This cocktail works well with the blend of earth and nut and honey flavors. Each of the ingredients acts both as a compliment and a foil to the others, with the agave flavors in the tequila marrying with both the fruit of the sherry as well as the sweeter honey, but standing on as it's own as a base; the complex flavors of the sherry are accented by the slight age in the tequila as well as the bitters; the Barenjager adding a little bit of body, while still maintaining the overall punch of the drink; and the lemon oils twisted on top making sure that the entire drink is not too heavy. It is definitely a balance act that gives you a drink greater than the sum of its parts.

Ingredients

2 oz 
Reposado Tequila (Don Julio recommended)
.75 oz 
Palo Cortado Sherry (Lustau Peninsula recommended)
.5 oz 
Barenjager Honey Liqueur
1 dash 
Fee's Orange Bitters
1 dash 
Regan's Orange Bitters
Garnish 
lemon twist

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass.  Stir over ice and strain into Nick and Nora glass.  Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Pairing Palo Cortado with food

"Meditation wine," ideal to be slowly appreciated, to become totally immersed in the full range of well balanced sensations this exceptional wine has to offer. It may accompany nuts, cured cheeses and, at the table, the more concentrated consommés, stews and gelatinous meats (bull's tail, cheeks...)

Palo Cortado fast facts

Slightly Chilled in a White Wine Glass

Serve it between 12° and 14° C in a white wine glass.

The Most Elegant Sherry

It combines the subtlety of an Amontillado with the roundness of an Oloroso.

Ideal to Drink Glass by Glass

Its composition allows it to be stored in open bottles for months.

Analytic data

  • Alcoholic content between 17 & 22% vol.
  • Sugar < 5 gr. / litre (normally < 1 gr. / litre)
  • Total Acidity (tartaric) 4 - 6 gr. / litre
  • Volatile Acidity (acetic) < 0,8 gr. / litre
  • High in Gylcerine Content 8 - 10 gr. / litre
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