Stir ingredients with ice, strain into chilled Nick & Nora/cocktail glass or over a large cube in a rocks glass. Express a red grapefruit peel. Garnish with brandied cherry (and grapefruit peel if desired.)
Strikingly red, almost candy apple. I have used Buffalo Trace and Evan Williams for this, nothing fancy is required. The specific combination of Select and Maurin Quina distinguishes this cocktail.
This concoction is a riff on the Boulevardier, with the name being a nod to Select's Venetian origins, canals vs. boulevards. Select has some parallels to Campari, and I have found that Select has a synergy with wine based cherry aperitif Maurin Quina. The latter stands in for vermouth here, taking the Boulevardier form in a new direction. Maurin Quina has historically used a devil theme in advertising, acknowledged here as the Devil's Gondolier.
Update: I tried a wheated bourbon (Larceny) for this tonight, and this was even better than what I remember with Buffalo Trace or Evan Williams. It was an even smoother libation this way, so that is what I will recommend going forward. The vibrant candy apple red of this cocktail makes for a good Valentine's Day beverage.