Pravda Coconut Flavored Vodka

Pravda Coconut is made in Poland from rye, cut with spring water from the Carpathian Mountains. Rye as a base brings a touch of pepper and grip that keeps a flavoured vodka from going flat, and here the spirit is run five times, a repeated distillation that smooths the texture before any flavour is added. Natural coconut flavour is then layered on for a gentle, tropical note that the producer keeps in check, so it reads as creamy rather than sugary. As with the rest of the range, it carries the mouth-blown bubble bottle and sits at 37.5%.

The nose offers fine coconut, mild sweetness and a hint of vanilla. The palate is creamy coconut with a soft rye backbone and a faint almond note, closing long, soft and gently sweet. To keep the coconut centre stage without burying it in fruit juice, build a Coconut Martini: shake the vodka well chilled with a little coconut cream and a touch of vanilla, then strain into a cold glass, where the rye spirit gives the drink just enough spine to stop it feeling like a dessert.