Welcome to the wine list! Since most of our suppliers can't keep up with the rate that our customers drink the stuff, it is inevtably out of date - we tend to change it almost daily!! Hence, we can never guarantee any particular wine will be available. However, what's listed below does give a very good idea of the overall standard and variety you can expect to find.
Restaurant wine lists are almost as contentious as tax return documents and just as confusing. In an attempt to mitigate some of this criticism, I am going to explain the philosophy behind the range and pricing of our wines.
The last 20 years has seen the most dramatic improvement in the quality of mass-market wines. The choice of affordable, quality wines, has grown rapidly and alongside this expansion. So has the knowledge and interest of wine drinkers and buyers. The class snobbery associated with wine has largely been replaced with intellectual snobbery and jargon.
There are no bad or poor wines on this list!
From the least expensive to the wallet-busting classics at around £100.00, every wine we list has had to work hard to earn its place. You will have seen and possibly drunk less expensive varieties of many of the wines we feature. However, every wine we list has earned its place because I think that, of its type and price, it represents substantial value for money.
Our house recommendations are everyday wines. They are of reasonable quality, are easy drinking and for the most part, unchallenging.
The main body of the list features wines from almost every wine-producing region of the world and reflects the strengths of these regions. Still without question the real finesse, interest and demonstration of the impact of “terroir” is most obvious in the more expensive French wines. “Terroir” is best explained or defined as the impact that the soil and microclimate have on the character of the wine. Wines made from the same grape varieties, in the same way, in the same year, can and do taste significantly different.
Other highlights in the global market are the strength and quality of the white wines from New Zealand, the Shiraz reds of Australia and the varietals from Italy. I can’t begin to tell you what an arduous and liver-numbing challenge it has been sifting through the many hundreds of wines that didn’t make it on to the list.
Suffice to say that wines, prices and vintages DO change periodically.
Happy Quaffing!
Aperitifs
As unusual and particularly unctuous pre dinner drinks, we are pleased to offer:
Château de Montifaud Pineau des Charentes, France
A vastly underated pre meal drink, much lighter than sherry
Bottle £22.50 Glass 125ml £3.75
Cidre Fermier Le Cellier de Boal, France
Forget Magners, this French organic is the perfect accompaniment
Bottle 75cl £8.00
Sparkling Wines & Champagnes
Cordorniu Pinot Noir Brut £25.00
Really pretty and lovely flavours
Prosecco dei Trevigioni, I.G.T., Italy £20.00
Delicate, lightly sparkling refreshing fizz £3.50
Cuvée Prestige, Cave Pilote de Gallican Rose Brut £30.00
A delicate, traditionally made sparkling wine.
Louis Roederer Cristal, France, 2000 £220.00
The King of Bling, not at all "Emperor's New Clothes"
Camille-Savés Carte Blanche, Premier Cru, France £30.00
Bright yellow. Chalky citrus and marzipan aromas, with hints of
baking spices and liquorice. Highly rated by experts and me!
Jose Michel Vintage Champagne 2000, France £50.00
I cannot recommend this champagne highly enough. It is truly sophisticated
and gloriously balanced-not dreadfully fizzy but restrained, flavoursome
and just wonderful. My all time favourite everday champagne
Gosset Excellence Brut, Grand Reserve, France £50.00
Very pale. Good nose, rich, as is the palate. Honeycomb toffee
opulence, with a sherbetty edge
Laurent Perrier, Rosé, France £80.00
Rarer than "hen's teeth" only because all Russia and China's millionaires
keep buying it all. Not quite as "bling" as Cristal, but a great everyday bling
Joseph Perrier Cuvee Josephine, France, 1985 £800.00
A most highly-regarded champagne from a truly classic vintage.
A hugely spoiling experience it will also spoil your bank
balance but you only live once
Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque, France, 2000 £175.00
" A dream of a drink" - glorious in every detail. Really well crafted
and oh what a lovely bottle!
