Vintage Vodka Vertical

Robert Simonson has an article in today's Diner's Journal about the 2009 vintage of Karlsson's Vodka.  The company launched in 2007 and is the first ever distillery to produce vintage vodka.  Karlsson's used a potato known as Old Swedish Red to produced the 2008 vintage.  Not only were the potatoes all harvested in the same year, they were sourced from a singular plot of land on a single farm.  For this year's 2009 vintage, Simonson explains Karlsson's chose a potato varietal known as Solist.  The resulting vodka "has a softer, more mellow flavor" than the 2008 vodka.

Digest NY founder Craig Cavallo wrote an article about the '08 vintage for Tom Ran's website The Scout Mag back in March.  We thought we'd link you to that article now so you can taste read your way through the first two years of vodka's first ever vintage product.  Head over to thescoutmag for a taste of the Old Swedish Red.