Name: Marigny
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 15 ml Chartreuse Green; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

3/4 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

3/4 fl oz

Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack

1/2 fl oz

Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)

3/4 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/3 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare lemon slice wheel garnish.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Marigny contains 194 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.91% alc./vol. (41.81° proof)
20.8 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2021 by J. E. Clapham of Clapham Cocktails. Inspired by the Champs-Élysées and named "after Marigny Square, which stands on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn famously watched a puppet show there in Charade (the 1963 film)."

Comments & Discussion

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Lilly Marson 23h

This is really gentle and a good intro or showcase of the flavours in green chartreuse. You barely pick up the calvados or the cognac and I think it would be a good primer for moor chartreuse heavy drinks

CJ Grant 9w

It's not the prettiest of things, but pretty tasty. I like how the apple brandy an lemon interact with the herbal spicy aspects, but agree with other comments that the lemon could be cut back a little and be a little less assertive.

Frederic D. Premium Member 22w

Very good cocktail. I dropped the lemon to 1/2 Oz. The brandy combination works really well, and the Chartreuse adds just enough herbal complexities without overpowering the other ingredients.

Jeremy Harrold 25w

For me the lemon overpowers any potential nuance in the cocktail. I ended up adding 5ml more Green Chartreuse and 10ml more of both brandies.
I am interested to l try it with Yellow Chartreuse.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Exceptional cocktail. An homage to the fruit gods. Between the Chartreuse and the Angostura I'm even getting orangey notes.

Ruth Harvey 1y

I tasted it before putting in the angostura bitters and decided to leave them out this time.

Theo Clark 1y

For all the stuff in this, a lot of it gets slammed by cognac and lemon juice. Certainly not bad, and I imagine over time I could learn to pick it apart, but I think I'll reach for a regular sidecar over this.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I honestly think I prefer the Champs-Elysee. The calvados and extra chartreuse slightly muddies the flavours. It's still a good cocktail, solid 4/5, but not as good as the Champs which is a 5/5 for me.