Magazine LALIQUE 2025

SPIRITS

C onnoisseurs of Beluga’s exceptional vodka and admirers of Lalique’s

The field-to-table journey then continues across to Beluga’s headquarters in Montenegro, nestled on the Adriatic Riviera. As a country, Montenegro is nothing short of a natural paradise, the first in the world to constitutionally declare itself an “ecological state”, making it the ideal location to complete the production of super premium vodkas. Here, the spirit is meticulously blended for the new Epicure Series, then allowed to rest for some hundred days before being transformed into Beluga’s hallmark Noble Spirit, ready for its breathtaking crystal decanter created by the master glassblowers of Lalique.

precious crystal decanters now have the opportunity to add to their treasured collection with one of the 888 handcrafted pieces, each engraved with a unique serial number, unveiled in the new Epicure

Tasting notes The vodka opens with a lively and crisp grainy profile, evoking the fresh aroma of finely milled wheat. As it unfolds on the palate, the taste transitions smoothly to notes of ripe fruit. The experience is then elevated by a delicate hint of honey, lending a gentle, lingering warmth with a velvety texture that coats the inside of the mouth. Together, these flavours harmonise in a well-rounded finish, leaving a soft aftertaste. Purity is the secret of the unmatched refinement of Beluga vodka. Its long journey to perfection begins in the fertile wheat plains stretching across vast expanses of the Baltic states, where Beluga’s experts select only the finest grain grown by certified organic bio-farms. The wheat is then painstakingly transformed into alpha-grade neutral grain spirit, the base of Beluga vodka, at the historic Kalsnava distillery in Latvia. The most pristine spring water is drawn from artesian wells deep beneath the surface, while the grain is painstakingly distilled six times in towering state-of-the-art tanks, filtered and cleansed through birch coal and quartz sand. Series. The theme of this new edition is pure and simple: water, that defining element essential to both crystal and vodka, which has created an alchemy between Beluga and Lalique.

44

45