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Argentina Cocktail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (84)
Argentina Cocktail image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1 fl oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1/4 fl oz Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
1/4 fl oz Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with skewered lemon slice wheel and maraschino cherry (sail).

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Argentina Cocktail contains 143 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 24.98% alc./vol. (49.95° proof)
  • 18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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History

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

ARGENTINA COCKTAIL
Cocktail Glass
Stir

1 oz gin
1 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz Benedictine
1 dash orange bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters

Stanley M. Jones, Jones' Complete Barguide, 1977

Review

A Wet Martini softened by liqueur and given a hint of citrus and spice.

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Comments & Discussion

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
Just lowered my rating by half a mark, as I found it too sweet. All the right ingredients, just the wrong proportions - investigation required.
score: 1
Rob de Santos Premium Member
I had made the Argentina sometime ago and enjoyed it. As it happens, I came across the following recipe in the "Tratado practico de coctelaria pasteleira y affines" bar guide by Mario Kardahi, Buenos Aires, 1966. (A very interesting book full of drink and food recipes, etc.). Portions adjusted to keep the original ratios.

Mar de Plata (page 85):
1 oz dry gin
3/4 oz dry vermouth
1/4 oz Benedictine
2 "blows" Grand Marnier (probably a few dashes or less than 1/6 oz)
lemon juice (qty not specified)
score: 2
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
Many thanks for bringing to my attention, Rob. I'll revisit this cocktail and also create a page for the Mar de Plata.
score: 2
MsMulliner
Mar de Plata (“Sea of Silver”—but I think I’d call it The Silver Sea) is a much more poetic name than The Argentina!
score: 1
David Bell
Another day another Argentina, or so I thought. Not concentrating, I added a whole shot of Cointreau instead of 1/4. I pressed on, not adding the Benedictine but continuing with both bitters. Actually not bad. Sweet, yes. In fact rather like an orange flavoured old fashioned boiled lolly. Have I invented something?!
score: 2
David Bell
Had all the ingredients sitting there waiting to be used! Quite delicious - gently spicy and slightly sweet. I probably wouldn’t have too many for just that reason, but one or two are a delicious change.
score: 1
David Bell
Half way through drinking I added a few more drops of Angostura bitters as has been suggested already. This gave it more grip and toned down the sweetness a little. Both versions are tasty though.
score: 1
Niccolò Murtas
Good beyond belief. And I am not a Gin enthusiast. Don't be shy with the Angostura, especially the normal one. I propose to the bored drinker to go for two drops rather than one... (of normal angostura, not of the orange bitter)...but only after you have gone for the standard described here, which, knowing the overall low ability of my discerning skills, should be surely the one to look for at first. But really both the taste of Gin and the one of normal angostura have never blended so well.
score: 3
Sally Glover
Looking to use some Benedictine in a gin-based cocktail, I found this on Difford’s. We had to substitute a different bianco vermouth but a delicious result.
score: 3

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Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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