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Rocinante

Name: Rocinante
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Mezcal; 15 ml Rosolio Bergamotto; 15 ml Gentian liqueur; 5 ml Honey and water syrup

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Italicus liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (skewered).

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail, then roll and skewer for garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rocinante contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
24.51% alc./vol. (49.03° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2025 by Aaron Sanchez at Lady Jane cocktail bar in Denver, Colorado. Named after Don Quixote's horse in Miguel de Cervantes' 1605/1615 novel Don Quixote.

Review

Bittersweet and mezcal-laced with citrus, herbal and honeyed notes.

AKA: Rozinante

Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$42.99 $2.61 per cocktail

Italicus Rosolio di Bergamotto 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$42.99 $0.86 per cocktail

Suze gentian liqueur 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$32.99 $0.66 per cocktail Suze gentian liqueur image

$4.13 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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Doug James Premium Member 13w

Built exactly as specified. Orange on the nose, slightly sweet on the tongue with a pleasingly bitter / smokey finish on the back palate. Very well balanced and quite enjoyable. It’s interesting how the typically peppery notes of the Vago Elote Mezcal are tamed and it tastes a bit more smoky in this cocktail. Delicious!

Melissa Demian 1y

This is absolutely superb - worth making the honey syrup just for this cocktail. The balance of smoky, bitter, citrus and sweet makes for a cocktail that is entirely unexpected. May be a new favourite!

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