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| WINES BY THE GLASS WHITE ROSE & DESSERT SPARKLING FINE REDS FINE WHITES |
| France |
| Domaine Les Yeuses 2007 £17.00 Merlot |
| A fruit driven red with ripe black fruit flavours and a soft, supple palate. |
| Domaine de Bachellery 2007 £19.00 Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Bright aromas and crunchy fruit make this an inexpensive red which competes with the new world. |
| Chateau Ballan Larquette 2004 £23.00 Bordeaux Superieur Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon |
| This wine is made from an extraordinarily high percentage of
Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) which accounts for its elegant and refined palate
and fine grained tannins. A seriously good claret. |
| Domaine des Espiers 2007 £24.00 Cotes du Rhone |
| An impressive Cotes du Rhone from Gigondas. Very rich, ripe fruit with
scents of provencal herbs touch of spicy white pepper and cocoa. |
| Chateau La Tour de Beraud 2007 £23.00 Rhone, Costieres de Nimes |
| Certified organic. A soft, easy drinking red with red berry flavours and
an open, easy appreciate style. |
| Bernard Baudry 2007 £29.00 Loire, Chinon 'Les Granges' |
| Made from the young vines of the estate and then fermented at cool temperatures so not to extract
too much body. This version of Chinon is delicate, but has nice spicy flavours. |
| Domaine la Paleine 2005 £30.00 Loire, Saumur |
| Crisp, herb scented red, good for summer drinking. |
| Clos de la Roilette, Alain Coudert 2007 £34.00 Fleurie, Beaujolais, Burgundy |
| risp and floral scented beaujolais. Morello cherries and rose petal on the palate. Light to medium bodied. |
| Chateau Robin des Moines, St Emilion 2006 £34.00 St Emilion Bordeaux, Merlot & Cabernet Franc |
| The sandy soils of St Emilion make a wine which is elegant and fragrant.Hints of redcurrant. Medium bodied. |
| Domaine Mathieu 2006 £52.00 Chateau neuf du Pape |
| Great value Chateauneuf made from 85% Grenache and 15% from 12 other varieties. Elegant with spicy red fruit flavours. |
| Domaine Philippe & Vincent Lecheneaut 2003/05 £60.00 Burgundy, Vosne Romanee |
| The best of the village wines from Lecheneault. Full and ripe, with a lively palate of red fruit and a claret-like richness. |
| Clos Plince 2004 £65.00 Pomerol Bordeaux, Pomerol (Merlot 80%, Cabernet Franc 20%) |
| This is a fine, elegant style of Pomerol which has flavours of black plums
and liquorice. The tannins are fine and soft and the fruit is expressive
and generous. |
| Chateau Cos d'Estournel 1999 £95.00 Bordeaux, Saint Estephe 2nd growth |
| Meaty, powerful style of claret.Earthy and mineral in aroma, with a palate
which is rich in black fruits, cedar wood and iron.Althought situated next door
to Lafitte Rothschild, the wine is completly different in style. |
| Gros Frere et Soeur 1987 £125.00 Burgundy, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru |
| Grands Echezeaux is one of Burgundy's most intense Grand Crus. Spicy nose
and flattering aromas of black fruits and oriental spices.
Impressive for a wine over 20 years old. |
| Chateau de Beaucastel 1983 £130.00 Rhone, Chateau Neuf du Pape |
| Beaucastel is Chateau Neuf's most famous estate. Its wines have an unusually high proportion of Mouvedre
in the blend which sets it apart from all other wines from the region. Spicy and fully mature, the fruit
is delicate, but the bouquet is wonderfully complex. |
| Chateau Leoville Las Cases 1994 £140.00 Bordeaux, St Julien 2nd Growth |
| Chateau Leoville Las Cases shares a border with Chateau Latour (in Pauillac) and has an
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. |
| Domaine Lecheneault 2001 £140.00 Burgundy, Clos de la Roche |
| 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. |
| Chateau La Tour Haut Brion 1990 £150.00 Bordeaux, Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classe |
| 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 £195.00 Bordeaux, Pauillac 2nd growth |
| Pichon Lalande is a neighbour of Chateau Latour and in 1970 made a superb wine.
