Cocktails & Recipies
Nectarine Highball
By Ash Bartlett from Tobi in Ponsonby, Auckland
You’ll be transported straight to a summer meadow sipping this fresh and fruity tall cocktail.
Ingredients
- 50ml Fresh Nectarine Juice
- 30ml 144 Islands No.1 Vermouth
- 10ml Italian Blanc Aperitif
- 5ml Creme de Peche
- 10ml Sugar Syrup
Steps
- Shake and served tall
- Garnish with a lemon coin
You’ll be transported straight to a summer meadow sipping this fresh and fruity tall cocktail. Stone fruits like nectarine and peach are the juiciest, most quintessentially ‘summer’ fruit, and their warm gold hues are an ode to the sunshine itself. In this drop by Ash at Tobi, it sings alongside 144 Islands No.1. Vermouth with it’s dry, aromatic floral notes and Kerikeri lemon notes. Enjoy by the pool, with a meal, a cheeky brunch or really at any time you want some liquid Northland sunshine in your life.
144 Islands Vermouth No.1
Vermouth #1 by 144 Islands is a white base wine of Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Chardonnay. Fortified to 22% abv with grain-based spirit, approx. 15-18 g/L residual sugar. Kerikeri Lemon, Kumarahou, Kawakawa, Tarata, Pink Peppercorn, Manuka and Kanuka Flowers foraged by hand by owner, Jake and his son Remy. Botanicals macerated in alcohol, then distilled through rotary evaporation and added back to base wine at fortification.
