All entries to the 2025 Mandarine Napoléon Challenge

Pico Picante

The use of Espolon Blanco works as a perfect base to the Pico Picante, providing that lovely clean and spiced agave flavour. When infused with jalapeño,

Summer Delight

You can make your own pineapple puree by taking a pineapple, removing the leaves, skin, and core. Cut the fruit and blend it. Add a quarter of water and

L'éclat du matin

A déguster bien frais, lors d'un apéritif raffiné ou d'un cocktail dînatoire avec des toasts de saumon fumé et fromage frais par exemple

NanBan

Fruity,Salty,Citrusy.

Moment's Notice

For the Napoleon Cocktail challenge. I set out to make a yummy drink that made good use of Napoleon.

Mandarin Cheesecake

Creamy, zesty, quietly indulgent

Thymós

-The dry red wine i used, instead of (Wine Red - Pinot Noir), was a Xinomavro. I used the Alpha Estate, Hedgehog Vineyard Xinomavro.

Napoleon's harvest

Mandarins ripen in autumn - just like the ingredients in this drink. Carrot, cinnamon, ginger, and lime echo the colors and flavors of the harvest season.

Strawberry Letter #5

Someone came into my bar and asked for a summer cocktail to start off their evening. They were doing a pub crawl where they picked a random café and a

Ashes & Gold

This drink was born from a desire to explore contrast - sweetness and salt, smoke and citrus, brightness and shadow. It's not loud or flashy, but instead

L'empereur

It was one of my first création in my bar, i had to do a cocktail with Napoléon mandarine and i made this.

Joséphine

The Drink is inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais. She grew up on a platation on Martinique where sugarcane and cocoa

This Bitter Earth

Tasting Notes: A bittersweet, contemplative sip. Zesty mandarin dances with the earthy base of reposado tequila, while dry vermouth adds complexity. A

Escape from Elba

The acidity of the lemon does wonders in this drink, it's even better if you use acid ajusted mandarin juice

Sloe King-man

Fresh, Berries, citrus and with a kick! Fit for an emperor (Napoleon?), a king (King's ginger?) or a Queen (sloe berries).

The Imperial Prescription

Inspired by the bittersweet saga of Napoleon's final days on the island of Saint Helena, this cocktail reimagines exile as paradise. Mandarine Napoléon-born