Rosé Wines
Ardesia Pinot Grigio Blush, Italy, 2006 £13.50
A light and refreshing beautifully balanced wine with a delicate aroma of summer berries
Marche Rosato Rosapina, Italy, 2003 £12.50
A deep colour with an intense fresh and fruity bouquet
R.H. Phillips White Zinfandel, USA, 2006 £17.50
This is full of strawberry and cranberry fruit flavours with a lovely
zesty freshness. Medium dry, it is delicious with spicy food
Domaine Grauzan Syrah, France, 2006 £14.75
Spicy, fairly heavy rose
House White Wines
Humpty Dumpty
Excellent vin de pays, declassified white Burgundy (dry)
Bottle 75cl £12.50 Glass 175ml £3.10 Glass 250ml £4.30
Ardesia, Pinot Grigio, Italy, 2007
There are good and bad Pinots, this is a good one (just off dry)
Bottle 75cl £14.75 Glass 175ml £3.75 Glass 250ml £4.90
Domaine Grauzan Chardonnay, France, 2007
A good reliable and well balanced chardonnay (medium dry)
Bottle 75cl £14.50 Glass 175ml £4.45 Glass 250ml £5.65
Le Velle Verdicchio, 2006
Old world favourite with a stunning new twist- wonderful experience
(medium)
Bottle 75cl £13.75 Glass 175ml £3.55 Glass 250ml £4.75
Lugana San Benedeto, Veneto, Italy, 2005
Pale, straw yellow in colour with emerald highlights. The wine has a pleasing boquet and fresh, soft flavour
(medium-dry) "Italian Chablis"
Bottle 75cl £13.50 Glass 175ml £3.50 Glass 250ml £4.70
Aresti Sauvignon Blanc, Chile, 2007
A firm faviourite that's fantastically dry and crisp. Great value for money (dry)
Bottle 75cl £14.75 Glass 175ml £3.75 Glass 250ml £4.90
Terre Cortesi Marche Bianco, Italy
Light , delicate, unchallenging but very refreshing (medium-dry)
Bottle 75cl £12.50 Glass 175ml £3.10 Glass 250ml £4.30
Barocco Chardonnay, Italy, 2006
A medium dry Italian white with distinctive overtones of wood (medium-dry)
Bottle 75cl £13.00 Glass 175ml £3.30 Glass 250ml £4.50
Baron d'Arignac, France, 2003
Sweet wine for those that don't like wine (sweet)
Bottle 75cl £12.50 Glass 175ml £3.10 Glass 250ml £4.30
Petit D'oc, France
A new and exciting discovery this is a really good French house wine- You'll love it (medium-dry)
Bottle 75cl £13.00 Glass 175ml £3.40 Glass 250ml £4.60
House Red Wines
Humpty Dumpty
Excellent Vin de Pays, de-classified red burgundy perennial favourite
Bottle 75cl £12.50 Glass 175ml £3.10 Glass 250ml £4.30
Chianti Classico Borgo Salcetino 2006
Wonderful Chianti all the right things
Bottle 75cl £22.50 Glass 175ml £5.60 Glass 250ml £8.00
Montebeuna Rioja, Tempranillo , 2006
Plenty of body and a bit of oak
Bottle 75cl £14.50 Glass 175ml £3.65 Glass 250ml £4.85
Aresti Family Collection Merlot, Chile, 2001
This is classic Chilean Merlot with loads of age, a sweet nose of plum, cherry with notes of spices and pepper
Bottle 75cl £20.00 Glass 175ml £5.40 Glass 250ml £6.60
Witt's End Shiraz, Australia, 2005
Deep red in colour, the wine is packed with aromas of blackberries
vanilla and liquorice. Dry and soft to taste with full pleasing length
Bottle 75cl £15.00 Glass 175ml £3.55 Glass 250ml £4.75
Aresti Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile, 2006
A deep cherry-red colour, powerful aromas with toasted overtones of
sweet vanilla and notes of chocolate, tobacco and mint
Bottle 75cl £13.75 Glass 175ml £3.55 Glass 250ml £4.75
Alto Pampas del Sur Pinot Noir, Argentina, 2007
Good pinot noir at this price, almost impossible, fantastic easy drinker with bags of class
Bottle 75cl £13.00 Glass 175ml £3.40 Glass 250ml £4.60
Aresti Reserve Family Collection, Carmenere, 2001
95% Carmenere softened with 5% Merlot. Aged for a year in new oak. The quality shines through, a real steal
Bottle 75cl £20.00 Glass 175ml £5.40 Glass 250ml £6.60
Terre Cortesi Marche Rosso
A pleasant unchallenging red, low in alcohol 11.5%
Bottle 75cl £12.50 Glass 175ml £3.10 Glass 250ml £4.30
Petit D'oc, France
A new and exciting discovery this is a really good French house wine - you'll love it!