This is an old wine, but has developed beautifully with some elegant note of cedarwood
has developed beautifully with some elegant note of cedarwood and tabacco with
the black fruits taking a backstage role. |
| Italy |
| Casa Vinicola Roxan 2008 £20.00 Rosciano, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo taverna nova |
| A great value red from southern central Italy. Ripe, dark plum flavours combined with wood smoke and coffee. |
| Fattoria Montellori 2007 £26.00 Tuscany, Chianti |
| Fruity, black cherry flavoured palate with supple, ripe body. |
| Cantine Barbera 2008 £29.00 Sicily, Nero d'Avola |
| Noro d'Avola is one of sicily's most interesting native black varieties. This wine, from a young, dynamic
estate is making a medium bodied, but savoury, spicy style of red. |
| Monte Bernardi 2005 £40.00 Tuscany, Chianti Classico |
| An organic/biodynamic producer who makes powerful, robust style of Chianti,
but also shows hidden dephts, with scents of sour cherries and forest fruits. |
| Morris Farms 2004 £40.00 Tuscany, Monteregio di Massa Maritima |
| Produced from Sangiovese with a small amount of Cabernet. This is very stylish Tuscan red from an up and
coming region on the Tuscan coast, which has great and pontential to make very interesting wines. Fruit,
silky and rich with a full nose of very ripe fruit. Elegant palate and long satisfying finish. |
| Tenute di Capichera 2005 £60.00 Sardinia, Assaje |
| Assaje is made from wines grown on the sandy soil of the Sulcis region of the south
of the island. Deep in colour and rich in mediterrenean spice, flavours such as clove. |
| Lisini 2003 £75.00 Tuscany, Brunello di Montalcino |
| Brunello is the local name for Sangiovese in this part of Tuscany. The wine here are some of Italy's most
elegant, having the perfume of Burgundy but the richness and softness of a mature claret. |
| Podere il Carnasciale 2004 £85.00 Carnasciale |
| Made from pure Cabernet Franc grown on aminuscule vineyard on one-third of a
hectare. The wine is silky, smooky amd complex with flavours of concentrated black fruits. |
| Spain |
| Bodegas Ventura de Vega 2008 £17.00 Extremadura, Tempranillo Vega Esteban |
| A young, vibrant Tempranillo from an up-and-coming region Spain Ribera del Guardiana. Great fruit
and bodypacked with spices and blackberries and is a great alternative to bland, mass-produced Rioja. |
| Pagos de Araiz 2006 £23.00 Navarra, Tempranillo/Cabernet sauvignon/merlot |
| A blend from the high altitude vineyards of Navarra, a neighbouring region of Rioja.
The wines here have less influence of oak, and have more richness of primary fruit. |
| Amezola de la Mora 2002 £35.00 Rioja Crianza |
| This an oak aged Rioja, which shows the vanilla spiced of the oak combined with
the smokiness of the tempranillo grape variety. |
| Pesquera 2005 £48.00 Ribera del Duero, Tinto Crianza |
| One of Spain's great vineyards. Elegant black fruit laced with graphite and mineral flavours. Superb. |
| Americas |
| Curico River 2008 £16.00 Lontue valley, Merlot |
| Easy going black fruit and liquorice flavoured red from cool chilean vineyards. Light to medium bodied. |
| Korta 2006 £20.00 Lontue Valley, Cabernet sauvignon |
| deeply rich and brooding style of Chilean Cab. Flavour of red currants combined with vanilla and exotic spices. Medium to full bodied. |
| Anakena 2007 £22.00 Colchagua Valley, Carmenere Reserva |
| Blueberry and damson flavoured Carmenere from Chile. The fruit combines well with the roasted cocoa bean flavours and vanilla oak. |
| Finca Sophenia 2008 £22.00 Tupungato Mendozavalley, Malbec |
| Malbec is Argentina's speciality, but can sometimes be quite chewy. Altosur is made
from high altitude vineyards and has freshness and energy not often found in
in South America. The fruit is rich and dark and there's a touch of spice on the finish. |
| Australia |
| Stoney Vale 2008 £17.00 South-East Australia, Shiraz/Cabernet |
| Fresh red from South Australia with black currant flavours in
'Cotes du Rhone' style. Easy to drink and great value for money. Medium bodied. |
| Wakefield Estate 2007 £26.00 Clare Valley, Shiraz |
| Deep, concentrated, with very ripe flavours. Black pepper and Mediterranean spices. |
| Langmeil 2006 £32.00 Barossa Valley, Shiraz/Grenache/Mataro(Mourvedre) |
| Rich aromas of milk chocolate and vanilla combined with a savoury palate of earth, spices and bright red fruits. |
| Pauletts 2005 £33.00 Polish Hill, Cabernet sauvignon/Merlot |
| This is a stylish red and black berry scented blend from the cooler part of the
Clare Valley. Medium bodied with packed, ripe, juicy fruit flavours. |
| Penfold's 1988 £195.00 Barossa, Grange |
| Australia's most famous red wine, first made in the 1950s and the epitome of concentration and power. |
| New Zealand |
| Forrest Estate 2007 £31.00 Malborough, Pinot noir |
| A lighter style of Pinot wich has soft tannins and vibrant black cherry flavours. |
| South Africa |
| Porter Mill Station 2007 £17.00 Swartland, Syrah |
| A lighter style of Shiraz, nice gentle peppery flavours and juicy fruit. |
| The Raptor Post 2007 £31.00 Western Cape, Cabernet Sauvignon/Syrah/Mourvedre |
| This is an organic red from a top wine estate. Spice comes from the
Syrah combined with the ripe blackcurrant fruit from the Cabernet.
The Mourvedre adds a pleasant earthy flavour. |