love lies bleeding

1 1/2 oz Punt e Mes
1/2 oz Mezcal (Fidencio)
1/2 oz Cardamaro
1/2 oz Aperol
1/8 oz Lime Juice
2 dash Bittercube Jamaica #2 Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with a grapefruit twist.Two Saturdays ago, I selected the Bartender's Manifesto book and came across Love Lies Bleeding. This was Levi Tyma's 2018 take on the Art of Choke, and with the Punt e Mes, mezcal, amaro, and hint of citrus, it reminded me of Carlota's Collapse. In the glass, Love Lies Bleeding showed off the grapefruit oils from the twist over smoke aromas from the mezcal. Next, a grape, orange, and lime sip bloomed into herbal, vegetal, and smoke flavors on the swallow.