true romance

3/4 oz Olmeca Altos Reposado Tequila (Espolon)
3/4 oz Del Maguey Mezcal Vida (Peloton de la Muerte)
1/2 oz Cynar
1/2 oz Punt e Mes
1/2 oz Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur
2 dash Bitter Truth Celery Bitters

Stir with ice, strain into a double old fashioned glass with a large ice cube, and garnish with a half orange wheel (omit).Two Fridays ago, I purchased a bottle of Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur, and that night I looked to my Excel spreadsheets for the Death & Co. books for an use. In the Welcome Home edition, I spotted the True Romance by Carey Jenkins in 2019 as a mezcal Negroni named after the Quentin Tarantino movie and inspired by co-worker Scott Teague's Straight Razor (I was unable to finds a recipe or other reference to this mezcal Negroni riff though). In the glass, True Romance approached the nose with vegetal and pepper aromas. Next, caramel and grape notes on the sip blossomed into smoky agave, pepper spice, and bitter herbal flavors on the swallow.