How To Make A Zesty & Zingy Cocktail
28th February 2020
For those looking for a little bit of zestiness or zinginess in their Cocktail, you have come to the right place.
In a Cocktail focused around a certain flavour, it’s important to get all the right ingredients, including the right Sparkling Wine, the Sparkling Wine I’ve chosen for this Cocktail is a Silver Medal winner in the Zesty & Zingy Category at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2019.
The Sparkling Wine – Citra Vini Fenaroli Pecorino Brut 12 2016
This Sparkling Wine I’ve chosen will add to the overall experience and won’t take you too far away from the Zesty & Zingy flavours we want to achieve.
The Fenaroli Pecorino Brut 12 2016 from Italy won a Silver Medal in the Zesty & Zingy Category at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2019.
Fenaroli Pecorino Brut 12 2016 Tasting Notes
Aroma – “Sweet pasty with yellow stone fruits and citrus aromas.”
Taste – “Zesty yellow fruits with creamy citrus flavours.”
How To Make A Zesty & Zingy Cocktail
Ingredients
- Sparkling Wine
- Gin
- Lemon
- Lime
How To Make A Zesty & Zingy Cocktail
- Grab a glass and pour in 10mls of Gin
- Squeeze 10mls of Lemon Juice and pour into your glass
- Squeeze 7mls of Lime Juice and pour into your glass
- Top up with your Sparkling Wine
- Add in some Lemon & Lime for a garnish.
Zesty & Zingy Cocktail Tasting Notes – “A refreshing, well balanced citrus lovers cocktail, expressing more prominent lime flavours over the lemon, but both still creates that Zesty & Zingy flavour we wanted.”
Even though there is less lime in the cocktail, it expresses itself more than the lemon, so depending on which you like more you might want to add in less lime juice.
For anyone who likes their gin and tonic with a lemon slice, this cocktail is a fizz twist.
Just to add a final note, if you would prefer a sweeter touch to this cocktail, just run a little honey around the rim of the glass.
Oliver Walkey
WSET 2 Journalist focused on sharing Champagne and Sparkling Wine reviews and cocktails to the world.