Pomegranate Champagne Sangria

By es123

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 750-ml bottles brut Champagne chilled
• 1 1/2 cups white rum
• 1 1/4 cups pomegranate juice
• 1 large lemon thinly sliced
• Pomegranate seeds
• mint leaves
• 1 ice block

Preparation

Step 1

Bring 1/2 cup water and sugar to boil in small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer 5 minutes. Cool syrup completely.

Combine Champagne, rum, and pomegranate juice in punch bowl. Add enough syrup to sweeten to taste. Mix in lemon slices, pomegranate seeds, and mint leaves. Add ice block to bowl.