WINE
LIST
ITALY
White
PINOT GRIGIO, Alto Adige, 2007/08, San Michele Appiano
From the award winning San Michelle Appiano Winery,
this is a stunning example of Pinot Grigio! Grown
at altitude on the
foothills of the Alps in the Alto Adige, where the
cooler climate allows the development of great fruit
flavour combined with
intense freshness.
£26.95
Red
ROSSO DI SALENTO, 2004/05 – Capello di Prete,
Francesco Candido, Puglia, Italy
Rich and spicy on the nose, followed by concentrated
rounded flavours of sundried raisins, dark chocolate
and black
coffee leading to a lovely bitter black cherry finish
on the palate.
£27.00
NEW ZEALAND
White
SAUVIGNON BLANC, 2008 - Hunters Wines, Marlborough,
South Island
Jane Hunter OBE is one of New Zealand's most respected
winemakers and one can see why with this grassy, aromatic
and zesty Sauvignon.
£26.50
Red
PINOT NOIR, 2006/07 – Jackson Estate, Marlborough,
South Island £35.50
Fresh and lively with fabulous red fruit flavours
– New World Pinot Noir at its best.
Red
HEATHCOTE SHIRAZ, ’Limited Edition’ 2008,
Brown Brothers, Milawa, Victoria
A medium bodied wine with aromas of cherry and plum
fruits, interwoven with subtle oak, spices and pepper.
It is a deep brilliant ruby colour and is drinking
well now.
£27.00
White
THOMAS MITCHELL MARSANNE, 2008, Victoria, Australia
Dry, unwooded classy white packed with citrus and
rockmelon flavours. Made exclusively from the Marsanne
grape which
is native to the Rhône valley, although it has
found it’s second home in Victoria.
Divine with shellfish, fish and poultry dishes.£18.50
MOSEL
KASELER NIES’CHEN RIESLING KABINETT, 2003/05
Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt, Trier, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
Exquisitely delicate, with lovely floral fragrances
and very ripe fruit. The Von kesselstatt Estate is
one of the very top estates in the Mosel and has been
producing fine wines since the 14th Century.£30.95
SOUTH
AFRICA
Red
PINOTAGE,
2009– Horse Mountain, Paarl
South Africa’s own grape ( a cross between Pinot
Noir and Cinsault) this is delightfully light, soft
and elegant and packed
with
crunchy red plummy cherry fruit. Stunning!
£22.90
White
VIOGNIER,
2007 – Fairview, Paarl
In vogue at the moment and an easy to please grape
variety. Peach and apricot flavours with a lovely
rounded mouth-feel and
a long concentrated finish. One of the best examples
of Viognier outside it traditional heartland of the
Rhône.
£25.50
LEBANON
Red
MASSAYA SILVER SELECTION RED, 2005- Beka Valley
A stunning red that is a must try for all lovers of
Rhone valley wines. Made in partnership with the Brunier
brothers,
of Chateauneuf Vieux Télegraphe fame and Dominique
Hébrard, who used to own Cheval Blanc, you
can be assured
of its supreme quality. Made with Grenache Noir, Cinsault,
Cabernet Sauvignon and Mourvèdre it has a huge
concentrated fruitiness and seriously long finish.
A world class wine, from one of the oldest wine growing
regions
in the world. We recommend with red and white meat
dishes with rich sauces.
£34.00
SPAIN (RED)
RIOJA MUGA RESERVA, 2006- Bodegas Muga, Haro, Rioja
Alta
Meticulously faithful to their traditional wine-making
methods, Muga use the classic Rioja grape mix - Tempranillo,
Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano which are vinified
in traditional Rioja oak vats and then matured for
24 months
in small French and American oak barrels. A stunning
Rioja, from one of the most sought after bodegas.
£29.90
SPAIN (WHITE)
RIOJA BLANCO, MONOPOLE, 2006– Compañia
Vinicola de Norte de España, Rioja Alavesa
Classic white Rioja aged in oak barrels giving a crisp
acidity and a greater depth of flavour, with a distinct
lemon zest and vanilla finish. Quite Burgundian in
style, this wine makes a refreshingchange from Chardonnay.
