Wines

CHAMPAGNE and SPARKLING

Prosecco di Valdobbiadene (Italy) £18
Less sweet than most, dessert apples on nose perfect aperitif

Vilmart et Cie Grand Cellier NV. (France) £39
Complex floral champagne, delicate and elegant due to dominance of chardonnay
grape

CHARDONNAY

Chardonnay - a fantastic grape that will happily grow anywhere, extreme versatile, grown in cool climates and with no oak aging, it will reveal the character of the region beneath its lemony nutty fruit. In warmer spots it will be rich and complex and take to new oak barrels like a duck to water soaking up the flavours of spices and cream

The Googly 2007 One Chain (Australia) £15
Full fruit chardonnay, peachy with touch of oak, well balanced and comforting

Domaine La Colombette 2007 (France) £19
Fantastically aromatic, citrus and dried fruits to the fore with a great long finish

Chablis Domaine Jean Durup 2007 (France) £25
Steely and mineral, bone dry no oak but with nutty creaminess

'Calgardup' Chardonnay McHenry Hohnen 2005 (Western Australia) £28
Top notch chardonnay can compete with many of the dearer French burgandies

Mersault 1er Cru, Chateau de Blagny 2001 Louis Latour £45
Soft rounded rich chardonnay flavours, full of sun and vitality. Plenty of pure fruit
character for those who are not looking for oak flavour and weight.

Corton-charlemagne Grand cru 2000 Louis Latour £89
This golden wine has a combination of buttery nuttiness and fruity flavours that are
mouth filling. A rich concentration of flavours swells and develops in the glass


PINOT GRIS

Another great versatile grape making crisp dry refreshing whites to lushious intense
dessert wines. Below are two good examples with different styles.


Bella Modella Pinot Grigio 2007 (Italy) £15
Light and aromatic, easy drinking great for summer

Pinot Grigio 'Le Rosse' Tommasi 2006 (Italy) £19
Inviting and appetising dry white, full fresh too easy to drink

Pinot Gris Esk valley estate Hawke's Bay 2007 (New Zealand) £23
Lots of fruit with good weight, understated, yet all purpose wine. You will not be
disappointed


SAUVIGNON BLANC

The grape of the moment, green and sharp with gooseberries, lime zest and nettles to the
fore the characteristics of classic Loire sauvignon, but in New Zealand the wine can be
full on gooseberry with tropical fruits and highly aromatic, both different and both
fantastic.


Touraine Blanc Domaine Michaud 2007 (France) £18
Delicate and aromatic grapefruit, vivacity and chalky minerality

Tinpot Hut 2007 (New Zealand) £20
Exciting gooseberry zest from the start, dramatic ripe flavours continue to cut the
palate. Fine depth and length, real class

Sancerre Domaine Jean Reverdy et Fils 2006 (France) £27
Cool and grassy with a burst of gooseberry fruit over a good mineral base

Menetou-salon Clos des Blanchais, Domaine Henry Pellé 2007 (France) £29
Perhaps the loveliest of all the Loire Sauvignons


RIESLING

This grape suffered a lot from the factories of Eastern Europe pouring out thousands of
cheap bottles in the seventies of highly sugared vines full of chemical preservatives,
thankfully now produces from all over the world make great wines with different styles
from this grape as shown below


Riesling Lieu-Dit Letzenburg, Kuehn 2005 (France) £16
Notably special Riesling, showing wonderful fruit over a keen mineraly edge

Riesling Pacific Rim, Bonny Doon Santa Cruz 2005 (USA) £21
Charming and fascinating wine, another of Randall Graham's Curiosities

Petaluma Estate Riesling 2007 (Australia) £24
Full and smoky with a long limey palate


CHENIN BLANC

This is a completely versatile grape it can be dry, medium, sparkling or sweetly honeyed
with flavours of lime, pears and quince


Sangoma 2007 Durbanville (S.Africa) £16
Modern wine that preserves the ripe yet vibrant fruit characteristics from the capes best
vineyards

Domaine de Vaufuget Vouvray, Chereau Carré 2007 (France) £17
Reminiscent of meadow grasses with a delicate apple sweetness


VIOGNIER

One of the lowest yielding vines producing less than any other mainstream dry white
varieties, but well worth the hunt. The musky scent of over ripe apricots with perfume of
orchard flowers initially makes you think its sweet then isn't, autumn and springtime in
one glass.


