Melchior

Name: Melchior
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 dried Clove; 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Ginger wine; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 37.5 ml Claret wine

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
3 dried	Clove
1 1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
3/4 fl oz	Ginger wine
1/2 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 1/4 fl oz	Claret wine (Bordeaux red)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

25.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Claret wine (Bordeaux red) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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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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).