place de la concorde

1 3/4 oz Cognac (Monnet VSOP)
3/4 oz Punt e Mes
1/2 oz Maple Syrup
2 dash Peach Bitters (Fee Brothers)
2 dash Peychaud's Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with both an orange and a lemon twist.Two Thursdays ago, I returned to A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails for Any Mood by Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix for ideas of that night's drink. There, I latched on to the Place de la Concorde as 2015 Speed Rack winner Brittini Rae Peterson's take on a Cognac Manhattan. The idea of a Manhattan-style drink with Punt e Mes and maple fondly reminded me of the Burlington at the Citizen, so I was curious to try the combination again. Once prepared, the Place de la Concorde opened up with an orange, lemon, maple, and Cognac bouquet. Next, grape notes and maple's richness on the sip gave way to Cognac, bitter herbal, and peach flavors on the swallow.