Stolichnaya
A bottle of Stolichnaya vodka produced by FKP
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| Type | Vodka |
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| Country of origin | Russia/Latvia |
| Introduced | 1901 |
| Alcohol by volume | 40% |
| Proof (US) | 80 |
| Variants | Stolichnaya elit Stolichnaya Flavoured Premium vodka |
| Related products | List of vodkas |
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Stolichnaya (Russian: Столичная, also known as Stoli) is a vodka made of wheat and rye grain. A well-known Soviet brand, the ownership of Stolichnaya is disputed since the fall of the Soviet Union between Russian state-owned company FKP Sojuzplodoimport and SPI Group, a private company chartered in Luxembourg, founded and owned by Russian billionaire Yuri Shefler, that distributes a wide variety of Russian spirits, having purchased a number of former Soviet brands and operations. While FKP produces in Kaliningrad, Russia (for the Russian market and the Benelux market), SPI Group distributes and produces from Latvia.
Fermentation of Stolichnaya starts with wheat and rye grains and artesian water. The fermentation takes about 60 hours. Once fermentation is complete the resulting liquid is distilled three times to a strength of 96.4% alcohol by volume. This spirit is then diluted to bottling strength with more artesian well water. It is then filtered through quartz, sand, activated charcoal, and finally through woven cloth.
The Russian state-owned version Stolichnaya is bottled from artesian water from the Russian city of Samara and the Kaliningrad region, in the ITAR Distillery (Kaliningrad, Russia) within the limits of granted License of the state-owned FKP Союзплодоимпорт (transliterated Sojuzplodoimport or Soyuzplodimport). SPI, a company controlled by Yuri Scheffler produces Stolichnaya in Latvia using Latvian water but alcohol from a distillery in Tambov.
Stolichnaya is pronounced in Russian [stɐˈlʲit͡ɕnəjə] (modern urban) or [stɐˈlʲit͡ɕnajə] (traditional). The word means Capital (City), ultimately derived from "Стол", "table"; some sources suggest Stolichnaya Vodka simply means "Table Vodka".
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