Nacho Rubio, winner of the first Master Cocktail competition held by Bodegas Williams & Humbert, is truly in love with his profession. This Madrid native fulfilled his dream of “retiring” at 40 to his beloved Sanlúcar de Barrameda, his adopted home, where he now spends his days making cocktails in Bajo de Guía, home of “Salaero”, the bar where he creates them. But after just a few minutes talking with Nacho Rubio it is clear he will never retire, because he lives his work with real passion – the same passion he puts into every cocktail. At most, he has stepped out of the whirlwind of a career that has taken him to work with the greats of gastronomy and mixology: Paco Roncero, for whom he made his first cocktail, David Muñoz and Diego Cabrera are just a few. A sign of this restlessness is his project to create a cocktail school in Sanlúcar together with a great name, bartender Tupac Kirby.
Nacho Rubio
Winner of the first Master Cocktail competition by Bodegas Williams & Humbert
A star pupil of The Cocktail Room in Madrid, Nacho Rubio won the first Master Cocktail competition organised by Williams & Humbert, which rewards the best cocktail creations made with our winery’s spirits. “Placer adulto” (Adult Pleasure) is the evocative name of the winning cocktail, which includes Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum and Don Zoilo Amontillado from Bodegas Williams & Humbert among its ingredients. A cocktail that is clearly a nod to local roots, to our land – something Nacho Rubio considers vital: valuing and caring for what is ours, for what makes us unique.
A star pupil of The Cocktail Room in Madrid, Nacho Rubio won the first Master Cocktail competition organised by Williams & Humbert, which rewards the best cocktail creations made with our winery’s spirits. “Placer adulto” (Adult Pleasure) is the evocative name of the winning cocktail, which includes Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum and Don Zoilo Amontillado from Bodegas Williams & Humbert among its ingredients. A cocktail that is clearly a nod to local roots, to our land – something Nacho Rubio considers vital: valuing and caring for what is ours, for what makes us unique.
“The Placer adulto cocktail is a nod to our land, to what makes us unique, and its key ingredients include Dos Maderas rum aged at Williams & Humbert, a Don Zoilo Amontillado and handmade Sanlúcar bitter orange marmalade.”
- 5 cl Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum
- 2 cl Don Zoilo Amontillado
- 4 dashes chocolate bitters
- 2 cl grapefruit juice
- 2 bar spoons bitter orange marmalade
- 2 cl agave syrup
- 1.5 cl chocolate liqueur