£22.50
RED BURGUNDY & BEAUJOLAIS
FLEURIE
AC, 2009 - Clos de la Chapelle de Bois, Beaujolais
Very concentrated with a rich and silky blackcherry
fruit.
£28.50
COTES DE BEAUNE, Ladoix, 2007 , Domaine René
Durand, Comblanchien, Burgundy
This Côte de Beaune has a lovely ripe raspberry
fruitiness with excellent intensity and softening
tannins.
The wine has great depth and balance.
£28.50
MONTHELIE,
1ER CRU GAUTHEY, 2005/6, Domaine Paul Garaudet, Burgundy
This wine has great structure which holds a concentration
of ripe raspberry fruitiness inside. This is a
great Clos Gauthey from one of the finest wine-makers
in the village of Monthélie, a sleepy
village in a valley just to the west of Meursault.
£43.00
GEVREY CHAMBERTIN AC, 2005/6, Domaine Dupont-Tisserandot,
Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
Supple and displaying great finesse with soft, ripe
raspberry/cherry fruit – lighter than
some Gevreys but wonderfully balanced and a much better
match with food.
£48.50
WHITE
BURGUNDY
RULLY BLANC 1er CRU ‘Le Meix Cadot’, 2005–
Domaine Jacques Dury
A full bodied and complex white Burgundy with ripe
citrus aromas and a touch of hazelnut,
from an exceptional year.
£30.50
MONTAGNY,
1ER CRU, 2007 – Château du Cray, Côte
Chalonnaise
Utterly delicious, soft, rounded and delicately opulent
white Burgundy from the southerly region of the
Châlonnaise, north of Cluny. Flavours of nectarine
and apricot pervade the mouth and the wine has a beautiful
creamy texture and good balancing acidity.
£31.50
CHABLIS
AC, 2008 - Domaine Louis Pinson, Chablis
First class fruit excellently balanced by a fresh
crispness; a very
elegant wine with perfect concentration.
£31.00
CHABLIS
1ER CRU MONT DE MILIEU AC, 2007/08 - Domaine Louis
Pinson, Chablis
If Pinson's 'basic' Chablis is a delight then his
1er Cru is
superlative with superb depth and complexity of rich,
balanced fruit.
£41.00
PULIGNY MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LES PERRIERES, 2004 –
Dom. Jean Louis Chavy,
Côte de Beaune
Finely balanced and very concentrated, a remarkable
purity of Chardonnay fruit from this premier Cru
showing it’s typicity and ‘terroir’.
£68.00
LOIRE VALLEY
MUSCADET DE SEVRE ET MAINE, SUR LIE AC, 2007/08Medaille
D’Or
Domaine de la Tourlaudiere
Fresh, crisp and lively with a zesty fruit - perfect
with seafood.
£22.50
SANCERRE AC, 2009 - Domaine Serge Laporte
Serge and Elizabeth Laporte's Sancerre has a wonderful
purity of
intense fruit extract as well as great vivacity and
perfect balance.
£26.90
POUILLY FUMÉ AC, 2009 - Michel Bailly
Well balanced fruit and freshness with a typical flinty
finish.
£26.90
SANCERRE ROUGE, Thauvenay, 2006/07 Domaine Masson-Blondelet
A deliciously open and fruity red from the Pinot Noir
grape.
£26.50
ALSACE
GEWÜRZTRAMINER AC, 2005 - Huber & Bleyer
(‘Medaille d’Or’)
A classic Gewürztraminer with plenty of spicy,
lychee fruit and superb balancing freshness.
£25.50
DRY WHITE BORDEAUX
CHATEAU CARBON D’ARTIGUES, 2009 Bordeaux Blanc
Made primarily from old vine Semillon and a touch
of Sauvignon Blanc, this is a wonderfully fragrant
and
honeyed dry white Graves which has a crisp flavour
of melons balanced with a lively, refreshing finish.
Delicious
with fish and poultry dishes.
