Cocktail

The Best Champagne

Chloe Frechette & Death & Co. (New York City)

Champagne Flute

Ingredients

1 cube

Demerara Sugar

soaked in Angostura bitters
2 dashes

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

to soak the sugar cube
5 oz

Vilmart & Cie Grand Reserve Champagne

or similar quality Champagne

Instructions

Saturate a demerara sugar cube with Angostura bitters and drop it into a chilled Champagne flute. Slowly pour the Champagne over the cube, allowing it to fizz gently. Garnish with a long lemon pigtail twist.

About

Death & Co.'s unfussy take on the classic Champagne Cocktail, built on the timeless formula of bitters-soaked sugar and bubbles. Crisp and bright, it finishes with a citrusy lift from a long lemon pigtail garnish.

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