I hope you enjoy the craft cocktails containing Pineau des Charentes as much as we enjoyed creating them.

For more information about the history, components and styles of this fortified wine and soon to be cocktail ingredient sensation, click the link to get you to: Pineau des Charentes: The Fortified Wine You’re  Missing Out On

 

Smoky Velvet Charentes

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 1.5 oz MONTELOBOS Mezcal
• 1 oz honey simple syrup
• 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 pasteurized egg white (0.75 oz)
• Grated nutmeg for garnish
• Ice

Instructions:

• Add Pineau, mezcal, honey syrup, lemon juice, and egg white to a shaker
• Dry shake vigorously (no ice) for 30 seconds to create a creamy froth
• Add ice and shake again until chilled
• Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a coupe glass
• Garnish with a light dusting of freshly grated nutmeg

 

Pineau Rosé Bliss

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
• Fresh muddled mint
• 0.5 oz raspberry syrup
• 0.5 oz cranberry juice
• Rosé sparkling wine
• Fresh raspberries (garnish)
• Ice

Instructions:

• Fill a shaker with lime juice and mint and muddle
• Add ice
• Add the Pineau des Charentes and raspberry syrup
• Shake well until chilled
• Place raspberries into chilled champagne flute
• Strain shaker mixture into flute
• Top with rosé sparkling wine

 

Pink Petals Pineau

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 1 oz Empress elderflower rose gin
• 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
• 1 oz St-Germain elderflower liqueur
• 0.5 oz rosewater
• 1 egg white (0.75 oz)
• Dried edible rose petals for garnish

Instructions:

• Chill a coupe glass in the freezer
• In a shaker, combine Pineau des Charentes, gin, lemon juice, elderflower liqueur, rosewater, and egg white
• Dry shake (no ice) vigorously for 30 seconds to create a creamy froth
• Add ice and shake again until chilled
• Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a coupe glass
• Garnish with a few dried rose petals on top

 

 

Pineau Holiday Smash

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 1.5 oz Insurrection Whiskey
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 oz cranberry juice (unsweetened preferred)
• 0.5 oz mint simple syrup (see recipe above)
• Fresh mint leaves for garnish
• Lime twill for garnish
• Ice

Instructions:

• Fill a shaker with ice
• Add the Pineau des Charentes, bourbon, lime juice, and mint simple syrup
• Shake well until chilled
• Strain into a rocks glass – large ice cube
• Garnish with fresh mint leaves and a lime twill

 

 

Cranberry Pineau Sparkler

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 1 oz cranberry juice (unsweetened preferred)
• Solerno blood orange liqueur (can substitute Cointreau)
• 3 oz dry sparkling wine
• 1 rosemary sprig and a few fresh cranberries for garnish
• Ice

Instructions:

• Chill a Champagne flute and add cranberries
• To a shaker add ice, Pineau des Charentes, cranberry juice, and Solerno blood orange liqueur
• Stir gently until chilled
• Pour into Champagne flute
• Top with sparkling wine
• Garnish with a sprig of rosemary

 

 

 

Pineau Tequila Sour

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 1 oz LUNAZUL Tequila Resposado
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
• 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
• 1 oz simple syrup
• 1 pasteurized egg white (0.75 oz)
• Angustora bitters (garnish)

Instructions:

• In a shaker (without ice), combine Pineau des Charentes, tequila, lime juice, simple syrup, and egg white
• Dry shake vigorously for 30 seconds to build froth
• Add ice to the shaker and shake again until chilled
• Strain through fine mesh strainer into a coupe glass (don’t skip this step)
• Garnish with a few drops of Angostura bitters, swirling them into a decorative pattern

 

 

Pineau Lavender Kiss

Ingredients:

• 1.5 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 1.5 oz Empress indigo gin
• 1 oz lemon-lavender honey syrup
• 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 egg white (0.75 oz)
• Edible blossoms for garnish

Instructions:

• Chill a coupe glass in the freezer for a few minutes
• In a dry shaker, combine Pineau des Charentes, Indigo Gin, lemon-lavender syrup, lime juice and egg white
• Dry shake (no ice) vigorously for 30 seconds to create a creamy froth
• Add ice and shake again until chilled
• Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a coupe glass
• Garnish with edible blossoms

 

 

Spiced Pineau Holiday Punch

Ingredients (Can be batched):

• 2 oz Pineau des Charentes
• 1 oz Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
• ½ oz Pernot
• 2 oz cranberry juice
• 1 oz apple cider
• 2 dashes orange bitters
• Cinnamon stick, star anise, and a few cranberries for garnish
• Ice

Instructions:

• Fill a shaker with ice
• Add Pineau, ginger liqueur, cranberry juice, apple cider, and orange bitters
• Shake well until chilled
• Strain into rocks glass over large ice cube
• Garnish with a cinnamon stick and dried blood orange