of the base grain or ingredient, citrus or even anise. But most vodkas are used for cocktails, often mixed with fruit juice (cranberry juice for Cosmopolitans or orange juice for Screwdrivers.), tonic, or soda for the ubiquitous bar-hopper favorite Vodka & Soda. To which craft bartenders these days like to say, "vodka pays the bills."

Unflavored vodka is made by fermenting and then distilling the simple sugars from a mash of pale grain or vegetal matter. Vodka is produced from grain, potatoes, molasses, beets, and a variety of other plants. Rye and wheat are the classic grains for Vodka, with most of the best Russian Vodkas being made from wheat while in Poland they are mostly made from a rye mash. Swedish and Baltic distillers are partial to wheat mashes. Potatoes are looked down on by Russian distillers, but are held in high esteem by some of their Polish counterparts. Molasses, a sticky, sweet residue from sugar production, is widely used for inexpensive, mass-produced brands of Vodka. American distillers use the full range of base ingredients, but most are made from the abundant supply of corn from the US heartland.