Citrus Spritz

This elegant cocktail is ideally suited as a summer refresher. When made properly, it should reflect the season of carefree joy, a ray of sun in a glass.

Intermediate
5-7 minutes

ingredients and how to craft

Ingredients

1.75 VSOP
0.75 lemon liqueur
0.5 orange juice
0.5 fresh lemon juice
Top with champagne, sparkling wine or soda

Step-by-step

Close up of the citrus spritz cocktail poured into a specialty cocktail glass with ice.

Step 1

Build all ingredients into a tin, except the soda and shake vigorously

Step 2

Pour into a Highball glass ½ full of cubed or cobbled ice

Step 3

Add the soda water

Step 4

Pack in extra ice and garnish with a lemon twist and raspberry

Complete your cocktail with

Bottle of Courvoisier VSOP cognac with a white label.

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