Viognier, Laurent Miquel, Pays d'Oc 2006 (France) £18
Rich and inviting aromas of white peach and lime blossom, medium dry with a long
finish

Ridgeback Viognier, Paarl 2005 (S.Africa) £24
Splendidly rich apricot and almond bouquet, fat fully and satiny in texture a big wine


GEWURTZTRAMINER

The two regions below show the best that Gewertztraminer has to offer, spicy and
aromatic these wines can take wide range of food, they have good balance of acidity
without being to over powering


Whitehaven Gewurtztraminer, Marlborough 2005 (New Zealand) £24
Light spice and rose petal aromas subtle oak great with all fusion food

Gewurtztarminer Grand Cru Osterburg, Louis Sipp 1998 (France) £30
Lychee-fresh aroma hints of rose petals over brioche with rich powerful body


OTHER INTERESTING WINES

Dart Valley Reserve, Sharphams Vineyard 2007 (England) £17
Great full flavoured dry estate wine from only 6 miles away, a must!

Libellule, Domaine de l'Ausseil 2005 (France) £21
Libellule - Dragonfly in English, Maccabeu is principle grape with white blossom and
honey nectar

Albarino, Pazo de Barrantes Rias Baixas 2006 (Spain) £25
Rich aromas of orange blossom, fennel and apricots perfect wine with mussels, clams
and all bi-valves

'F' Fiano di Avellino D.O.C.G di meo 2005 (italy) £26
Like a good Chablis Fiano gives mouth cleaning acidity, hints of lime leaves and
lemongrass

Blanc de Noir Domaine de la Colombette 2006 (France) £30
A white pinot noir a fine, clean complex Blanc de Noir

Mas des Lauriers, Coteaux de Narbonne 2007 (France) £15
Elegant Mediterranean rose with hints of strawberries and lemon sherbet

Domaine Montrose 2007 (France) £18
Real depth of flavour, perfect with fish soup

Sancerre Rosé, Domaine de la Perriere 2007 (France) £24
A classical pale dry wine sought after from the Loire

MERLOT

Fruity, juicy and mellow all describe the great merlot grape, used all over the world it
lends softness and charm when blended with other famous grape varieties


Casa Blanca, Maipo Valley 2006 (Chile) £15
Blackcurrant and berry fruit, mouth filling with a velvety finish

Merlot Garda Le Prunée Tommasi Vigneto 2005 (Italy) £19
North Italian Merlot, full of ripe fruit, tar and hints of roses

Château Lafon La Tuilerie Grand Cru St. Emilion 2001 (Australia) £35
Classy, glossy merlot gives weight and fullness perfect for red meats


CABERNET SAUVIGNON

Cabernet sauvignon, dark and moody quite a masculine grape, grown worldwide
producing top quality wines with a hint of toughness


Inspira Reserva, Maipo Valley 2005 (Chile) £15
Juicy top notes over the savoury flavours of a young firm cabernet

Foggo Road Cabernet Sauvignon, Simon Hackett, Mclaren Vale 2001 (Australia) £35
A real blockbuster, tight restrained oak, rich ripe berry fruit and authoritive wine



GAMAY

High in raspy acidity, rough-edged and raw of fruit this grape is transformed on the
granite outcrops of Beaujolais to produce a juicy peach, strawberry-cherry wine famous
all around the world


Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Domaine Coudert 2006 (France) £25
Rich and dense for a Beaujolais, big fruit with a peppery backbone



PINOT NOIR

Challenging grape variety to grow but well worth the effort. The classic grape of
Burgandy giving a soft velvety finish now grown all over the world


Felton Road Pinot Noir 2006 (New Zealand) £36
Fantastically Brambly fruit flavour, very rich and full second wave chocolate, coffee
and spices our favourite!!

Sancerre Les Cailleries, Domaine Vacheron 2005 (France) £30
A polished silky wine form one of Loire's to ten producers



SYRAH/SHIRAZ

Syrah was the grape of Northern Rhone until the early 80's then it became wildly known
in the 90's under the name Shiraz from its birthplace the Iranian city 600BC


The Paddock Shiraz 2006 (Australia) £15
Rich and fruity on the palate with a spicy sweet nose.

Rolling Shiraz, Phillip Shaw, Orange 2004 (Australia) £19
Full of flavour, touch of spice from the high altitude vineyard.

Stonewall Shiraz, Peter Lehmann, Barossa 2000 (Australia) £50
Voluptuous, velvet fruit, undertones of liquorice, finishes with long soft grained tannins



TEMPRANILLO

Spain's best native red grape, performs best in cooler climates it makes elegant wines
with good colour, wild strawberry and spicy tobacco flavours


Mirador de Navajas Crianza 2004 (Spain) £20
Silky fruit, laden ruby coloured gem with delicious oak overtones

Marques de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2003 (Spain) £28
Soft and ripe, sweetly oaked gentle rich finish



OTHER INTERESTING WINES

Piedrosso Ocone Taburno 2006 (Italy) £21
Cherry and strawberry laden wine, a perfect compliment with antipasti, salami's etc.

Château Musar 2000 (Lebanon) £29
Openly fruity with opulent mulberry fruit and a good backbone