Riviera Edition · 04 · Recipe
The Yacht Club
Ava Gardner
Apple, basil and champagne — a gin serve of pale gold, lifted by fine bubbles.
Origin
Named for the star who wintered on the Riviera and drank only what suited the hour. Apple and basil shrub gives the gin an orchard sharpness; champagne carries it upward — poise, without a raised voice.
Ingredients
- — 40 ml The Yacht Club Riviera Dry Gin
- — 20 ml apple & basil shrub
- — 10 ml lemon juice
- — Champagne, to top
Glassware
Chilled flute
Method
Shake gin, shrub and lemon hard with ice. Strain into a chilled flute and top gently with champagne.
Pale gold, quietly luminous.
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