The Laubade Legacy

Ingredients

• 60 ml Château de Laubade X.O. Bas-Armagnac
• 20 ml Cognac (VSOP)
• 15 ml Crème de cacao (dark)
• 10 ml Fresh lemon juice
• 8 ml Honey syrup (1:1 ratio)
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash Orange bitters

Method

1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass filled with large ice cubes.
2. Stir continuously for 45 seconds until well-chilled and properly diluted.
3. Strain through a fine strainer into the prepared glass.
4. Express the oils from an orange peel over the surface.

Serve in a crystal coupe glass. Garnish with a single large orange twist (approximately 3 inches long) placed delicately across the rim. Float a single candied chestnut on the surface as a secondary garnish. Present on a slate coaster with a branded cocktail pick alongside the glass.