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Rosalia Margarita

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (61)
Rosalia Margarita image
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
1 1/3 fl oz Blanco tequila
1/3 fl oz Italian red bitter liqueur
1/3 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz Monin Rose Syrup

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How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. RIM glass with Himalayan pink salt rim.(moisten outside edge with lemon juice and dip into salt).

Method

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into pre-prepared glass.

Garnish

  1. No additional garnish. (The preprepared rim is garnish enough.)

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rosalia Margarita contains 152 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 18.14% alc./vol. (36.27° proof)
  • 14.6 grams of pure alcohol

Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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History

Created by Chiara Mascellaro for Margarita Day 2021. Votes by Discerning Drinkers on Difford's Guide led to this cocktail being declared the 2021 Margarita of the Year. (Chiara's original recipe used Martini Riserva Speciale Bitter as the red bitter liqueur.)

Review

Delicately bittersweet with balancing citrus sourness and rich floral rose which combine brilliantly with the agave notes of the blanco tequila.

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Comments & Discussion

Calvin Grant Premium Member
Excellent. Increased the recipe x 1.5 except the Torani Rose syrup (15ml). Campari and rose syrup are team players here. Must make again with a better rose syrup sans the preservatives.
score: 1
Nata Niki
Influenced by the "bartenders guide to foraging rose petals", i made rose vodka.
My option: 20 tequila, 20 rose vodka, 10 campari, 10 lemon juice, 10 rose syrup
score: 1
Simon Sedgley Premium Member
We felt that the aggregate volume specified in the recipe might look a tad ungenerous in our coupe glasses. So we upped the tequila to 50ml and the bitter liqueur and lemon juice each to 12.5ml. One of our rules is that the sweet must always serve the sour, not the other way around; so we dialled back the sweet to 10ml (7.5ml sugar syrup and 2.5ml natural rose essence). It's a bold Margarita and who could possibly complain about that?
score: 2
Chris Dimal
A very, very, very delicate cocktail. I did use Campari, and as a result, it actually felt like a Margarita, as Campari has more fruitiness than Martini Ambrato, with a floral, yet mineral taste, finished with a bitterness at the back end. Really nice, though I'm not sure it is 5 star material (just imho).
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
It’s a brilliantly simple and tasty riff on a Margarita, but I can’t argue with the Discerning Drinker community that has jointly judged the Rosalia Margarita 4.5-out-of-5.
score: 1
John Hinojos Premium Member
Having lived my entire life in California and most of it in Southern California, I have had more margaritas than I can count. This was nice, but not outstanding.
Found it too sweet, even reducing the amount of syrup. Did add some Difford's Margarita Bitters and it made it drinkable, but nothing I would have again.
score: 1
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score: 0
justin elghanian
I am vegan what would the best substitute for Martini Riserva Speciale bitter be please?
score: 1
Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member
I would have suggested Campari or another such bitter but a search revealed: "Campari is vegetarian, however it is not classified as vegan."
score: 0
Gregory Moreton
Just tried this one but substituted the Rose syrup with Lanique rose liqueur.... It works realy well but a touch of sweet could be added if neede
score: 1
Cocktailpixie
Yes! A beautiful and unexpected pleasure. Garnished with a scented pink rose petal from the garden.
score: 2
Sandip Gohil
Quite the flavour party this drink
score: 1

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Makes a minimum of 9 cocktails.
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