Cocktail of the Week: May Margarita

Sunday, May 3, 2015 | 2 a.m.

Ingredients

2 oz Sauza Blue tequila

1 oz X-Rated Fusion

Liqueur Tropix

1 oz fresh lime juice

1 oz agave nectar

Sliced pineapple for garnish

Junior Merino Chile Pasilla/Cinnamon salt for rim

Method

Combine all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake thoroughly. Salt the rim of the margarita glass. Strain into the glass and garnish with skewered pineapple slices.

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This margarita was created specifically for Cinco de Mayo sippin’. It is both sweet and deliciously tangy, and the chile pasilla cinnamon salt rim adds an unexpected depth and richness to the tequila. The only thing this drink will leave you wanting is seconds (and thirds).

Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Wine and Spirits.