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House Wines
All of our house wines are available by the glass
Bin No 80
Grenache Syrah 2005, Vin de Pays de Vaucluse, France £13.50
Excellent value. An easy drinking everyday wine.
Bin No 120
Marques de la Villa Garnacha/Tinto de Toro 2004 £14.00
A short step away from the famous Rioja region you find wines like this – a
superb wine without the Rioja price tag. Full bodied red with aromas of
damsons and dried fruits, rich spicy flavours and concentrated plum and
blackberry fruit.
Bin No 135
Heywood, Shiraz, S.E. Australia, 2006 £15.00
Powerful, rich berry fruit and spice. Subtle oak, and great length. Great
with red meat and game.
Bin No 155
Andes Peak Merlot 2005, Chile £15.50
Made by the Santa Emiliana wine group, headed by one of Chile’s foremost
winemakers – Thierry Villard. Ripe, plummy Merlot, with just enough oak to
add weight and complexity, without being overbearing. A classy, long finish
too.
Bin No 162
Eagle’s Cliff, Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot 2003, South Africa £16.50
Plums and ripe blackcurrants with a gentle touch of vanilla from maturation in oak. Soft and delicate.
"Actually it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth” George Burns
Half Bottles
Bordeaux
Bin No 600
Château Lamothe-Cissac 2000 £13.00 Half Bt.
Haut Médoc
Bin No 602
Château Ramage la Batisse 2000 £21.50 Half Bt.
Haut Médoc
Bin No 604
L’Orangerie de Carignan 2003 £9.75 Half Bt.
Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux
Bin No 610
Château La Courolle 2003 £12.00 Half Bt.
Montagne de Saint Emilion
BurgundyBin No 615
Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Pierre Bouree 2002 £13.50 Half Bt.
RhoneBin No 620
Crozes Hermitage, Caves de Tain 2003 £14.00 Half Bt.
Bin No 622
Lirac, Domaine Maby, La Formade 2002 £13.00 Half Bt.
RiojaBin No 630
Monte Real ‘Reserva’ Rioja, 2000 £18.50 Half Bt.
AustraliaBin No 650
The Gatekeeper, Cabernet Sauvignon £12.25 Half Bt.
McLaren Vale
FranceBin No 26
Bordeaux
Château Lamothe-Cissac 2003 £25.50
Haut Médoc
Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, with Merlot and a touch of Petit Verdot.
Great improvements at the vineyard make this one to watch. Rich and solid.
Bin No 28
Château Les Maurins 2003 £17.50
A good honest and well balanced claret.
Bin No 30
L’Orangerie de Carignan 2003 £20.50
Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux
Something of a trailblazer, Carignan is forging a reputation for the
hitherto overlooked Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux. Rigorous selection makes for
concentrated balanced wines of real distinction.
Bin No 32
Château La Courolle 2003 £23.50
Montagne de Saint Emilion
Supple, cherry-rich blend, silky texture
Bin No 33
Château de la Commanderie 2000 £28.00
Lalande de Pomerol
Red fruit with notes of cedar and a dash of pepper.
Bin No 35
Château Corbin 1999 £38.00
St Emilion Grand Cru Classé
Expansive, jammy black cherry fruit, delicious
Bin No 37
L’Hospitalet de Gazin 1999 £43.00
Pomerol
Second wine of Gazin, the immediate neighbour of Petrus. Lovely sweet, rich and toasty red fruit.
