La Perla
Reposado tequila meets manzanilla sherry and pear liqueur in one of the most celebrated modern sherry cocktails. Earthy, saline, and softly fruity all at once.
- 1½ ozreposado tequila
- 1½ ozmanzanilla sherry
- ¾ ozpear liqueur
- Lemon twistgarnish
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La Perla was created in 2005 by Jacques Bezuidenhout at Tres Agaves restaurant in San Francisco. The drink went on to win the National Sherries of Spain cocktail competition, which brought it to widespread attention and helped cement manzanilla sherry as a versatile cocktail ingredient. The combination of reposado tequila's earthy, lightly wooded character with the sea-breeze salinity of manzanilla sherry and the delicate sweetness of pear liqueur was considered a revelation in bar circles, and La Perla remains a benchmark modern sherry cocktail more than two decades after its creation.
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