CHAMPAGNE
1.
ANDRE CLOUET. Grande Reserve £31.00
2. Bollinger special Cuvée
£45.50
SPARKLING WINES
4. 2004 Graham Beck Rosé
South Africa 22.50
Beautiful salmon pink colour
with strawberry fruit flavours. Light yeasty aromas, good freshness
on the nose and a rich creamy complexity on the palate. Fine mousse
with a great length of flavour.
5. NV Graham Beck Brut South
Africa £22.50
This excellent Brut is a 50/50
blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and was used at the inauguration
of Nelson Mandela as President in 1994.
DESSERT WINES
6.2001 CHATEAU LOUPIAC GAUDIET.
Loupiac 375ml £13.50
A delightful wine from the
Loupiac region. Rich and full, lovely peachy flavours on the palate.
7.2003 GOLDACKERL. Beerenauslese.
Willi Opitz. Austria 375ml £22.85
A beautiful rich dessert wine
with flavours of peaches and honey. Made by Austria’s finest
winemaker.
8. 1999 Rhona Muscadel Graham
Beck 500ml £18.50
Complex fruit, floral bouquet
deliciously sweet
9.2004 Orange Muscat and Flora
Brown Brothers Late harvested Australia 375ml £15.50
flavours of citrus and stone
fruit
10.1995
VP, Fortified Shiraz. Lillypilly Estate Wine, Leeton, NSW Australia
375ml £23.50
Great caramelly, rich, slightly
spicy wine that is perfect with Colston Basset Stilton or Hot
Chocolate fondant. A really exciting wine that is making a bit
of a name for itself.
11.
2002 Noble Blend: Lillypilly Estate wine, Leeton, NSW Australia
375ml £24.75
Beautifully structured, more
Coteaux de Layon than Sauterne, rich honey middle with passion
fruit finish that goes on and on. Classic Tarte tatin wine.
WHITE WINES
19. 2005 Oveja Negra Reserva
Chadonnay/Viognier Chile £16.00
Bright peach and apricot aromas
subtle hints of oak with a crisp balancing acidity
20. 2004 Blue Slate Riesling
Dr Loosen Germany £18.50
From the Mosel, this is a
classic Riesling. Light and refreshing it is medium with a delicate
alcohol level
21. 2004 Johnson Estate Sauvignon
Blanc 2004/5 New Zealand £21.00
Colour: Pale green. Bouquet:
Pungent passionfruit and grapefruit aromas with a complex lees
note underlying. Palate: Generously proportioned with passion
fruit and melon. The solid texture is kept in balance by vibrant
fruit acidity.
22. 2004 Last Ditch Viognier
d`Arenberg Australia £23.50
1990 saw the first plantings
of Viognier in McLaren Vale, more noted for its red wines. These
plantings were in a gully at the bottom of the vineyard along
side a tributary of Peddlers Creek
23. 2002 Rully “En Truffière”
Vieilles Vignes Vincent Girandin France £31.50
Made from seventy to eighty
year old vines, by the renowned Vincent Girardin as a “limited
edition” wine, this is a benchmark white Burgundy.
24. 2005 Spy Valley Riesling
£22.00
Ripe citrus characters of
lemon zest and grapefruit reflect the warmer vintage conditions
in 2005,yet still dry on the finish.
25.
2004 Gewurztraminer Cave De Ribeauville £21.00
Full
of flavour and perfume, deliciously medium dry
26. 2004 Pouilly Fume Les
Berthiers Claude Michot £27.50
Claude Michot produces a wine
that is very much of his village, St Andelain - a hamlet made
famous by Didier Dagueneau
27. 2004 Sauvignon Blanc Life
From Stone South Africa £23.50
Springfield Estate, Aromatic
flavour filled, with a style somewhere between New Zealand and
the Loire
28.
2004 Graham Beck Viognier South Africa £21.50
Soft
golden green colour with a fragrant nose of ripe golden apples
and spicy citrus flavours. Full bodied with elegant finish.
29.2004 Alamos Chardonnay
Argentina £17.75
SILVER MEDAL - DECANTER 2006
WORLD WINE AWARDS
The nose is focused and intense with ripe tropical fruit aromas
with a hint of mineral.
30.2000
Verdelho. Margaret River,Western Australia £23.50
The
flagship white wine. Complex with added plus of bottle age, which
is rather unique for Verdelho,
31. 2001Viognier Jepson vineyard
Ukiah, Mendocino USA. £32.75
Crisp and fresh it is wonderfully
full and complex.
ROSÈ WINES
35. 2005 Chateau des Sarrins
Rosé £20.00
Classic Provence rose. Pale
pink colour with a lovely nose of delicate red fruits. Plenty
of fruit on the palate with balanced acidity and an elegant structure.
Very fresh and clean.
36. 2005 Oveja Negra Cabernet
Rosé £15.50
Attractive bright light red
colour. Lovely sweet aromas and flavours of strawberries and raspberries.
Refreshing on the palate, with a crisp acid which balances the
ripe fruit flavours.
RED WINES
40. 2004 Laroche Punto Nino
Carmenere Chile £17.75
Attractive dark red colour,
aromas and flavours of ripe plums, sweet spices, coffee and chocolate
with delicate smokey notes. Palate soft and smooth with ripe tannins
giving good length and structure.