Bottle 75cl £13.00 Glass 175ml £3.40 Glass 250ml £4.60
Guzzler Whites
Cuvee Duboeuf £13.50
George Duboeuf is the pre-eminent beaujolais blender and producer. His
white and red vin de table are consistently good, dry & light fruity white
Lyre Bird, Chardonnay, Victoria, Australia, 2006 £15.50
A refreshing, fruity wine with subtle hints of oak and melon
Marsanne Domaine Des Fontaine, France, 2006 £15.00
A deliciously crisp and dry white
Tapiz Torrontes, Argentina, 2007 £15.75
An unsual grape variety and a welcome change from Chardonnay
and Sauvignon Blanc. Real quality, finished with enough zingy fruit to
hit the spot - fantastic value
Foxgrove Semillion Chardonnay, Australia, 2006 £14.00
One for the girls - a huge mouthfull of fruit - medium dry goes
on and on!
Cortese Sentito, Italy, 2006 £12.50
Fresh, light from the grape that gives us Gavi di Gavi
Casa Defra Sauvignon Blanc 2006 £16.00
Gaining a reputation for being able to do this grape variety some justice
Cranswick Chardonnay, South Eastern Australia, 2007 £16.50
A wonderfully fruity offering with undertone of fresh melon,
great with chicken dishes
Pouilly Sur-Loire, France, 2005 £20.00
Glorious old style Sauvignon Blanc Domaine - lovely dry white
Stevlar Organics, Sauvignon Blanc, 2007 £19.25
The greenest wine on our list so environmentally friendly, rumour has it
after three bottles you'll develop a halo! It's so ethically correct that
hardly any grapes suffered to make the wine - they were put into
a tantric trance before being ethically and humanely crushed.
Apart from this nonsense it's a really good clean drinking wine.
Quaffer Whites
3 Stones Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, 2006 £25.00
Fresh, clean, archetypal Marlborough Sauvignon. Crisp fruit with perfect balance
Casa de Mouraz Malvasia-Fina, Portugal, 2004 £22.50
Fine crisp white, interesting flavours
Tamar Ridge Chardonnay, Tasmania, 2003 £24.50
Intense, tangy grapefruit/citrus fruit flavours on the front of the palate
flavours from malolactic fermentation. Crispy finish and dry
Highfield Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, 2006 £35.00
Eureka!!! A serious Cloudy Bay slayer - truly wonderful white wine with a bit of an
old world flavour
Mitchell "The Growers" Semillon, Australia, 2005 £19.75
Lemony, buttery and toasty French oak combine in this creamy textured Semillon
Tindall Vineyards Chardonnay, New Zealand, 2004 £24.50
Gently oaked. An appealing wine with a citrus, fig and
melon flavours characterising this fresh mouth-filling wine
Mitchell Watervale Riesling, Australia, 2005 £20.50
One of the best Rieslings I've ever tried, nicely dry
Tapiz Sauvignon Blanc, Argentina, 2005 £29.00
Clean, fresh cut grass nose, this also come trough on the palate. Lovely concentration
of zingy, citrus fruit. Fantastic quality
Domaine De La Croix Cru Classe, France, 2006 £25.00
Spectacular Southern French white - full and complex but still with a nice amount
of palate cleaning acidity
Pouilly-Fuissé Les Chailloux, France, 2006 £35.00
Planted on flinty soils known as "Chailles", or gum flint,
this "Burgundy Chardonnay"quality, almost my favourite white wine on the list.
Great value
Bobbie Burns Chardonnay, Campbells, Australia, 2005 £24.75
Pale gold with green highlights. The nose show attractive white peach, nectarine
and melon characters, with a trace of well integrated oak
R.H. Phillips Chardonnay, USA, 2002 £22.00
On the nose there is a lots of toasty vanilla and butterscotch with ripe
tropical fruits
House of Certain Views Chardonnay, Australia, 2005 £17.00
Clean, crisp with just the right amount of acidity overflowing with citrus
and melon with a hint of oak
Lugana D.O.C. S.Cristina, Vigneto Massoni, Italy, 2005 £17.50
A cracker, summer was made for wine like this, if we ever get one...