£19.95
CLOS FLORIDENE, 2005- Pujols-sur-Ciron, Graves
Intense aromas of white peaches, lemon, grapefruit
and toasted nuts. A dense flavour of creamy
fruit with a stunning balance.
£29.50
CHATEAU LA TOUR DE BY AC, 2007 - Cru Grand Bourgeois
Médoc
Soft, rich and medium-bodied with plenty of fruit
shining through
and good, soft tannins that lend the wine structure.
£35.50
CHATEAU
LASSEGUE, 2000 AC– Grand Cru St Emilion
The impressive Chateau Lassègue exudes Merlot
fruit and is wonderfully generous and beautifully
structured.
Full of ripe fruit in the mouth but with that tell-tale
2000 structure and balance.
£45.95
CHATEAU
SIRAN, 1999- Grand Cru Exceptionnel, Labarde, Margaux
Full bodied with an elegant fruit and well integrated,
powerful tannin.
One of our very favourite châteaux making some
splendid Margauxof undoubted' cru classe' quality.
£56.00
CHATEAU GRUARD LAROSE, 1996, 2eme Cru Classé,
St Julien
A great Bordeaux, tending to be smoother and more
elegant than many contempories. The 1996 is
a delicious wine characterized by elegant and generous
aromas of black fruits, smoke and herbs.
£96.00
RHONE
VALLEY (Red)
GIGONDAS, les Pallières, 2001/05 - Domaine
Le Sang des Cailloux
A hugely concentrated, ripe red from one of the most
beautiful estates in Southern France. Astonishing
with its
mesmerising nose of blackberries and cherries combined
with a hint of the ‘garrigue’ and spice.
It has a vast expanse
of chocolaty-spicy fruit and a mouth-coating texture.
It is the best wine ever made at les Pallières.
£45.50
DESSERT WINES
MUSCAT DE RIVESALTES AC, 2001 - Domaine de Rolland
Half Bottle: £25.50
Rich and flavoursome with a soft, grapey fruit. (15%
ABV) By the 100 ml. glass: £ 5.95
CHATEAU
ST. HELENE, 2000/06 -2nd wine of Ch de Malle, Sauternes
Half Bottle:
A beautiful Sauternes which demonstrates everything
you would expect from this appellation. Fine, concentrated
and
well balanced with notes of white flowers and honey.
The perfect partner for foie gras or desserts.
£41.50
CYPRESS
DE CLIMENS, 2002 – 2nd Wine of Chateau Climens,
Barsac 50cl Bottle:
An uplifting bouquet of honeyed apricot and peach
fruit, which, along with its vibrancy, gives its powerful,
rich,
intense flavours a sense of balance and focus.
£56.00
ELYSIUM, (BLACK MUSCAT) 2006 - Quady Winery, California
Half Bottle:
From Black Muscat grapes, giving a plummy, damson
fruit flavour.
£24.50
ESSENSIA,
(ORANGE MUSCAT) 2004/05 - Quady Winery, California
Half Bottle:
Sweet but not cloying, with a refreshing orange-citrus
finish.
£24.50
MAURY
SOLERA 1928 CASK, Maury, Languedoc Roussillon, France
5o cl bottle £29.00
By the 100 ml. Glass £ 5.75
This remarkable sweet wine is unusual for a Vin Doux
Naturel in that it is derived from a Solera system
dating
back to the late 1920s. It has an intense flavour
of rum-soaked raisins, sweet plums, prunes and liquorice
together
with roasted nuts. Tremendously complex, it is made
from Grenache Noir grapes. A wine to sip and savour
again and again. Perfect with rich puddings, especially
chocolate!
CHAMPAGNE
BOLLINGER SPECIAL CUVÉE, N.V. - Ay
Dry, crisp and exuding class. Partially oaked, full,
rich and lingering flavour.
£79.50
J.M.
GREMILLET, N.V - Aube – House Champagne
A classic champagne from a small house. Well structured
with soft flavours of ripe, tasty fruit and
showing its quality in a complex ‘brioche’
character.
