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The Reid SM Vodka

Name: The Reid SM Vodka 750ml
SKU: 101256
Price: 89.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Vodka · New Zealand · 750ml · 37.5%

$89.99each

What it tastes like

A New Zealand vodka made from 100% single malt spirit, with balanced flavour, clean purity and a silky finish.

Malt & grain
Citrus
Cream

Additional information

Vodka
Style: New Zealand
Origin: 750ml
Size: 37.5% ABV
Alcohol: 2.2 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of The Reid SM Vodka

The Reid is a single malt vodka made at Cardrona Distillery in the Cardrona Valley, between Wanaka and Queenstown in the Crown Range. The distillery is family owned and led by Desiree Whitaker, whose maiden name is Reid, and the first spirit flowed from its stills on 23 October 2015. Along with whisky and gin, the distillery makes this vodka entirely from malt.

The Reid is made from 100 per cent malted barley grown on the Canterbury Plains, alpine water from the valley and distiller's yeast. After a long fermentation of more than 70 hours, the spirit goes through a copper pot still first and then German column stills. It is neither chill filtered nor charcoal filtered, so more of the grain and copper character stays in the bottle. It is bottled at 44 per cent.

Pear drops, lemon, toffee and malt biscuit show on the nose. The palate is creamy, with lemon drops, baked apple and pear, toasted grain and a hint of white pepper, and the finish is warm with vanilla and gentle spice.

Serve it neat and slightly chilled, or over one large ice cube. It also makes a clean vodka and tonic with a squeeze of lemon, and works in an espresso martini or a Moscow mule.