Cardinale
Tanqueray, Campari & Dolin Dry
At a glance
Dolin Dry stands in for rosso, so it comes out lean and sharp.
Ingredients
Make it
Ratio1:1:1
- Method
Stir with ice, then strain into a chilled glass.
- Ice
No ice in the final serve.
- Glass
Cocktail glass.
- Garnish
Lemon twist.
Temperature and dilution
Dry vermouth leaves no sweet cushion. Enough dilution keeps the drink lean without letting the edge turn raw.
What does properly diluted mean?
Stir until the glass is properly cold and the drink tastes joined rather than hot and separate. Timing varies with the ice.
For a drink served up, there is no ice to follow it into the glass, so it needs to reach its intended chill and dilution before it leaves the mixing glass. A chilled serving glass keeps it cold at the table.
Taste
- BitternessGentleBitter
- SweetnessDrySweet
- BodyLightFull
- Herbal characterCleanHerbal
- Strength feelSofterStronger
Compare
Set against a Cocchi Classic, the difference lands straight away: less sweetness, less body, more edge.