Witts End Chardonnay, Australia, 2007 £17.50
A pale straw colour with a greenish tinge. This chardonnay has tropical
and stone-fruit aromas mixed with a very subtle oak influence
Sauvignon Blanc, Devil's Corner, Tasmania, 2007 £24.50
A devilishly good wine!
Pinot Grigio Garda Cantina di Custoza, Italy, 2005 £15.80
Vanilla notes, fresh, citrus zestiness, elegance and finesse.
A proper Pinot Grigio that even boys can drink!
Chablis 1er Cru Domaine Chevalier, France, 2005 £35.00
The sublime wine quality reflects the overall exceptional vintage. The wine shows
plenty of character, generosity and fruit, with an impressive structure
Tindall Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand, 2006 £30.00
Alive with aromas of fresh herbs, elderflower and hint of tropical fruits,
refreshing dry finish
Vincent Delaporte Sancerre à Chavignol, France, 2005 £32.00
As dry as it gets, real quality
Domaine Chevalier Chablis, France, 2005 £30.00
Elegant and enjoyable on the palate, with just the right amount of acidity,
this wine holds through to an excellent finish
Sancerre Cuvée Maxime, Chavignol, France, 2005 £38.00
Aromatic, mineral and complex, more Sancerre than Sauvignon
Kingston Estate, Sauvignon Blanc, Australia, 2006 £27.00
Even the Aussies can make great Sauvignon, clean and lovely
Sipper Whites
Pouilly-Fume Carte Noire Domaine Landrat-Guyollot, France, 2003 £45.00
100% Sauvignon Blanc. With its exotic fruits, orange and pineapple, this wine is full of charm and finesse, to offer as a special treat
Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc, Chateau de la Gardine, France, 2004 £50.00
A nose of white blossom and white fruits is mirrored on the palate with a refreshing acidity. Great with fish and white meats, try it with smoked salmon drizzled with a touch of olive oil
Henry de Villamont Meursault, Côte d'Or, France, 2004 £42.00
Pure Chardonnay from the heart of Burgundy. Big presence in the glass with a silky texture
Puligny-Montrachet Les Perrieres,Etienne Sauzet, France, 2002 £75.00
This lovely white wine from the outstanding 2002 vintage scores 91-93/100 Parker points
Beaune du Chateau, Premiere cru, 2004 £47.50
White burgundy with loads of quality, depth and mellor - not over buttery fruit.
If you're out with someone special - why not give the dog a 'Beaune'?
Collio Sauvignon, Italy, 2005 £30.00
A refreshing Sauvignon of real class and finesse. Well balanced
Guzzler Reds
Remi & Jerome Syrah, France, 2007 £15.00
Flavours of blackberry and damson, full of spicy southern warmth
Assemblage, Grenache Shiraz, Australia, 2005 £17.50
This classy wine is a great accompaniment
to meat and cheese dishes. A great offering from western Australia
Barocco Rosso di Salento, Italy, 2006 £12.00
An easy drinking red wine that has abundant warm, damson fruits with
spicy edges and smooth, supple finish
Lyre Bird, Shiraz Cabernet, Victoria Australia, 2005 £15.50
With a bouquet of ripe plum and berry fruit, this wine is full bodied,
rich and oaky. A perfect accompliment to steak dishes and cheese
Cranswick Shiraz Cabernet, Lakefield 2007 £16.50
14% Great Ozzy Swag, young but drinking really well
Fox Grove Shiraz Cabernet, Australia, 2007 £15.50
Easy drinking, oak aged from south-eat Australia. Drinks well with hearty
beef dishes and cheese
Stonehedge Zinfandel, California, 2005 £18.00
Dark chocolate, plums and blackcurrant with a touch of "smoke"
Alto Rio Rioja, Crianza, 2004 £19.50
Silver medal wining Rioja. It is getting harder to find really good
inexpensive rioja. This 100% tempranillo fits the bill
Jabali Tempranillo 2006 £14.00
Vibrant & Juicy 100% easy drinking red
Tapiz Malbec, Argentina, 2004 £17.00
Just the ticket for any one bored rigid with Cab. Sauv
Quaffer Reds
Barbera d'Alba Eugenio Bocchino, 2005 £25.50
A great working of barberra in a fun label - best not to ask what the sausage dog
had to do with the making of this wine - but it would make a great accompaniment
to sausages!!
