Vigionier Wine Grapes
Grapes used for blending the “Straight” Vodka DSP 162 are premium wine varietals grown in Mendocino County, CA. Experimentation led the team to aromatic viognier grapes, which are known for their delicate floral and fruity notes, such as tangerine and honeysuckle.
Distilled By Hand
The local grapes are vinified into a low-alcohol, high-acid distilling wine at local wineries; the wine receives a first distillation on the main Germain-Robin cognac still, which takes the distillate to about 29% abv. This intermediate distillate is then taken to 95% on a small Holstein potstill.
Vigionier Wine Grapes
Grapes used for blending the “Straight” Vodka DSP 162 are premium wine varietals grown in Mendocino County, CA. Experimentation led the team to aromatic viognier grapes, which are known for their delicate floral and fruity notes, such as tangerine and honeysuckle.
Distilled By Hand
The local grapes are vinified into a low-alcohol, high-acid distilling wine at local wineries; the wine receives a first distillation on the main Germain-Robin cognac still, which takes the distillate to about 29% abv. This intermediate distillate is then taken to 95% on a small Holstein potstill.
DSP CA 162 "Straight" Vodka
Vodka DSP 162 is produced by blending distilled Viognier wine with well-made wheat vodka. Crispin and Devin Cain use wheat because good wheat vodka has a soft & round mouthfeel.
This vodka is exceptionally smooth, yet still boasts subtle floral and fruity notes. Many tasters attest this is be the best vodka they've ever tried.
Vodka DSP 162 derives from conversations between Crispin Cain of Tamar Distillery and Ansley Coale of Craft Distillers. Both men thought that there was room for significant improvement in how vodka could be produced by using both traditional and innovative craft methods. Serious experiments started in late April, 2013; Devin Cain, Crispin’s son, took on much of the responsibility for creating the fruit infusions, which took several months of trial and error (shortened by what we had learned from working on fruit- infused gin). The first bottlings were released in January, 2014.
The vodka’s name comes from the registration number of the original federal license obtained by Germain-Robin for its first distillery (1982) located on Eagle Rock Ranch west of Ukiah, DSP CA 162. That distillery and Jorg Rupf’s St George Spirits were the first small distilleries licensed since Prohibition, 1919. The Ranch distillery is where all that we do began, and it’s where Crispin Cain learned to operate a cognac still.
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Vigionier Wine Grapes
Grapes used for blending the “Straight” Vodka DSP 162 are premium wine varietals grown in Mendocino County, CA. Experimentation led the team to aromatic viognier grapes, which are known for their delicate floral and fruity notes, such as tangerine and honeysuckle.
Distilled By Hand
The local grapes are vinified into a low-alcohol, high-acid distilling wine at local wineries; the wine receives a first distillation on the main Germain-Robin cognac still, which takes the distillate to about 29% abv. This intermediate distillate is then taken to 95% on a small Holstein potstill.
