Martinez
Sweet vermouth leads here, dark and herbal, with maraschino adding a nutty cherry weight underneath and orange bitters lifting the finish. It drinks rich and slow, more sipping than sharp. The gin needs backbone — juniper and spice enough to cut the sugar — or the vermouth simply swallows it.
- 45 ml
- gin
- 45 ml
- sweet vermouth
- 1 bar spoon
- maraschino liqueur
- 2 dashes
- orange bitters
Stirred over ice, strained, orange twist.
From the collection — 2 bottles
Erber
Brixx 43 Dry Gin Tirol Mountain
The dried Bergheu and firm Wacholder stand up to sweet vermouth and maraschino, where a softer gin would vanish under them.
Munakra
Chardonnay Cask
The Chardonnay cask's oak and white-grape roundness meets sweet vermouth halfway, so the drink needs no help to feel wine-like.