41.
2001Chateau Senailhac Bordeaux Superieur Bordeaux £20.50
The
wine is a bright, intense ruby red colour with purplish highlights.
The elegant intial bouquet opens up after swirling in the glass
to reveal fine fruit and aniseed overtones. The wine starts out
very cleanly on the palate, evolving into a well-balanced mid
palate with ripe fruit and soft tannins.
42.
2003 Cotes du Ventoux Terres de Truffes TerraVentoux Rhone £18.00
A
deep colour, almost black. A complex nose of violets and blackcurrants.
The palate is velvelty, rich and long lasting. With a sweet blackcurrant
finish.
43.
2004 Alamos Malbec £17.75
This
Malbec shows bright blackberry, cassis and baked blueberry with
notes of chocolate, cedar,cinnamon and clove. If you haven't tried
Malbec before, this wine will make a great first.
44.2004
Oveja Negra Reserva Cabernet/Syrah Chile £17.00
Rich
Inky colour dark Plum toasty oak and vanilla flavours
45.2005
Boland Pinotage Cinsault South Africa £17.50
This
former Co-op has two cellars and five different grape sources
in and around Paarl at the very heart of cape winelands. We particularly
like the smooth drinking qualities of this wine
46. 2001 Castillo di Clavijo
Crianza Rioja Spain £19.50
The aromas of ripe red fruits
and spices are carried through to a well balanced palate with
notes of cherries.
47. 2002 Zinfandel De Loach
California £20.50
A velvety wine with spicy
berry notes. This 2002 Californian Zinfandel offers inviting aromas
of cranberry, black currant and spicy oak.
48. 2003 Perrin Réserve
Rouge Côtes du Rhône £24.50
A humble Côtes du Rhône
which would put many Châteauneuf du Papes to shame. This
ia a blend of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre and Cincault. Peppery
aromas, flavours of cassis, black cherry and spice.
49.2003 MadFish Shiraz Western
Australia £24.75
Dark cherry chocolate spice
and pepper combine to produce an intriguing seductive bouquet.
50.
2002 Piedra Feliz Pinot Noir Michel Laroche/Jorge Coderch Chile
£26.50
An
elegant and fruity wine from the Casablanca Valley.
51.2000
Brouilly Vieilles Vignes Domaine du Moulin Favre £22.50
Concentrated
blackcurrant and raspberry on the nose. Rounded with well matured
tannins - very fruity wine with a balanced and moreish acidity.
52.
2000 Beaujolais Villages Vieilles Vignes Dom Mommessin France
£19.00
This
ruby coloured wine is produced from vines over 40 years old
53.
2002 Pinot Noir Schouten Oregon USA £51.50
Dark
chocolate and cherries from this beautiful example of intense
pinot noir from the new worlds home of Pinot Noir.
54.
1998 Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River, Western Australia £41.00
Soft, subtle, plumy ripe fruit which is the perfect accompaniment
to soft game or a leg of lamb
55.
1999 Chateau Pontet Fumet St-Emilion Grand Cru £35.00
This
fruity, deiciously smooth Bordeaux combines finesse and power.
It has an attractive bouquet and a robust, rich, perfectly balanced
taste
HALF BOTTLES
Small Sparkling /CHAMPAGNE
60.N/V moét et chandon
Champagne ¼ bottle Brut Imperial £13.50
61.N/V Graham Beck Brut (375ml)
£13.50
This is a benchmark fizz with
a beautiful harmony between lengthy Chardonnay and fragrant Pinot
Noir. The result is a sparkling wine with a fine mousse giving
freshness and finesse, elegant ripe fruit and light yeast aromas,
and a rich creamy complexity on the palate.
HALF BOTTLES RED WINES
70.2002 Redbank Shiraz/Cabernet
Victoria Australia £10.50
71. 2004 Fleurie E.Loron et
Fils £11.50
72. 2004 Cotes du Ventoux
Rouge TerraVentoux £10.00
Spicy nose with red fruit
and liquorice. The mouth is supple and long, silky tannins with
sweet notes on the finish, again on liquorice.
73.2002 Chateau Montaiguillon
St-Emilion £14.00
HALF BOTTLES WHITE WINES
80.
2004 Muscadet Sur Lie Coteaux de la Loire, Jacques Guindon £10.50
Light
in appearance with a floral, fruity nose. Clean and fresh with
mineral notes, hints of apple and a good structure. Mouthwatering
acidity with a long, refreshing finish.
81.
2004 Gewurztraminer Pfaffenhem Alsace £10.50
82.
2004 CHABLIS.1er Cru. Les Valery . Domaine Jean Durup £16.50
83.1999
CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET. Olivier Leflaive £26.20
84.
2004 Pouilly Fumè Andrè Dezat et fils Verdigny France
£13.50
85.
2004 Pinot Grigio Alto Adige Alois Lageder £14.50
Brilliant,
straw yellow colour with a green shimmer. Quite pronouned and
expressive aroma, with floral and spicy notes. Rich and buttery
on the palate, with a smokiness and a fresh finish.
