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Goldilocks moment- balanced perfectly with Luxardo Bitter, Luxardo Limoncello and blood oranges picked from home. Not too sour, not too sweet- just right.
Whilst the taste is overwhelmingly that of campari, I think the quality of the drink hinges on the limoncello. I used the dregs of a not-so-good one and it was fairly flat outside of the campari flavours. I imagine with a good limoncello this would be a good drink rather than a pretty okay one.
I wonder if the Limoncello brand is what's making the sweetness vary so much for everyone?! (It is also using 2 liqueurs and a fruit juice, though, so you're bound to have a decent amount of sugar...) I made this with Campari, Pallini, and fresh blood orange and it feels like a good balance of bittersweet. Sweet at first, then Campari herbal orange bitterness, which then fades and mellows out to a nice mild bittersweetness with subtle lemon and blood orange leaving you wanting another sip.
What a fascinating drink! Some find it too bitter, some find it too sweet ... it's the Marmite of the cocktail world, it seems. For myself, this just got upgraded from a 4.5 last time round (when it was blood orange season) to a 5 this time. Maybe it's the quality and characteristics of the blood orange juice that ultimately makes the difference?
It seems to me that Limoncello's sweetness and flavour take the whole scene in this cocktail. After trying it in the 1:1:1 proportions as proposed, unlike Angela below I preferred to cut down Limoncello a bit, and I liked it better that way.