The World’s Best Vodka — According to the 2023 Tasting Alliance World Championship

Last month, we detailed the new World Championship launched by the Tasting Alliance. You can read the full text here. In short, it’s the Olympics of sake tasting. The top-rated sakes in his three of the industry’s most popular contests all compete against each other to determine the best of the year’s best in a particular category. His 2023 winners for Bourbon, Tequila and Scotch have already been announced.

It’s vodka time today (drumroll please…):

Ramsbury Vodka is the 2023 World Champion. Our award-winning products are blended and bottled on an idyllic English farm in the quiet countryside of Marlborough, about an hour’s drive south of Oxford. Distilled exclusively from wheat grown on extensive grounds, it exists as one of his only single estate vodkas in the UK. In fact, you can precisely trace the lineage of each bottle. field of origin.

But that’s not all there is to this vodka. It also has an alcohol content of 43%, slightly higher than the traditional 40% (or 80 proof mark) of its modern competitors. Certainly, this adds a punchy edge to the liquid. It also allows you to more clearly express the aromas of citrus peel and anise that give alcohol a mellow taste. You’re tasting the provenance in vodka form.

Its competitive advantage lies in its underlying wheat roots and its pristine water source, an ancient aquifer from the valley adjacent to Ramsbury. And despite these unexpected observations about vodka flavor, it may be the mouthfeel that really captivated the Tasting Alliance’s prestigious panel of judges.

This is a creamy product that won’t fade. Its distinct viscosity is enhanced when served chilled over ice and with a lemon twist. In martini format, you want the flavor to be as dry as possible. The need for vermouth-based conditioning is essentially non-existent.

A graceful soul fit for a king. And that’s exactly what we mean. King Charles toured Ramsbury in 2017 when he was still Prince of Wales. In other words, they were already planning on doing so long before they claimed their crown at the newly established Booze Olympics.

You can also observe the surgery yourself. The estate has a brewery and also produces some premium gins. The fully immersive experience will be available on the last Friday of each month from April to September. Of course, if you want to record the experience in liquid form, you hardly need a passport. Ramsbury Single Estate Vodka is currently on American shelves for around $60 per bottle.