Name: Ponce de Leon
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Light white rum; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Triple sec; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; Top up with Brut sparkling wine

Ponce de Leon
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Serve in a Flute glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₂ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₂ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
Top up with	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

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How to make:

SHAKE first four ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with champagne.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

A well-balanced classic champagne cocktail.

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History:

A long lost classic.

Nutrition:

One serving of Ponce de Leon contains 106 calories

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
22.06% alc./vol. (22.06° proof)
13.2 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

21st October 2024 at 01:09

Made this with Banks 5, Cognac Leyrat VS, Luxardo Triplum, and ruby red... Maybe not the most ideal choices or blend of brands, but it showed some promise, even without the sparkling wine, which it was arguably begging for. I'll come back to this.

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