Apparent Cocktail (variation)

(Sarah Ip, Houston, TX)

Stir with ice:

1.25 oz Hayman’s London Dry Gin

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

0.25 oz Cocchi Americano Bianco

4 dashes absinthe

Strain into a cocktail glass.

Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Berry to Ferry

Build in a highball glass filled with ice:

1 oz Pasubio Vino Amaro

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

4 oz seltzer

Garnish with lemon peel.

Culomba

(Jared Sadoian, Boston, MA)

Prepare a double rocks glass with a salted rim and filled with ice.

Shake with ice:

3 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

3 oz grapefruit juice

0.5 oz blanco tequila (optional)

Strain into the prepared glass.

Death Or Glory

(Abigail Gullo, NOLA)

Stir with ice:

1 oz mezcal

1 oz Aperitivo Cappelletti

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

6 drops Bittermens Orange Cream Citrate

Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.

Garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Dreyfus

Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Rouge Quinquina

1 dash Angostura Bitters

1 dash orange bitters

Flock Reviver

(Kelly O’Hare, Austin, TX)

Shake with ice:

0.75 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

0.75 oz Dolin Génépy le Chamois Liqueur

0.75 oz lemon juice

0.75 oz The Scarlet Ibis Trinidad Rum

Strain into a coupe

July on Royal Street

Build in a rocks glass filled with ice:

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

1 oz Salers Gentian Aperitif

0.5 oz reposado tequila

0.5 oz Benedictine

1 barspoon lemon juice

Kina Préparé

Build in a highball glass filled with ice:

2.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

0.5 oz Amaro Alta Verde

Fill with club soda.

Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Little Corporal

(Andy Arrington, Texas)

Stir with ice:

1 oz rhum agricole blanc

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

1 oz Amaro Alta Verde

Strain into a rocks glass filled with a large lump of ice.

Garnish with a lemon twist.

Mattei Blanc Spritz

Build in a double rocks glass with ice:

2 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

2 oz club soda or tonic water

Garnish with grapefruit peel.

Mediterranean Martini

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz Hayman's Vibrant Citrus Gin

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

2 dashes orange bitters

Strain into coupe.

Garnish with olives.

Parfait Parfait

(Kelly O’Hare, Austin, TX)

Stir with ice:

0.75 oz Comoz Blanc Vermouth de Chambèry

0.75 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

1.5 oz Hayman’s London Dry Gin

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with a lemon peel.

Plum Negroni

(Michael Schall, Brooklyn)

Stir with ice:

1.25 oz Averell Damson Gin

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

0.75 oz Comoz Blanc Vermouth de Chambèry

Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.

Garnish with a basil leaf.

Pool Party

(Adapted from Natasha David)

Build in pitcher:

8 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

4 oz Granny Smith apple juice

3 oz celery juice

3 oz lime juice

3 oz simple syrup

1/4 tsp kosher salt

16 oz club soda

Fill with ice & stir.

Garnish with lime wheels and mint sprigs.

 

Portico Spritz

(Inspired by Kellie Thorn)

Build in glass over ice:

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

4.5 oz club soda

Add 2-3 slices strawberry and stir.

Express orange peel and garnish with sage.

Proud and Prepared

Build in a collins glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz Comoz Blanc Vermouth de Chambèry

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

3 oz club soda

Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Rebirth of the Cool

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

1.5 oz Purkhart Pear Williams Eau-de-Vie

2 dashes orange bitters

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with an orange twist.

 

Salers Delight

(Sienna Hembrooke-Mann, Seattle, WA)

Stir with ice:

0.25 oz Salers Gentian Apéritif

0.25 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin

0.75 oz mezcal espadin

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

Strain in coupe.

Garnish with cocktail onion, olive and grapefruit twist.

Salt of the Earth

Build in a highball glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz Amaro Alta Verde

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

1 small pinch salt

Top with 3 oz Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water.

Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Sisters and Brothers

(Kate Perry, Seattle, WA)

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz Clairin or Rhum Agricole blanc

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

2 dashes orange bitters

Strain into coupe.

Garnish with lemon peel and a cocktail onion.