La Jetée

Name: La Jetée
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Angostura Bitters; 15 ml Braulio; 23 ml Mezcal; 23 ml Cognac; 30 ml Bonal Gentiane Quina

A stirred, smoky and bittersweet drink of mezcal and cognac with Bonal Gentiane Quina and Braulio, rounded out with Angostura. Herbal with a bitter edge; created by Frederic Yarm in Boston in 2023.

Frederic Yarm created La Jetée in 2023, following the mezcal and Braulio pairing in the Montañista a few nights earlier. The 1910 Cocktail served as a guide, and the St. Bernard's Pass, which resembles a Cognac Black Manhattan, inspired the mix of mezcal, Cognac and Braulio. Bonal was chosen over Punt e Mes because it suits both spirits, and the drink is named after the 1962 film "La Jetée."

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Smoky