Gucci is getting into the bottled cocktail sport they usually’ve enlisted grasp mixologist Giorgio Bargiani to assist them do it. The Italian model’s first signature libation is the Elisir d’Elicriso.
Bargiani has spent the previous eight years working as assistant director of mixology on the world’s finest bar, London’s Connaught Bar, and along with the clothes firm unveiled the cocktail bar at Gucci Giardino 25 café and cocktail bar in Florence, Italy.
The Elisir d’Elicriso evokes the gardens of Tuscany, in keeping with the model. Described as a “collector’s cocktail with a wealthy, natural, and rounded profile drawn from native botanicals, apothecary and pure herbs from the Mediterranean, vetiver, and the important oil of ‘elicriso’ (helichrysum italicum),” it took seven months (and 15 tastings) to come back to fruition.
“Gucci and I share the identical Tuscan roots, and we now have the identical imaginative and prescient, in pursuing excellence, searching for magnificence with out being caught previously, and at all times yearning for innovation,” Bargiani informed WWD.
Pink in coloration, Gucci Elisir d’Elicriso arrives inside a carved glass bottle made so as to add a classy contact to any dwelling bar. The Italian model recommends having fun with the bottled cocktail straight up, on the rocks, with a touch of glowing wine, or with a splash of tonic.
Elisir d’Elicriso may be ordered through Gucci Osteria or the Giardino 25 for $140. Sadly, for the second, it might probably solely be shipped inside Italy. Bottles will even be obtainable in a restricted run at Gucci Giardino 25 in Florence.
