| Nose | Clean and bready, with toasted grain and a twist of black pepper |
| Palate | Silky and gently sweet, with nutty grain and cracked pepper |
| Finish | Clean and warming, with soft aniseed and liquorice |
Few vodkas have a story as good as Mamont. The bottle is shaped like a mammoth tusk, a nod to the Yukagir Mammoth, an 18,000-year-old specimen found frozen in the Siberian permafrost in 2003.
What's inside matches the bottle. Mamont is distilled from grain and finished with a small measure of cedar nut spirit, which gives it a soft, slightly nutty roundness that sets it apart from cleaner, sharper vodkas. Smooth enough to sip, it has the character to stand up in a cocktail too.
Who it's for: Vodka drinkers who want more flavour than the big names, and anyone after a gift with real shelf presence.
How to enjoy it: Straight from the freezer, over ice, or as the base of a classic Martini.