Name: Napoléon Margarita
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 22.5 ml Mandarin liqueur; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Agave syrup; 8 drop Margarita Bitters

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Reposado tequila (100% agave)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Mandarin liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

Agave syrup (agave nectar)

8 drop

Difford's Margarita Bitters (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Napoléon Margarita contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.56% alc./vol. (41.13° proof)
21 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Rob de Santos Premium Member 20w

I'll join the chorus here and say this is even better than I expected.

Cassandra Adams Premium Member 20w

We didn't have the Mandarine, so used Luxardo Albicocca Apricot liqueur. All the ingredients shined through and the balance of sweetness and sour/dry was perfect. Certainly a cocktail to make reposado sing!

Cassandra Adams Premium Member 19w

Looks like the new Pendennis Margarita has formalised this substitution! Looking forward to trying: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/40576/pendennis-margarita

Aneta Białousz 37w

Delicous! Mixed an italian mandarin liquor and a homemade one and did not use a bitter; the margarita is hugged by the sweetness of the fruit ^^

John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Just had this again with a very spicy Mexican dinner. Had forgotten how wonderful it is. Perfectly balanced with a light hint of mandarin.

Sean Baron 2y

Orange and tequila go so well together it’s almost criminal. The Mandarin liquor reigns in the sourness of the lime juice a smidge, but it’s still a recognisable margarita, albeit with a sweet citrus edge. This is a very good cocktail.

Jeremy Harrold 2y

Tasty!

Ignacy Szczupal Premium Member 3y

The bitter is not an option here it gives the meaning to coctktail which is rather flat without bitter.
If you don't have the Margarita bitter which will give a lot of freshness by pronouncing the agave at the expense of the fruity taste, you can put 10 drops of Angostura bitter in it which will give the whole thing more depth (at the expense of the freshness)

Ian T 3y

Made substituting the mandarin liqueur for M&S Clementine gin liqueur. Great margarita variation which accentuated the smokiness of the Olmeca Altos Plata Tequila I used.