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

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Hayman's London Dry Gin

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1 fl oz

Gentian liqueur Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Avèze, Salers)

1 fl oz

Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare pink grapefruit zest for garnish.

Method

POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.

STIR.

Garnish

Express pink grapefruit zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Charente White Negroni contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
20.37% alc./vol. (40.73° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Graeme McPherson 41w

“Yours Truly” should be proud of himself along with Matthias! This is a really good riff on a white Negroni. The cognac works really well in it. Excellent.

Guy Daniels Premium Member 1y

I will echo John’s “wow”… This packs a flavour punch, absolutely lovely. What an unexpected combo success. Goes well with Torres fried egg crisps, but then so does everything!

John CARR Premium Member 1y

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.

John CARR Premium Member 1y

Also tried with Lillet and stirred in glass vs in mixing vessel made a surprisingly large difference.

Chris Brislawn 1y

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 Premium Member 3y

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

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4y

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 4y

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

Justin L 5y

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 5y

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