Château les Amoureuses "La Barbare", France, 2005 £27.50
Unbelievably good, massive vanilla taste. Possibly best value on the entire list.
Now recognised and marked in the low 90's by Robert Parker
Coriole Sangiovese, Australia, 2003 £29.00
In this wine the classic Chianti grape oozes savoury charm
Alabanza Reserva, 2002 £25.00
Extra ageing and a bit more oak makes all the difference - bags of class
Vino De Eyzaguirre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile, 2005 £19.00
Wine in the sack! Beautifully covered in traditional burlap
Chateau Granins Grand Paujeaux, Medoc, France, 2000 £22.50
A medal winning Bordeaux with bags of character and great presence.
This wine has a deep rich colour and fabulous aftertaste, fantastic value
House of Certain Views Shiraz, New South Wales, 2005 £19.00
Originating from the Orange area, this 100% Shiraz grape is full and deep in texture.
With a soft oak after taste
Aresti Winemakers Assamblage, Chile, 2004 £20.00
A unique wine. The grapes are carefully blended to produce a complex concentrated,
elegant wine, with enormous character. Quality, miles ahead of it's price!
Trivento Tribu, Pinot Noir, Argentina, 2007 £21.50
A deep and gloriously powerful red
Lucetti Puglia Primitivo 2006 £15.00
A really good change from Cab. Sav. & Merlot, goes with most things
Chateau de Raousset Morgon, France, 2002 £30.00
A beautiful garnet colour. On the nose ripe fruit aromas of plum, cherry and
peach are detected. It is full in the mouth and has good firm structure
Glazebrook Merlot/Cabernet, New Zealand, 2004 £27.75
Real quality and structure and a very good blend
Mitchell Peppertree Vineyard Shiraz, Australia, 2005 £27.00
A favourite, this Shiraz is a big, spicy, mouthful and always hit the spot
The Tin Mine, 2004 £27.00
A skillfully crafted South African - you can really taste the sun in this one!
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Riche France, 2003 £40.00
Top drawer Chateauneuf - du - Pape. 80% Grenache, 10% Syrah and 10%
Mourvedre
Mitchell Cabernet Sauvignon, Australia, 2001 £25.00
This mint, blackcurrant and green pepper Cabernet, tastes as good as it gets.
A well rounded wine with a touch of new oak
Poggio Al Ginepri 2006 Bolgheri £16.00
Not easy to pronounce, gets easier after the second bottle, lovely wine class act
Lars de Lares Tempranillo Reserva, Spain, 2002 £23.75
100% tempranillo - some oak but not overpowering
Tindall Pinot Noir, Marlborough, 2005 £27.50
Softly structured wine with aromas of cranberry, plum and red cherry
Masi Tunpungato, Paslo Doble, 2004 £22.50
It'll lead you up a merry dance - after the second bottle
Sugano, San Simone Friuli, Italy, 2005 £21.50
100% Cabernet Franc - an Italian Cabernet Franc! Wonderful and different
with bags of class!
Jim Barry's Lodge Hill Shiraz, Australia, 2005 £24.00
A spicy delight of plum, black cherry, vanilla thrown in for good measure
R.H.Philips Cabernet Sauvignon, California, 2004 £24.00
Classic Cab. Sav. Done well!
Château Terrey-Gros-Cailloux, France, 2003 £37.50
Exotically aromatic with restrained cedar wood perfume and loaded with mouth
watering blackberry fruit. This chunky wine has a perfect balance power and delicacy
Château Maucamps, Haut Medoc, France, 1999 £39.00
Deep ruby-red colour with spicy flavours on the palate. This vintage is perfect to drink
now. It is rich in red and black fruit-fragrances with hints of liquorice.
