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| WINES BY THE GLASS RED WHITE ROSE & DESSERT SPARKLING |
| Bordeaux |
| Chateau Cos d'Estournel 1999 St Estephe 2nd growth £95.00 |
| Meaty, powerful style of claret. Earthy and mineral in aroma, with a palate which
is rich in black fruits, cedarwood and iron.
Although situated next door to Lafitte Rothschild, the wine is completely diffferent in style |
| Chateau Leoville Las Cases 1994 St Julien 2nd Growth £140.00 |
| Chateau Leoville Las Cases shares a border with Chateau Latour (in Pauillac)
and has a uncanny resemblance to its illustious neighbour.
Now 15 years old this wine is entering the stage of its primary fruit turning into
smouldering cedarwood and undergrowth aromas. |
| Chateau La Tour Haut Brion 1990 Pessac Leognan G Cru Classe £150.00 |
| One of Bordeaux's most underrated wines. From the same stable as
Chateau Haut Brion itself, a rich powerful,mineral scented Graves from a great vintage. |
| Chateau Pichon Lalande 1970 Pauillac 2nd growth £195.00 |
| Pichon Lalande is a neighbour of Chateau Latour and in 1970 made a superb wine.
This now an old wine, but has developed beautifully with some elegant notes of
cedar wood, tabacco with the black fruits taking a backstage role. |
| Burgundy |
| Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 1987 Gros frere et Soeur £125.00 |
| Grands Echezeaux is one of Burgundy's most intense Grands Crus.
Spicy nose and flattering aromas of black fruits and oriental spices.
Impressive for a wine over 20 years old. |
| Clos de la Roche 2001 Domaine Lecheneault £140.00 |
| Clos de la Roche is a Grand Cru of Morey St Denis which makes some of
Burgundy's most elegant wines. Perfumed and exotic with silky tannins. |
| Rhone |
| Chateauneuf Du Pape 1983 Chateau De Beaucastel £130.00 |
| Beaucastel is Chateauneuf's most famous estate. It's wines have an unusually
high proportion of mourvedre in the blend which sets it apart from other wines
from the region. Spicy, and fully mature, the fruit is delicate,
but the bouquet is wonderfully complex. |
| Australia |
| Grange 1988 Penfold's £195.00 |
| Australia's most famous red wine, first made in the 1950s and
the epitome of concentration and power. |
| Italy |
| Brunello di Montalcino 2003 Lisini £75.00 |
| Brunello is the local name for sangiovese in this part of Tuscany. The wine here
are some wine of Italy's most elegant, having the perfume of Bugundy but the richness and softness of a mature claret. |
| Carnasciale 2004 Podere il Carnasciale £85.00 |
| Made from pure Cabernet Franc grown on a minuscule vineyard of one-third of
a hectare. The wine is silky, smoky, and complex with flavours of black fruits.
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