Tuesday, February 3, 2026

luca brazi

1 oz Reposado Tequila (Cimarron)
3/4 oz Punt e Mes
1/2 oz Campari
1/3 oz Cynar
5 drop Bittermens Mole Bitters
Stir with ice, strain into an old fashioned glass with ice, and garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Two Tuesdays prior, I sought out my copy of The Madrusan Cocktail Companion and landed on the Luca Brazi in the Negroni section as crafted by Lorenzo Antinori at Bar Leone in Hong Kong circa 2023. I could not find any confirmation of the bar's spelling of the drink, but Luca Brasi is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and the 1972 film based on it. Overall, the combination looked like a less intense version of The Last Mechanical Art, so I was intrigued. In the glass, the Luca Brazi ushered forth grapefruit, floral, vegetal, and peachy-orange aromas. Next, grape and caramel notes on the sip developed into vegetal, orange, and peach flavors on the swallow with a chocolate finish.
posted by frederic at 8:00 AM
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1 comment:

Chris B., Santa Fe said...

No Punt e Mes so used Tempus Fugit Alessio Rosso vermouth, which is more of a vermouth amaro. The chocolate finish on this is surprisingly prominent; hard to believe all that come from 1 dash of Bittermen's Mole Bitters. Maybe the Alessio is contributing too. One of the more interesting Boulevardier variations. (According to Difford, a tequila-based Negroni variation becomes a Boulevardier variation if you use reposado or anejo.)

February 14, 2026 at 10:08 PM

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