French 40

Name: French 40
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 oz Gin; 3/4 oz Amaro (e.g. Montenegro); 1/2 oz Lemon juice; 1/3 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 1/2 oz Brut sparkling wine

Aperitivo/aperitif · Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni) · Long drinks and highballs

3.8 25 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Gin

3/4 oz Amaro (e.g. Montenegro)

1/2 oz Lemon juice

1/3 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

2 1/2 oz Brut sparkling wine

How to make

Serve in a collins glass

1 SHAKE first 3 ingredients and strain into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring sparkling wine.

Flavour profile

No alcohol Medium Boozy

Sweet Medium Dry/sour

12.8% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 209 calories

History

Faintly bittersweet and refreshingly citrusy. A riff on the French 75, named for Amaro Montenegro's 40 botanicals.