Production of Stolichnaya Vodka (and the base spirit for Riga Black Balsam) starts 850 miles away from Riga in Russia’s Black Earth region. This is where the Russian winter wheat from which Stolichnaya is exclusively made is grown.
The wheat is harvested and send to the nearby S.P.I. owned Talvis Distillery, just outside the town of Tambov, where the wheat is processed, fermented, distilled and rectified to produce a high quality Alpha spirit at 96.3% alc./vol.
This Alpha spirit is then shipped by tanker train to Latvijas Balsams where it is blended and bottled.
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