To Give You No Pain

Way back in March there was a grappa themed TDN,and for my submission I decided to play with adding back some of the fruit flavors the grappa gives up in the distillation of the brandy using Chambord.  I added some Cynar for a Italy-appropriate touch of bitterness and for some depth of flavor, and some lemon to add brightness which it needed.  Here's the result: 

To Give You No Pain

• 1¾ oz grappa
• ¾ oz Chambord
• ¼ oz Cynar
• ½ oz Lemon
• 2 dashes Jerry Thomas Bitters
• 1 dash Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters

Shake and strain into cocktail glass, orange twist garnish

I was having trouble coming up with a name, so I plucked a line from the song "A Horse with no Name" by America for the drink's moniker.
I subsequently decided that the drink finished a little flat and decided to do a bit more tweaking, so I added a couple dashes of things to round out the flavor and extend the finish a bit.  This could use still more tweaking, but this was a start.

To Give You No Pain #2

• 1¾ oz grappa
• ¾ oz Chambord
• ¼ oz Cynar
• ½ oz Lemon
• 2 dashes Jerry Thomas Bitters
• 1 dash Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters
• 1 dash Fernet Branca
• 1 dash absinthe

Shake and strain into cocktail glass, orange twist garnish