Recipes Jefferson Sour Be the first to rate & review! "I wanted to make a sour the oldest way possible, with sugar, not simple syrup," says California mixologist Jon Santer, "then put a spin on it with an old-fashioned ingredient like ruby port—port being a founding wine of this country." (It was a staple in Thomas Jefferson's wine cellar.) Slideshows: Reinvented Classic Cocktails By Jon Santer Updated on December 22, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Total Time: 5 mins Yield: 1 Ingredients 1 1/2 teaspoons superfine sugar 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice 2 ounces aged rum, preferably Dos Maderas P.X. 5 + 5 Ice 3/4 ounce ruby port Directions In a cocktail shaker, stir the sugar and lemon juice until the sugar dissolves. Add the rum, fill the shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled ice-filled double rocks glass and top with the ruby port. Rate it Print