£42.00
SPARKLING
WINE
CREMANT DE LOIRE, Brut, NV – Oisly
Soft, creamy and light. An elegant and stylish crémant
made by Anne-Sophie Meurgey-Penet. Anne,
together with her husband has worked extensively in
Australia and South Africa. Together they are making
some of the most exciting Crémant de Loire
sparkling wines.
£29.55.
HALF BOTTLES
RED WINES Half Bottle
½
FLEURIE AC, 2008 - Clos de la Chapelle de Bois, Beaujolais
Very concentrated with a rich and silky blackcherry
fruit.
£15.25
½
RIOJA RESERVA, 2006– Bodegas Muga, Rioja, Spain
Classic blend of Garnacha, Tempranillo and Graciano,
aged for two years in oak. Rich, ripe and spicy!
£18.25
½ MASSAYA CLASSIC RED, 2008–Massaya,
Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
A complex, herbal nose leads to a fat, juicy fruitness
and enticing smoothness.
£15.95
½
COTES DE BEAUNE, Ladoix, 2006/7 Domaine Rene Durand,
Burgundy
A soft and elegant Burgundy, with intense raspberry
fruitiness; deliciously ripe and supple,
£16.50
½
CHATEAU LA TOUR DE BY AC, 2004- Cru Grand Bourgeois
Médoc, Bordeaux
Soft, rich and medium-bodied with plenty of fruit
shining through and good, soft tannins that lend the
wine structure.
£18.00
½
VALPOLICELLA SUPERIORE, 2007 - Zenato, Veneto
A beautifully smooth and velvety wine with a great
depth of fruit – very soft and gentle.
£16.50
ROSÉ
WINE
½ COTES DE PROVENCE ROSÉ, 2007 - Domaine
du Jus d'Esclans "Cru Classé"
Full-flavoured and floral with a delicate and balanced
fruitiness.
£
12.50
WHITE
WINES
½
CHABLIS AC, 2009 - Domaine Louis Pinson
First class fruit excellently balanced by a fresh
crispness; a very elegant wine with perfect concentration.
£17.50
½
CHABLIS 1ER CRU MONT DE MILIEU AC, 2008 - Domaine
Louis Pinson
If Pinson's 'basic' Chablis is a delight then his
1er Cru is superlative with superb depth and complexity
of rich, balanced fruit.
£24.00
½
MUSCADET DE SEVRE ET MAINE, SUR LIE AC, 2009
Domaine de la Tourlaudière
Fresh, crisp and lively with a zesty fruit - perfect
with seafood.
12.00
½
SANCERRE AC, 2009- Domaine Serge Laporte
Serge and Elizabeth Laporte's Sancerre has a wonderful
purity of intense fruit extract as well as great vivacity
and perfect balance.
£16.00
½
POUILLY FUMÉ AC, 2009 - Michel Bailly
Well balanced fruit and freshness with a typical flinty
finish.
£15.00
½
PULIGNY MONTRACHET, 1ER CRU LES FOLATIÈRES,
2007 – Domaine G Chavy,
Côte de Beaune
Elegant and concentrated, with wonderful balance of
acidity and richness on the palate
£33.50
CHAMPAGNE
½ J.M. GREMILLET, Brut Reserve – Aube
£24.00
½
BOLLINGER SPECIAL CUVÉE, N.V. - Ay £35.50
DIGESTIFS
25ml Glass
EAU DE VIE DE POIRE WILLIAMS D'ALSACE - Gilbert Miclo
Quite sensational! Opening the bottle is like uncorking
a pear orchard. (43% ABV) £4.75
EAU
DE VIE DE MIRABELLE D’ALSACE – Domaine
Henri Fuchs
Made by an exceptional winemaker, at a domaine situated
in the heartland of Alsace at Ribeauvillé.
Made from little yellow
plums, this example is soft and fruit driven. (45%
ABV) £4.75
COGNAC
VSOP GRANDE CHAMPAGNE COGNAC
Maxime Trijol, Martial Sur Né
Aged between 10 and 20 years old, this stunning Cognac
comes from Jean-Jacques Trijol whose family have been
distilling for over 150 years. Praised internationally
with frequent Gold medals for his VSOP Cognac, it
is well
structured with a mellow and rich palate and a fruity
and elegant backdrop.
