Moonlight Cocktail (Harry Craddock's recipe)

Serve in a Martini glass...
1½	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
¼	fl oz	G. Miclo Kirsch Vieux Eau de Vie
1	fl oz	Sauvignon blanc white wine
1¼	fl oz	Freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

Comment:

Craddock describes this as 'a very dry cocktail'. It is, but pleasantly so.

About:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book.

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