maine

2/3 St. Croix Rum (1 3/4 oz Plantation Original Dark)
2 dash Sherry (1/2 oz Lustau East India Solera)
2 dash French Vermouth (1/2 oz Noilly Prat Dry)
1 dash Picon Bitters (1/4 oz Torani Amer)

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass; I added an orange twist.
Two Thursdays ago, I reached for Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars: 1903-1933 to find a glossed over gem. The one that I landed upon was the Maine which intrigued me as a rum drink with its call for sherry and Picon. Once in the glass, the Maine's garnish donated an orange oil aroma over aged rum notes. Next, caramel and grape on the sip slid into rum on the swallow along with nutty grape melding into caramel-orange flavors.