Apparent Cocktail (variation)

(Sarah Ip, Tongue-Cut Sparrow, Houston)

1.25 oz Hayman’s London Dry Gin

1 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

0.25 oz Cocchi Americano Bianco

4 dashes absinthe

Stir with ice.

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 Cap Corse Mattei Blanc

4 oz seltzer

Garnish with lemon peel

Culomba

(Jared Sadoian, The Hawthorne, 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, Compere Lapin, 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 Blanc

1.5 oz Mattei Rouge

1 dash Angostura bitters

1 dash orange bitters

Flock Reviver

(Kelly O’Hare, Austin, TX)

Shake with ice:

0.75 oz Mattei Blanc

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 blanc

1 oz Salers

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 blanc

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 Cap Corse Mattei Blanc Quinquina

2 dash 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 Blanc

1.5 oz Hayman’s London Dry Gin

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with a lemon peel.

Plum Negroni

(Michael Schall, Bar Camillo, 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

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

Stir.

Fill with ice.

Garnish with lime wheels.

Garnish with 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

Stir.

Express orange peel.

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 blanc

3 oz club soda

Garnish with a grapefruit peel

Rebirth of the Cool

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz Mattei blanc

1.5 oz Purkhart Pear Williams Eau-de-Vie

2 dashes orange bitters

Strain into a coupe.

Garnish with an orange twist.

Salt of the Earth

Build in a highball glass filled with ice:

1.5 oz Amaro Alta Verde

1.5 oz Cap Corse Blanc

1 small pinch salt

Top with 3 oz Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water.

Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Sisters and Brothers

(Kate Perry, Seattle)

Stir with ice:

1.5 oz Clairin or Rhum Agricole blanc

1.5 oz Mattei Cap Corse Blanc Quinquina

2 dash orange bitters

Strain into coupe.

Garnish with Lemon Peel and Cocktail Onion.