About this SPIRIT
Karlsson's, Spirits of Gold,
Karlsson’s Vodka is the story of a few families from a small part of Sweden who joined together to create a unique Vodka out of a rare and expensive delicacy. In 2001 the potato farmers of Bjarehalvon were in jeopardy of losing their family farms to golf clubs and resorts. The farmers recognised the superior quality of their crop but didn’t have a system in place to efficiently to be able to sell them.
After developing a successful co-operative to sell their unique crop, “Farmer’s Gold”, they took their initiative a step further to start making Vodka. Borje Karlsson, the Master Blender from Absolut Vodka took up the challenge and after a few years of trials he finally came up with something to which he was willing to add his name. Karlsson’s Vodka is a single-distilled and unfiltered expression of the delicate raw ingredients from which it is made.
This is the world’s only Vodka made from virgin new potatoes. Each varietal is distilled only once through a continuous, column still lined with copper. They are then blended without charcoal filtration which would otherwise remove valuable flavour elements. The resulting Vodka is full bodied and rich with a distinctive viscosity and mouthfeel.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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This product is part of our Mix and Match offer: choose any 12 bottles for £300. Browse the full selection here.
Karlsson’s Vodka is handcrafted with different varieties of Virgin New Potatoes, all grown in Cape Bjäre, Sweden. Surrounded on three sides by the North Sea, the sandy, but fertile soil is home to the most exquisite heirloom potatoes, known locally as “Farmer’s Gold.”
Distilled once and unfiltered to preserve the rich taste of the delicate, young potatoes, the vodka’s unique character is the result of the quality and quantity of the ingredients from which it is made. Approximately seventeen pounds of Virgin New Potatoes are needed to make just one bottle of Karlsson’s Vodka.
Developed by Master Blender Börje Karlsson, Karlsson’s Vodka is a beautifully balanced and smooth spirit, possessing some unique qualities of character and natural taste. Karlsson’s Vodka honors the heritage of vodka by going back to an artisanal, handcrafted aesthetic that preserves as much of the inherent flavor as possible.
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