The recipe
- 2 ozGin60 ml
- ½ ozLemon juice15 ml
- ½ ozSimple syrup15 ml
- ½ ozCampari15 ml
- 6White grapes
How to make it
- 1Muddle the grapes in the shaker.
- 2Add everything else and ice, and shake.
- 3Strain into a chilled rocks glass over one large ice cube.
Garnish: Three white grapes on a pick.
Most bars now pour equal parts gin and Campari (1 oz each) with more lemon; Errico’s own spec is four parts gin to one of Campari.
The ratio
4 : 1 : 1 : 1
In parts, an Enzoni is 4 gin, 1 lemon, 1 syrup and 1 Campari. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Built the same way
Head to head
More Negronis & Spritzes
- Americano — Campari and sweet vermouth with a splash of soda. Bitter, low in alcohol and made for early evening.
- Bitter Giuseppe — A Manhattan built on the artichoke amaro Cynar instead of whiskey, with sweet vermouth and a quarter ounce of lemon. Low in alcohol, big on bitter.
- Boulevardier — A Negroni with whiskey in place of gin: warmer, rounder and a little less bitter.
- Cardinale — Gin and dry vermouth with a measure of Campari: a dry, pale-red cousin of the Negroni.
- Garibaldi — Campari and fresh orange juice over ice. Bittersweet, juicy and light.
- Negroni — Gin, Campari and sweet vermouth in equal parts, over ice. Bitter, sweet and strong.