# Kalimotxo

Young red wine and cola meet as equals in a cold Basque long drink, where tannin, dark fruit, caramel, and phosphoric bite make more sense together than reputation suggests.

Strength: 7% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 90 ml [Red wine](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/red-wine.md) — Use a young, fruit-forward dry red such as Rioja joven, served well chilled.
- 90 ml [Cola](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cola.md) — Use well-chilled full-sugar cola.

## Glassware

Highball glass

## Method

1. Fill a chilled highball glass with cubed ice.
2. Add the red wine and chilled cola, then stir once gently.

## Related drinks

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- [Piscola](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/piscola.md): Chilean pisco and cola make a direct national highball in which fragrant grape spirit cuts cleanly through caramel, citrus, spice, and fizz.
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- [Batanga](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/batanga.md): Blanco tequila, fresh lime, salt, and cane-sugar cola make a vivid Jalisco highball whose agave, citrus, and savoury edge remain unmistakable.
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- [151 Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/151-swizzle.md): Donn Beach's formidable swizzle, driving overproof Demerara rum through lime, sugar, aromatic bitters, and a cool thread of anise.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kalimotxo
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/kalimotxo-4ffaa084.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-276