Name: Range Life (Tequila Negroni)
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Reposado tequila; 12.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 12.5 ml Grand Marnier; 12.5 ml Vermouth amaro (Pun.)

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Punt E Mes vermouth amaro (chilled)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.

Prepare garnish of square of at least 70% cacao dark chocolate.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with square of chocolate.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Range Life (Tequila Negroni) contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
27.11% alc./vol. (54.22° proof)
23.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Vermouth amaro - robust & full (e.g. Punt E Mes) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2008 by Phil Ward at Death & Co. in Manhattan, New York City. This is a boozy cocktail, so I've taken the liberty of reducing the tequila base from 60ml (2oz) to 50ml (1⅔oz); with the other ingredients scaled from 15ml (½oz) to 12.5ml (5/12oz).

RANGE LIFE
Phil Ward, 2008
2 ounces El Tesoro Reposado Tequila
½ once Campari
½ ounce Grand Marnier
½ ounce Punt E Mes
Stir all the ingredients over ice, then strain into a coupe.
No garnish.

Death & Co. Modern Classic Cocktails, 2014

Comments & Discussion

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Chris Brislawn 24w

Made it with Milagro Reposado; no Punt e Mes so used Alessio Rosso, which was great in this drink and works well with Difford's chocolate garnish suggestion. Squares of chocolate do not skewer well on toothpicks or cocktail swords and a square of chocolate at the bottom of a cocktail glass looks more like a mistake than a garnish so I did something I've done before (e.g., "Munich Negroni Western Style") and grated a light dusting of chocolate over the drink, which enhances the nose as well.

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 25w

For us this was a bit sharp on first, immediate sip but mellowed and resolved harmoniously as a bit of warmth crept into it. So our advice is to delay that first sip and be a bit patient. It will reward beautifully.

Kev McLaughlin 25w

Hi sounds interesting. I assume a typo above “ reducing from a US 2oz base to a UK 50cl base ” - unless you’re making these by the pitcher! Thanks for including the original recipe as 5/12 oz is beyond the resolution of my measuring device.