Name: Eighteen '97
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 5 Kumquats (chopped); 45 ml Grappa - unaged; 37.5 ml Elderflower liqueur; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 7.5 ml Merlot red wine

Serve in a

Martini glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded) & white grapes

How to make:

MUDDLE kumquats in base of shaker. Add next three ingredients, shake and fine strain into a chilled glass. FLOAT wine.

5 fresh	Kumquats (chopped)
1 1/2 fl oz	Bepi Tosolini Grappa di Moscato
1 1/4 fl oz	St-Germain elderflower liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)
1/4 fl oz	Merlot red wine
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Review:

Looks great and, with the citrus freshness of kumquat combined with the oily character of grappa, it also tastes great.

History:

Created in 2008 by Raffaello Dante at Salvatore's at FIFTY, London, England.

Nutrition:

One serving of Eighteen '97 contains 136 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
21.84% alc./vol. (43.68° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

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