Are you a Discerning Drinker?
Join thousands of like-minded professionals and cocktail enthusiasts, receive our weekly newsletters and see pages produced by our community for fellow Discerning Drinkers.
Claret Cobbler
-
Claret Cobbler
Serve in a Goblet glass
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac |
| 3⁄4 oz | Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur |
| 1 2⁄3 oz | Claret wine (Bordeaux red) |
Garnish: Mint sprigs bouquet. Consider also topping with seasonal berries.
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice & fine strain into glass filled with crushed ice. Serve with straws.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Claret wine (Bordeaux red) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Fortified and slightly sweetened red wine, served cobbler-style with crushed ice.
History:
A Claret Cobbler appears in Jerry Thomas' 1862 The Bart-enders' Guide.
Sherry Cobbler.
Jerry Thomas, The Bart-enders' Guide, 1862
(Use large bar glass.)
2 wine-glasses of sherry.
1 table-spoonful of sugar.
2 0r 3 slices of orange.
Fill a tumbler with shaved ice, shake well, and ornament with berries in season. Place a straw as represented in the wood-cut.
Catawba Cobbler.
(Use large bar glass.)
1 teaspoonful of sugar dissolved in one table-spoonful of water.
2 wineglasses of wine.
Fill tumbler with shaved ice, and ornament with sliced orange and berries in season. Place a straw as described
in the sherry cobbler.
Claret Cobbler.
(Use large bar glass.)
This drink is made the same way as the Catawba cobbler, using claret wine instead of Catawba.
Nutrition:
One serving of Claret Cobbler contains 200 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.7 standard drinks
- 20.65% alc./vol. (20.65° proof)
- 24.3 grams of pure alcohol
Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.
Previous cocktail
Chocolate Sidecar
Next cocktail
Havana Cobbler
Cobblers
Cobblers are shaken drinks served with straws in a goblet or Collins glass filled with crushed ice and decorated with fruit and a sprig or two of mint...
Red wine
Red wine is made from dark (red or black) grape varieties and can range in colour from intense violet, typical of young wines, through to brick red for...
20 best/most rated Martinis
There are 1,000s of cocktails with "Martini" in their name on Difford's Guide, and the majority are not actually true Martinis, at least going by the Oxford...
20 best Amaretto cocktails
The bittersweet almond and vanilla flavour of amaretto mixes brilliantly with dark spirits – particularly whiskey but this versatile liqueur also mixes...
20 best Easter cocktails
There's more to Easter indulgence than mere chocolate eggs
Join the discussion
Showing 2 comments for Claret Cobbler.
See discussion in the Forum