Gin Game
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Ingredients
SERVINGS: 1 Cocktail
- 2 ounces Bombay Sapphire
- ½ ounce Sauvignon blanc (preferably from Marlborough New Zealand)
- ½ ounce Benedictine
- Dash of Peychaud's bitters
- Dash of Angostura bitters
- Grapefruit zest
Preparation
Stir all ingredients until properly diluted. Pour into a chilled glass. Perfume glass with grapefruit zest.
NOTE: This is my version of a Martinez cocktail, the precursor of the martini. The original calls for a malty gin, sweet vermouth, Luxardo Maraschino, and orange bitters. In my version I make a vermouth on the fly utilizing white wine, Benedictine, and bitters to create a sweet-bitter balance.
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