Delicious with braised lamb
Tapestry Shiraz, The Vincent, Australia, 2001 £38.00
This is a juicy luscious wine with chocolately oak, mocha and red fruits that have
just a hint of tartness
Gigondas Cuvee Prestige, Domaine des Pradets, 2004 £27.50
Wonderful Beaujolais Grenache Mouvedre Syrah blend silver medal winner.
France still knows better than anyone how to produce quality
Johner 100% Pinot Noir, New Zealand, 2004 £30.00
A delicately handled, glorious New Zealand Pinot Noir - Brilliant!
Massaya, Lebanon, 2005 £22.00
I am sure I remember something about Leb Red when I was a teenager!
Oops! Different stimulant. You simply have to admire the fortitude of anyone
attempting to make wine in such hostile conditions. The fact that the wine is so
spectacularly good is further testament to the passion and skill of this maker
Sipper Reds
Fleurie, Chateau du Rauosset, France, 2002 £45.00
There are Fleuries and Fleuries: this is a medal winner from Beaujolais' best producer.
Top drawer beaujoulais, light fruity and floral
Hôspices de Nuits, Saint-Georges Premier Cru, France, 1997 £75.00
The red wines of Nuits-Saint-Georges almost always have a intense colour, the flavours
arepowerful and complex: they mix at the same time cherry, blackcurrant, truffle and
often spices.The wine is among most tannic of Burgundy
Château de la Gardine Rouge, G. Brunel, France, 2003 £50.00
Chateau Neuf du Pape
From 30 year old vines this wine is a blend of hand harvested Grenache 65%, Syrah 25%,
Carignon 5%, as well as a little Mourvedre and Cinsault
Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico, Rugola, Fabiano, 2002 £50.00
Top drawer boutique Italian Amarone
The "Aviator", New Zealand, 1998 £50.00
An intense aroma of red fruits and spices with leather, cedar and cigar box notes,
complemented by fine oak. On the palate, sweet rounded berry fruit flavours are
complemented by chocolate,spices and fine oak tannins.
The wine shows sweet fruit, a silky texture and firm structure
Salwey, Germany, 2006 £25.00
The Germans don’t make red wine you cry- they do and this stuff is a truly classy
Pinot noir. It both tastes and looks older than it is. Not a novelty wine - here on merit
Château Lamanieu, Graves, France, 2002 £70.00
This is a classic and robust example of Graves, supple and deep in colour with
red fruits and mineral aromas
Château Batailley, Grand Cru Classe, France, 2002 £60.00
An attractively deep colour. Not very expressive on the nose though. On the palate,
there is good texture, good weight, cleary a nicely composed wine, with freshness
Quinta de Macedos, Portugal, 2000 £60.00
This is an enormously layered wine with overtones of almond and marzipan over a
vanilla base complete with nougat and crème brulée.Sounds like a pudding!
Now starting to drink really well - all harshness has gone!
Château Pipeau, St. Emillion Grand Cru, France, 2001 £60.00
This Saint Emillion Grand Cru is a tour-de-force combination of all that can be
exciting about Bordeaux. Rich and smooth without a hint of over-extraction,
this wine blends modern knowledge with classic Bordeaux character
Simon Hackett "Foggo Road" Cabernet, Australia, 2001 £98.00
18 month maturation in American oak. Concentrated blackcurrant and cassis nose
with layers ofsweet, toasty oak. A blockbuster Cabernet with tight, grained oak
barely restraining its power
Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nova, Italy, 1998 £65.00
Full ripe cherry fruits with an intense and refined finish thanks to a particularly
warm summer. Aromatic and intense. Excellent acidity, vigour and power
Vina Tondonia Gran Reserva, 1985 £70.00
One of the finest and most prestigious wine producers in Rioja - absolutely stunning
and great value
Il Borro, Toscana, Italy, 2003 £75.00
Intense ruby-red with purple reflections. Dry, full bodied, warm, smooth, lucious
and well integrated tannins, intense, well balanced, very long and plesant finish
Rioja Vallemayor Grand Reserva, Spain, 1995 £40.00
Quality Spanish offering with all the hallmarks of a grand reserve wine
Château Dasvin-Bel-Air, Cru Bourgeois, France, 1999 £45.00
We love this charming, 1999 Dasvin-Bel-Air which offers excellent sweetness, medium body
and abundant blackcurrant fruit intermixed with truffle, toasty oak, and subtle dried
herb notes. The wine possesses good tannin, lively fruit and excellent purity and as balance
Sophia, Gimblett Gravels Vineyard, New Zealand, 2002 £58.00
Deep black cherry coloured, exotically fragrant wine with aromas of black plums, cassis,
liquorice, spice, tobacco, coffee and violets. The palate is densely structured and reflects the
nose with notes of blueberries and bitter chocolate
Amarone Della Valpolicella Montresor, Italy, 2002 £51.00
Deep ruby colour with pomegranate reflections, ethereal nose which reminds of peach
blossom, violet, raspberry and mint. On the palate it is intense, refined, it displays full body
and smoothness, with clear notes of dried grapes
Shiraz by Gary Farr, Australia, 2002 £80.00
Very dark red/purple colour. Meaty-quite Rhone like combined with dark fruits.
