Left Bank Martini

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2 fl oz Rutte Dry Gin
½ fl oz St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur
½ fl oz Chardonnay (Chablis) white wine
¼ fl oz Noilly Prat Extra Dry Vermouth
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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Lime zest twist

Comment:

An aromatic, dry blend. Modern bartending convention would suggest that this drink should be stirred. However, it’s much better shaken. Go easy with the spray of lime zest oils - this delicate drink is easily over powered with any more than a fine mist.

About:

Created in 2006 by yours truly (Simon Difford) at the Cabinet Room, London, England. I updated this recipe in 2013. Older? Yes. Wiser? Perhaps. Drier palate? Definitely. Hence, seven years after creating this drink I reduced the elderflower liqueur from 3/4 shot to 1/2 shot and I also reduced the vermouth from 1/2 to a 1 /4.

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