Name: Charente White Negroni
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Gin; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Gentian liqueur; 30 ml Aromatized wine

Charente White Negroni
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₂ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
1 oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
1 oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare pink grapefruit zest for garnish.
POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
STIR.
Express pink grapefruit zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A riff on the White Negroni with the brandy replacing half of the gin. Fittingly, 'Charente' references the Cognac area of France.

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History:

Created in January 2014 by Matthias Lataille and yours truly at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Charente White Negroni contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
20.5% alc./vol. (20.5° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

13th December 2024 at 14:32

Wow! So much more intense than the standard White negroni, as Miguel commented, the gentian and aromatised wine (cocchi Americano here) are strongly amplified. Seriously good.

G. M. Genovese

31st January at 16:02

John, Chris - I used Salers, Cocchi Americano, Pierre Ferrand Ambre, and Bombay Sapphire... Salers is not usually my preference over Suze (not in stock at home), but I found it worked well enough with the other elements. Tasty, but the Salers is prominent... Lillet would clearly make a large difference, and I wish I still had my bottle on hand... Chris, the Cognac is easily the most noticeable difference maker in the mix... Some tweaks yet to be made. Gentian (not helped by the Cocchi) does not need to be so dominant here.

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Chris Brislawn

23rd December 2024 at 04:00

Lots of room to experiment, but the split base with cognac is the distinctive feature here. The interplay between the cognac, the herbal character of the gin, and the bitter ingredients can be overwhelmed by too much of the latter, though. After trying a couple proportions and aromatized ingredients I got a good balance of complementary flavors using equal amounts (3/4 oz each) of gin, a fairly fruity cognac, Bonal Gentiane-Quina, and Cocchi Americano Bianco. Salers has a flavor I didn't care for in this drink; haven't tried it with Suze.

Miguel Perales

20th June 2023 at 23:51

A very Lillet/Gentian forward cocktail. A very welcomed change of pace for a cocktail.

Calvin Grant

29th September 2022 at 02:55

Loved this with Suze. Just made with Alto del Carmen, a barrel aged Chilean pisco (was out of cognac), Salers yellow cap, Cocchi Americano, a splash of Liquore Strega and a few drops grapefruit bitters. Quite good.

Richard Christmas

30th August 2022 at 19:07

Had to substitute Kina for Suze, and it was delicious.

Anonymous

7th April 2021 at 17:45

I found the Suze to be too overpowering. I'll use half as much for the next iteration on this one. Still delicious!

Thomas Wilhelm

10th February 2021 at 19:28

Good variation with “Bourgoin Cognac Boise De Fut Neuf”
it’ rougher. Next time i try “Kina L'Aéro d'” of Lillet blanc - the label has the same amazing retrodesign as Suze - a bit like Flash Gordon. I'm not a great swiss fan - but I'm a great fan of Swiss liqueurs