Pepper, spice, meaty combining with liquorice and molasses.
The best by Farr!
Chambolle-Musigny, Côte d'Or, France, 2001 £100.00
In my opinion, Chambolle is one of the most perfect symbols of the smoothness of the wines
of Burgundy. Located at the kingdom of the red wines, in the coast of Nights,
Chambolle-Musigny is characterized by its bouquet
Barolo Cordero Montezemolo, 2001 £40.00
A block-busting Italian stunner - supreme working of the nebbiolo grape
Gevrey Chambertin, 2004 £90.00
First rate example from the minefield that is Burgundy
Chateau Kefraya, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, 2001 £45.00
With exceptional exposure to the sun without any precipitation, and handpicked grapes
contribute to the elaboration of this typical wine produced by a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon,
Mourvedre, Carignan and Grenache. Eclipses Chateau Mussar by a country mile
Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto, Casanova di Neri, 1999 £500.00
A wine with large character and concentration. Robust fruit and a superb, persistent finish.
Without question to drink in a dark room. Gordon Ramsay bought most of it!
The highest scoring Italian red. 100 points from 100 possible. Huge and intense - could be me!
Nuits-Saint-Georges, Bouchard Pere et fils 2004 £55.00
Classy Nuits-Saint-Georges is always expensive. This would keep but is drinking well already
Vigne de l'Enfant Jesus, 2000 £47.50
Oh my god! How much blasphemy can one get into a wine description?
This stuff is exquisite red Burgundy and whilst I'm not entirely sure what baby Jesus had to do
with its creation, as far as I'm concerned it is an immaculate conception. Drink in a dark room
on your own - or at very least with people you really love. This is a real steal at this price
Sansonina, 100% Merlot, Italy, 2004 £75.00
A ruby-garnet red colour. Rich and intense with hints of ripe red fruit, cocoa and a hint of
herbs. Very elegant, round and supple. This may have a feminine name, but don't let that
fool you!!
Georgies Walk, Barossa Valley, Australia, 2000 £50.00
True boutique Australian blockbuster, worth its price for the bottle alone!!!!
Beautifully complex Cabernet Sauvignon
Volnay Les Blanches, France, 1988 £110.00
Only one left! Label says it's seen better days but the contents are glorious.
A virgin princess in a shop-soiled shell suit
Château Grand Barrail, Lamarzelle Figeac, France, 1998 £49.00
Again, a classic claret with finesse
Amicus, Shiraz Cabernet Malbec, Australia, 2004 £40.00
A little brother or sister of the fabulous Georgies Walk - absolutely amazing huge fruit
with edge and finish
Pudding Wines
Sauternes Cordier, Bordeaux, France £24.50
Real classic Sauternes - amber nectar
Tordiruta, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi £43.00
Best pudding wine at the 'International wine challenge'
Araldica, Palazzina Moscato Passito £38.00
Deep in colour, with apricot and honey notes
Mus Cat Muscat de Rivesaltes, Saleilles, France £17.50
Classic Muscat pudding wine, really balanced sticky
Ports
Tanners Port, LBV
Bottle £25.00
Glass £2.00
Niepoort, LBV
Bottle £30.00
Glass £3.00
Niepoort White, LBV
Bottle £30.00
Glass £3.00
De Krans Vintage, Reserve
Bottle £35.00
Glass £3.50
Cockburns Vintage, Late LBV
Bottle £47.00
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