St. George Vodka California Citrus 750ml

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$71.49 $68.79 price per bottle Expert Advice

This zesty and mouthwatering vodka is made from real California-grown Valencia oranges, Seville oranges, and bergamot. The result is a spirit that’s beautifully aromatic and full of fresh citrus flavor. Technical notes We start by sourcing the best citrus fruit we can find: Valencia oranges, Seville oranges, and bergamot from Lindcove Ranch, a family farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley. We’ve sourced fruit from farmer John Kirkpatrick and his family for the last 12 years. When we receive fresh citrus fruit from Lindcove Ranch, we infuse the Valencia orange, Seville orange, and bergamot peels separately into a non-GMO base spirit. We then distill each infusion separately, blend all three distillates together, then filter the resulting vodka to remove visible impurities before bottling.
Producer Since St. George Spirits was founded in 1982, we’ve grown from a dedicated eau de vie distillery into a diverse operation that makes a range of craft spirits. Then: a bare-bones production facility with tasting tables jerry-rigged on sawhorses. Now: a 65,000-square-foot hangar with a spectacular tasting room, laboratory, and a lineup of the most beautiful copper stills in the industry. Then: a one-man operation. Now: a diverse team of individuals passionate about artisan spirits. It’s a lot to be proud of. But it didn’t happen overnight. We’ve grown slowly over the last 35 years, hiring one person at a time, adding one copper still at a time. We don’t have a marketing team or a big advertising budget. What we do have are passion, ideas, and access to superlative raw materials. The craft distillation movement has grown with us over the years, and we’ve been joined by hundreds of new distilleries across the country. As the landscape has changed, there’s been a lot of talk about established spirits brands vs. newcomers. Big brands vs. small brands. The way we see it, it’s not that small or big is better. It’s not that new or old is better. Better is better. And with that in mind, we have dedicated ourselves to making the best spirits we can. We’re passionate about distillation in all its forms, but we don’t release a spirit unless we feel we have something new and valid to contribute to the conversation. We want to be able to pick our spirits out of a lineup on smell and taste alone because they’re exceptional. We pledge to craft quintessential spirits to delight hedonists and genius bartenders alike-and when you taste our spirits, we hope that the character and quality of what’s in your glass will convey to you what we’re all about.