# Kir Royale

A sparkling Burgundian aperitif in which blackcurrant deepens dry Champagne without suppressing its acidity or fine bubbles.

Strength: 13% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 10 ml [Crème de cassis](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/creme-de-cassis.md)
- 90 ml [Champagne](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/champagne.md) — Use a well-chilled Brut Champagne.

## Glassware

Champagne flute

## Method

1. Pour the crème de cassis into a chilled Champagne flute.
2. Add the Champagne slowly and do not stir.

## Related drinks

- [Champagne Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-julep.md): Cold Champagne, mint, and one sugar cube make a light nineteenth-century julep over fine ice, finished with fresh fruit rather than another spirit.
- [Death in the Afternoon](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/death-in-the-afternoon.md): Absinthe turns cold Brut Champagne opalescent, aromatic, and formidable in Ernest Hemingway’s stark 1935 contribution to the cocktail canon.
- [Champagne Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-cocktail.md): A bitters-soaked sugar cube focuses Champagne's stream of bubbles, while Cognac gives the drink quiet depth.
- [Buck’s Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bucks-fizz.md): One part fresh orange to three parts Brut Champagne preserves the wine-forward British branch beside the equal-parts Prosecco Mimosa.
- [Seelbach](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/seelbach.md): Bourbon, orange liqueur, and ten dashes of bitters meet Champagne in Adam Seger's genuinely modern 1995 sparkling cocktail.
- [Russian Spring Punch](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/russian-spring-punch.md): Cassis and lemon give vodka a vivid blackcurrant-sour core before dry sparkling wine stretches it into a cold, dangerous party drink.
- [Black Velvet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/black-velvet.md): Equal parts chilled stout and Champagne combine roasted malt, wine acidity, and a remarkably soft, persistent texture.
- [French 75](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-75.md): A sparkling gin sour lengthened with Champagne.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kir-royale
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/kir-royale-9db26488.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/kir/