By
Diego Cortés
The jote is young red wine with cola, ice and a slice of orange: the simplest, cheapest and fastest drink in Chilean cocktail culture, ready in ten minutes with no shaker and best ice-cold.
The name comes from the black-plumed, red-headed carrion bird, after the colours of wine and cola poured in that order. The mix is wider than Chile: it took off in the Basque Country in the 1970s to rescue sour wine and reached the ramadas that way. The background (origin, alcohol content per ratio and calories) is in what the jote is and how many calories it has.
It makes five glasses of about 300 ml and each one lands around 210 kcal, almost all of it from the wine and the sugar in the cola. It takes 10 minutes to put together, but the chilling comes first: wine and cola two hours in the fridge, jug and glasses ten minutes in the freezer. For more drinks built on wine, try the fruity burgundy, the navegado and melon wine; and to fine-tune ratios and ice, see cocktail basics at home.
Prep
10 min
Servings
5
Calories
210 kcal
Chill the wine and the cola in the fridge for at least 2 hours: with warm cola the jote turns sweet and flat.
Put the jug and the glasses in the freezer 10 minutes before serving so the ice does not melt straight away.
Cut the orange into 5 or 6 thin seedless slices and, if using it, the lemon into 2 slices.
Pour the litre of wine into the cold jug and add the orange slices, pressing just one against the glass so it releases its aroma.
Add the cola down the side of the jug and very slowly, without stirring, so the fizz stays in.
Taste and adjust the ratio: if it is too strong, add 50 ml more cola; if it is too soft, top up with 100 ml of wine.
Drop in the large ice cubes just before serving, because crushed ice melts instantly and waters the drink down.
Stir once with a long spoon, bottom to top, and serve straight away, filling each glass three-quarters full.
Serve each glass with an orange slice from the jug and, if you used it, a slice of lemon.
Drink the jote within 20 to 30 minutes: after that it loses its fizz and its charm.
Keep any leftovers covered in the fridge for up to 1 day and do not freeze them, because thawed jote is flat.
This recipe has a easy difficulty level, which means it's accessible for cooks of all levels.
The preparation time is 10 minutes and the cooking time is 0 minutes.
This recipe is designed for 5 servings.
Yes, many ingredients can be substituted with similar alternatives. We recommend checking the recipe variations.
Store the preparation in the refrigerator for up to 3 days in an airtight container. Some preparations can be frozen for up to 3 months.
