Summertime is here and I thought to post something different, especially since I have to go visit friends in Tuscany for a week. Every knows that I do not like Rosé, Prosecco and most Italian whites. I just don't see the aromatic complexity these offerings. But since I don't want to be a party pooper all summer, I found a way out. I usually order a Spritz drink as a replacement. I find this category of mixed drinks so much more appealing then the afore mentioned wine variants. There are three similar ones of this kind. Starting with Campari Spritz (90pt), the most bitter and masculine one with bitter orange dominating intermixed with musk. Aperol Spritz (90pt) is the sweetest, with light orange color with more citrus and floral flavors. My favorite though is the Select Spritz (91pt), Select being the Venetian Version of Aperol so to say and it is pretty much a half-way house between Aperol and Campari with beautiful bitter orange flavor but not as bitter as Campari. If you don't find Select ask the barkeeper to blend Aperol and Campari 50/50 to get a proxy for Select Spritz. Cheers and enjoy the summer!
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Different crowd, so another pitcher of Aperol Spritz. Used traditional recipe (see previous TN) with same result. Again, the crowd was mesmerized by the bright orange color... Good with assorted appetizers.
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Dinner with Steve & Lucie (Our Place): Used half of a liter bottle (500 ml) to mix up a batch of Aperol Spritz per the Original Recipe: One bottle (750 ml) of Prosecco (used Zardetto Brut NV) Half liter (500 ml) of Aperol Aperitivo Liquer Partial bottle (250 ml) (~8 oz or half a 16 oz bottle) of Orange flavored Seltzer -- to enhance the orange flavor. Serve in a large glass with ice to taste. Always a hit - there's something about that bright orange color... We enjoyed our Spritz with some light appetizers before dinner.
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Great for a warm weather aperitif, I use, into a cold glass, 2 parts prosecco, 2 parts Aperol, 1 part soda water, a little ice and a slice of orange. This brings out the Aperol bitter fruit character really well and is basically the Aperol websites revised recipe (used to be 3 to 2 to 1) which lets them sell more of it!
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7/3/2023 - Collector1855 wrote: 90 Points
Summertime is here and I thought to post something different, especially since I have to go visit friends in Tuscany for a week. Every knows that I do not like Rosé, Prosecco and most Italian whites. I just don't see the aromatic complexity these offerings. But since I don't want to be a party pooper all summer, I found a way out. I usually order a Spritz drink as a replacement. I find this category of mixed drinks so much more appealing then the afore mentioned wine variants.
There are three similar ones of this kind. Starting with Campari Spritz (90pt), the most bitter and masculine one with bitter orange dominating intermixed with musk. Aperol Spritz (90pt) is the sweetest, with light orange color with more citrus and floral flavors. My favorite though is the Select Spritz (91pt), Select being the Venetian Version of Aperol so to say and it is pretty much a half-way house between Aperol and Campari with beautiful bitter orange flavor but not as bitter as Campari. If you don't find Select ask the barkeeper to blend Aperol and Campari 50/50 to get a proxy for Select Spritz. Cheers and enjoy the summer!
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8/13/2022 - VlgJeff wrote:
Different crowd, so another pitcher of Aperol Spritz. Used traditional recipe (see previous TN) with same result. Again, the crowd was mesmerized by the bright orange color... Good with assorted appetizers.
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6/22/2022 - VlgJeff wrote:
Dinner with Steve & Lucie (Our Place): Used half of a liter bottle (500 ml) to mix up a batch of Aperol Spritz per the Original Recipe:
One bottle (750 ml) of Prosecco (used Zardetto Brut NV)
Half liter (500 ml) of Aperol Aperitivo Liquer
Partial bottle (250 ml) (~8 oz or half a 16 oz bottle) of Orange flavored Seltzer -- to enhance the orange flavor.
Serve in a large glass with ice to taste. Always a hit - there's something about that bright orange color...
We enjoyed our Spritz with some light appetizers before dinner.
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7/24/2021 - trastevere Likes this wine: 89 Points
Great for a warm weather aperitif, I use, into a cold glass, 2 parts prosecco, 2 parts Aperol, 1 part soda water, a little ice and a slice of orange. This brings out the Aperol bitter fruit character really well and is basically the Aperol websites revised recipe (used to be 3 to 2 to 1) which lets them sell more of it!
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2/17/2017 - gwkozar wrote:
Works well in negroni. Softer than Campari, and better with fruit.
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7/22/2016 - rustyRudy Likes this wine:
Less bitter than Cappelleti and makes the best Spritzes with dry Prosseco. Too bitter for me to drink on the rocks by itself.
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9/10/2011 - gwkozar wrote: 87 Points
had during boys weekend. less bitter than campari, refreshing with soda.
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