The Diplomat’s Daughter
1 oz aged cachaça
1 oz Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur

Stir and serve in a coupe or flute, then top with a dry champagne.

This cocktail was my contribution to Thursday Drink Night (TDN) for the Champagne theme. The herbal and aromatic qualities of the cachaça and Canton punch through the Brut champagne, essentially infusing the bubbles with all the cool flavors that can be found in the individual spirits.

I had been working on the aged cachaça with Chartreuse, but it ended up just being too much. I really wanted the spirit to shine, in this case I used the Novo Fogo aged cachaça which is a brilliant product. Tons of great grassy notes that one would expect from a great sugar cane spirit with just a little bit of wood. The ginger and dry bubbly provides a great backbone to cut through the cachaça’s inherent sweetness.