Skip to content
Sip Curator
All cocktails South Pacific Contessa

Log in to see whether your bar can pour this

South Pacific Contessa

Aperitivo/aperitif · Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni) · Citrusy

4.2 31 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Pisco
1 oz Orange-red aperitivo
1 oz Dry vermouth
1 dash Orange bitters

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with orange slice.

Made it?

How did it pour?

Rate this drink

With an account you can score a drink once you have poured it and keep a note on how you made it. Your score and your note are yours alone; share your ingredient list if you want to, and other members see how you pour it.

Flavour profile

18.6% alc./vol. · 1.2 standard drinks · 152 calories

History

A bittersweet aperitivo with a pisco base and orange colour.

This drink is a pisco-based variation of John Gertsen's gin-based Contessa, itself inspired by Tiago Carpenedo's Brazilian Contessa.