£4.95
HINE
EARLY LANDED COGNAC, 1981
This fine vintage will continue to develop in the
bottle for many generations to come. It is the epitome
of fine early
Landed cognac being both powerful yet smooth and haunting
on the palate.
The
concept behind early Landed Cognacs: At the beginning
of the 19th century, a few cognac houses began to
ship
Cognac, soon after it had been put into cask, to British
connoisseurs.
£7.95
GRANDE
CHAMPAGNE COGNAC FONTEVIELLE ALLIANCE 35
Ragnaud-Sabourin, Barbezieux
As unique and outstanding as the soil of the Grande
Champagne region may be, the Ladies that have managed
the
House of RAGNAUD-SABOURIN for years endow it with
an incomparable specificity and originality.
Complex
rich flavours with some dried fruit and a distinguished
balance between the fruit and oak showing good
rancio and finesse in the lengthy finish.
Extremely
limited and somewhat rare, Alliance No 35 is the
Cognac
used at the Elisé Palace in Paris.
£9.95
ARMAGNAC
BAS
ARMAGNAC, 1986 Folle Blanche
Domaine de Miqueur, Hontaux
Bright golden amber colour with violets, prunes and
scented spirit on the nose. Powerful dried fruit flavours
with
a rich spicy depth and good length, complexity and
balance.
£6.75
CALVADOS
CALVADOS
DU PAYS AUGE 1978
Gerard Perigault, Silly-en-Gouffern
Light amber colour with a clear influence of oak on
the nose balancing the light fruit of the apple and
almost lime
-like notes. Full flavour developed from old oak,
fresh apple flavours, some spice and a good well knit
finish.
Georges
Perigault is a small, traditional grower producing
excellent farm style calvados. Light amber colour
with a clear influence of oak on the nose balancing
the light fruit.£5.75
CALVADOS
DU PAYS D’AUGE 25 TO 30 YEAR OLD
Reserve de Semainville, Adrien Camut, La Lande-Saint-Lager
This is an old fashioned estate of 46 hectares which
offers deep, mature calvados with great length, full
flavours
and an endearing rusticity.
The
Camut family grows 25 different apple varieties and
distill in two pot stills. The cider spends up to
a year in
oak before distillation and the new spirit goes into
new oak barrels for up to a year before being transferred
to
older casks.
£7.75
HOUSE
WINES
Red
Bottle Glass 175ml
Merlot 2008
Vin de Pays d’Oc, Domaine St. Hilaire
Medium bodied, classy red, with plenty of lush chocolate
scented fruit .( 14.00% ABV) £15.90
4.25
Château
Lacoste, 2005
Côtes de Castillon, Bordeaux, France
Rich, berry fruit flavours and fine tannins giving
a silky texture.(12.5% ABV)
£18.50£4.75
Brown
Brothers, ‘Everton Red’
Brown Brothers, Victoria, Australia
A clever blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Malbec,
this juicy,
medium bodied wine has soft berry flavours and a touch
of subtle oak. (14 %ABV)
£17.50
White
Chardonnay
2009
Domaine St. Hilaire, Vin de Pays d’Oc, Montagnac,
France
A pure, clean and intensely flavoured ‘unoaked’
Chardonnay.(13.5%ABV)
£15.90
4.25
Brown
Brothers, ‘Everton White’
Brown Brothers, Victoria, Australia
A fresh, crisp and lively wine with beautiful fruit
flavours and a slight savoury finish, an
unusual blend of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot
Gris .(13%ABV)
£17.50
4.50
Rosé
Chateau Haut Rian Rosé 2007/08
Chateau Haut Rians, Rions, Bordeaux, France
The freshest, most thirst quenching rosé ever,
brimming with wild strawberry fruit. (13.5% ABV)
£15.95
£4.00
Sancerre
Rosé, 2007 – Domaine Pierre & Alain
Dezat, Loire, France
A light, dry and charming style of rosé with
delicate, highly floral fruit and plenty of depth.
£25.90
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