Name: Melchior
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 Clove; 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Green ginger wine; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur; 37.5 ml Claret red wine

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

3 dried	Clove
1 1/2 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
3/4 fl oz	Green ginger wine
1/2 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M.
1 1/4 fl oz	Claret red wine
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Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac, 70cl

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£ 6.95 £ 0.22 per cocktail, makes 31 Bénédictine D.O.M., 70cl

£ 28.45 £ 0.61 per cocktail, makes 46.5

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Review:

Based on cognac and named after one of the three wise men, this cocktail uses three spices – ginger, cloves and saffron (in the Bénédictine) and a good dash of red wine (after all, in later life the baby they visited reputedly turned water into wine).

History:

A Christmas cocktail named after one of the three wise men created in 2011 by yours truly (Simon Difford) at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Melchior contains 216 calories.

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
22.99% alc./vol. (45.98° proof)
27.6 grams of pure alcohol

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