Peter the Great arrived to the Neva river to create a new city, and indeed a new state. There, on what became Imperial city of St. Petersburg, he hoisted the Czar’s Standard. Two hundred years later, it was in this great city that D.I. Mendeleev created the highest standard for Russian vodka in 1894. Today Russian Standard Vodka revives the same formula, combining the finest wheat grains from the heartland and soft glacial water from
ZYR Vodka is crafted from a blend of wheat and rye grown in the rich black soil of Russia’s heartland. Nine filtrations, five distillations and a three-stage taste test ensure ZYR’s clean taste and ultra smooth texture. Try ZYR neat.
Produced in the USA by the Smirnoff Co. under the formula and processes of Pierre Smirnoff Sons, successors to the world-famed Pierre Smirnoff, Moscow, Russia, Purveyor to the Czars, 1886 – 1917. Triple distilled, exceptionally smooth. Ten times filtered in a unique process for ultimate clarity.
The vodka you hold was first created in 1894 in the city of St Petersburg. There, by Imperial decree, the brilliant scientist Mendeleeve prepared the most luxurious of vodkas from the finest winter wheat, the softest glacial waters, and for extraordinary smoothness and clarity, filtered through quartz crystals from the Ural Mountains. From that original recipe comes Imperia, Russia’s finest vodka. Imeria. Russia’s luxury gift to the world.