Bin No 40
Chateau d’Angludet 2000 £48.00
Margaux
A dense purple colour with cassis and blackberry fruit, well
balanced
Bin No 41
Château Pichon-Longueville, Comtesse de Lalande 1989 £120.00
Pauillac 2nd Growth
Another 5 star winner for Bordeaux. This wine has been described by experts
as having “deep but mature looking tannins”;“marvellous, rich, ripe fruit on
the nose and palate. Fleshy, even plump but soft”
Bin No 42
Château de Gaillat 1999 £35.00
Graves This vineyard owned by the Coste family, bottle their wines early to capture the maximum fruit. Predominately Cabernet Sauvignon the wine has a deep colour and an explosion of fruit on the nose – drinking perfectly
Bin No 45
Château Léoville Barton 1988 £80.00
St Julien
The family estate of Anthony Barton. A classic claret from a classic year –
right out of the top drawer. Combines cigar box aromas, cedary fruit and
hints of wood-smoke and cassis on the palate. Long, very classy finish.
Impeccable stuff.
Bin No 52
Burgundy
Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Trapet 2004 £35.00
Ripe blackberries and spices, rich and elegant. Well balanced with a
soft finish.
Bin No 54
Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Margot 2004, Olivier Leflaive £25.00
Named after Olivier’s daughter, brightly fruited, fresh and
exuberant.
Bin No 55 Auxey-Duresses, Côte de Beaune, 1996 £32.00
Michel Prunier
An excellent vintage from one of Burgundy’s top wine makers, soft pinot fruit, plenty of finesse.
Bin No 56
Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Clos des Forêts 2003 £48.00
Domaine de L’Arlot
Meticulous attention to detail, gorgeous palate, rounded and layered with
black cherry.
Bin No 57
Pommard Clos des Poutures 1er Cru 1995 Louis Jadot £45.00
A 5 Star rating from Decanter! Cherry and strawberry nose brilliant
structure, ripe acidity.
Bin No 58
Savigny-les-Beaune, Clos des Guettes, 1er Cru 2002 £38.00
Domaine A.F Gros
An excellent vintage from one of Burgundy’s best. Ann Gros produces stunning
wines. This medium bodied wine offers a mouth full of blackberries.
Bin No 59
Savigny-Les-Beaune, Côte de Beaune 2002 £36.00
Domaine Chandon de Brailles
Madame de Nicolay’s transformation of this vineyard in the late 1980’s has paid great dividends. No herbicides or pesticides are used and the wine is unfiltered. Plenty of black fruit, intense finish.
Bin No 60 Pernand-Vergelesses, Côte de Beaune 2002 £42.00
Domaine Rollin Père et Fils
This village is the most northerly appellation of the Côte de Beaune. A silky wine with wonderful perfumed vibrant red fruit.
BeaujolaisBin No 61
Beaujolais Villages, Dominique Morel 2005 £21.50
Classic Beaujolais; ripe, vibrant and moreishly strawberryish
Bin No 64
Fleurie Cuvee a L’Ancienne, Paul Boutinot 2005 £26.00
Soft and crammed with fruit, deceptively easy to drink!
LoireBin No 65
Saumur Champigny Domaine Fillatreau 2004 £16.50
100% Cabernet Franc from the central Loire. Overtones of ripe raspberry and
pepper. Don’t be afraid to ask for this wine lightly chilled if it’s hot.
Rhone
Bin No 68
Crozes Hermitage, Caves de Tain 2003 £18.75
Classic Syrah from the Northern Rhone. Warm, herby flavours with a twist of
black pepper on the finish.
Bin No 71
Cotes du Rhône ‘Tradition’, Chateau de Panery 2004 £19.50
A wonderfully fruity, peppery and easy to drink wine. Especially good with
food!
Bin No 76
Châteauneuf du Pape, Chante Cigale 2003 £28.50
Domaine Chante Cigale
A classic from one of the world’s most famous winemaking areas. Ours comes
from a highly rated producer
Rosé
260 Château La Moutete 2005, Côtes de Provence, £19.75
A pale, delicate pink wine from Provence with light and subtle flavours of peaches and sweet spices. Just how a good rose should taste.
Bin No 262
Rosé d’Anjou, La Jaglerie, 2005 £13.50
A coral pink colour with a nose of raspberries, a summer treat.
"provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance” William Shakespeare
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