Inspired by the work of famed Russian scientist Dmitri Mendelejev in St. Petersburg who, as the inventor of the Periodic Table; the philosophy of balance and natural order, determined the perfect balance between water and alcohol, set as default by Tsar Alexander III in 1894. The pure glacier water comes from Lake Ladoga. The winter wheat is grown on the Russian steppes. By using special silver and quartz crystal filters, the purity of this vodka becomes even more ensured.