Chopin Potato vodka (Black Label) is quite excellent, it definitively deservs the five star rating. However Chopin recently launched a Rye vodka (Red Label) in the US. This is by far one of the smoothest and best tasting vodkas I’ve ever tried, highly recommended! If you are a fan of high quality vodka, do not hesitate to try it out.
Chopin also recently launched a Wheat vodka version (Brown Label) in Poland which I will get my hands on this weekend, can’t wait to test it!

I just realized that I never updated my Chopin rating from 4 to 5 stars, as I had intended on May 29, 2011. I am attempting to do this now. Hopefully, with the new forum format, the change will take effect..

This is definitely my best vodka.

Chopin is the best of vodka

I’m sipping this vodka neat right now and find it very smooth. It has some ethanol smell to it but after taking a few sips I can’t recall vodka that’s better than that. I’m surpised to see some reviews pointing out the burn and the price tag but sipping it at room temperature convinces me that it’s a great shooter and a mixer (must be better when ice cold out of the freezer)
Overall, I think it’s great for the price. Highly recomended. My favorite is still Ketel One (in that price range) although I always shoot it but for what you pay Chopin is up there.

I had another Chopin martini last weekend, and the unusual neutrality and delicacy of its flavor was highlighted. The bartender had added a bit too much vermouth for my liking, and Chopin did nothing to hide it. A bolder tasting vodka, such as Russian Standard or Stoli would likely have masked the flaw in the cocktail, but not Chopin. Perhaps, Chopin is a supreme vodka for sipping, but it is not very forgiving as a martini mixer.

Very good vodka.

In my opinion, this is by far the smoothest vodka for martinis. My favorite to enjoy Chopin is chilled straight up with blue cheese stuffed olives and a dash of olive juice. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

A very smooth & sweet potato vodka, but it’s missing something. High quality, but I actually prefer the much lower priced Luksusowa potato vodka. Then again, that’s just my opinion, which isn’t worth a whole lot, to be honest!

Ugh, bummer. I really enjoyed my first bottle of Chopin earlier this year, but this second one I got is rather off in taste, like it somehow got contaminated or something. Maybe that’s why they were selling it so cheap at that particular store.

Very smooth, hardly any burn, aftertaste is not unpleasant. Probably the best potato vodka out there.

I’ll have to try Choplin. I really liked grey goose so this has to be even better. Has anyone tried a soy vodka? I really liked it. Really smooth. It had a really big red 3 on the bottle and it the bottle top had a loop in it. We joked about it and said that you could put a rope through the loop and where your vodka anywhere.

I broke open my second bottle and it tastes the same as the first. I had another friend try the 2nd bottle for a third opinion and he said it had a slight onion tinge to it. So either the sunlight from the store window changed the flavor over time, or it’s just the way it tastes. I read some article about storing spirits online last week (I can’t find it anymore) where some guys from the Chicago Tribune asked tips from the Beverage Tasting Institute. They mentioned sunlight could potentially change the sugar structure of spirits, altering the flavor. I’m guessing this may have happened.

I tried this recently, as I found some heavily discounted 375mL bottles. I tried it slightly cooled and even tested it head on versus Blue Ice, Sobieski, and Belvedere. I like it most as a shooter. I found it had a slight flavor that made it unsuitable for mixing with Code Red. My friend had a similar experience with Diet Mountain Dew, which he said was just funky. I think it would mix well with a Bloody Mary or other non-sweet drink. OJ mixed OK. It seemed generally smooth and not too bitter on the aftertaste.

Good Vodka, much better than Belvedere, but much more expensive than say, Sobieski. :)

I have not tried this one as I didn’t know it was a potato vodka. I will give it a try, and you should do a review on Blue Ice American Vodka from Texas. I really enjoyed it straight up. My wife enjoyed it mixed. Occasionally I add a little vanilla to my vodka, and this was great straight as well. I used to be a Stli guy, preferring their Vanil. I still enjoy Stoli, but less often as I found others I like better.

I tried Chopin on a whim as well. It literally has almost no taste, and slight burn on the way down. For 40 bucks per 750ml its really not worth it. I mixed mine up with ice in a shaker, if the price was about 20 bucks cheaper I would recommend this vodka.