This cocktail from Dante’s Naren Young “looks light, dainty and somewhat innocent, but because of the dry vermouth, it’s much more austere and bone dry,” he says. Supposedly dating back to Rome in the 1950s, this riff on the Negroni alters the ratios and swaps Campari for slightly spicy Contratto Bitter and sweet vermouth for dry, making for a more complex and all-around drier cocktail.
As Young puts it, “This is for the Negroni drinker that wants to be challenged.”
