Wine List 2008
White Wines
House Wines Dry or Med dry- ask for details
Large glass: £3.30 Half litre carafe: £7.75 Bottle: £10.75
Coddington English Wines, from only 3 miles away, are quite dry and compare favourably with Loire wines. We strongly recommend them.
------ Pinot Gris, A wine with the distinctive spicy bouquet of the Pinot grape.
It is fairly dry and fruity with good balance. 2006, £12.95
------ Ortega, A dry full bodied and well balanced wine. 2006, £13.50
It has a light, floral bouquet and flavour suggestive of peaches and limes.
Chardonnay, unwooded, House of Certain Views, , 2006 £13.75
This characterful white from the Hunter Valley in Australia is packed full of citrus fruit. Andrew Margon makes this excellent wine without using oak.
Sauvignon Blanc, Oyster Bay, Marlborough, 2005/6 £13.90
New Zealand. Very fresh elegant wine with glorious fruit flavours.
Chablis, Domaine des Valery, France 2006, £15.95
This wine epitomises the fresh, steel, no wood approach to Chablis with its lovely pure mineral flavours and elegant fruity style.
Sancerre, Andre Dezat et Fils. France 2005, £16.95
A fine quality Sancerre, full of fruit with complex smoky character.
Less dry wine, from Germany:
Piesporter Michelsberg, QbA, Moselland 2007, £12.50
Easy to drink, quite fresh and fruity with a delicious grape character,
Half Bottles
Chablis, Domaine des Valery, Jean Durup, Fr. 2006, £8.50
Dry, with crisp acidity and depth of flavour.
Gewurztraminer, Pfaffenheim, France, 2005, £7.50
Fine, richly textured, spicy rose petal nose and firm, fruit filled palate.
Red Wines
House Wines New World or French - ask for details
Large glass: £3.30 Half litre carafe: £7.75 Bottle: £10.75
Cabernet Shiraz Petit Verdot, Acacia Hills, Australia. 2006 £12.95
A full-bodied red bursting with spicy plum and red berry fruit, together with a hint of chocolate and vanilla from careful oak aging.
Pinotage, Franschhoek Cellars, Coastal Region. 2006 £13.50
South African. This has good jammy fruits with ripe raspberry overtones. Well-balanced it is a characterful wine with plenty of weight.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Luis Felipe Edwards, Chile. 2006 £13.95
Recommended vineyard, smooth silky, a lighter, easy drinking wine.
Malbec, Lurton, Mendozza, Argentina. 2006 £14.50
A medium-bodied, supple wine with soft tannins. Typically generous, concentrated black berry fruit, fat and spicy with a long lingering finish
Crozes-Hermitage, Cave de Clairmonts, France, 2005 £15.50
Dominated by blackcurrant fruit flavours this is a full and attractive wine with a lovely spicy finish.
Haut–Medoc Chateau Caronne Ste Gemme.Bordeaux. 1998 £19.75
Dry but fruity Cru Bourgeois, good year for drinking now says Johnson.
Rioja, Faustino 1. Gran Reserva 1996 £19.75
This Spanish classic is perfect for drinking now, says both Oz & H.Johnson.
Half bottles
Chat Montaiguillon, Montagne-Saint-Emilion, Fr. 2003 £8.95
Spanish Sangre de Toro, Torres, 50th Anniversary. 2003, £7.95
Champagne
House Champagne £24.95 per bottle
Heidsieck & Co. Monopole , Blue Top, Brut £29.75 per bottle
Moet et chandon, brut Imperial £34.00 per bottle
Tattinger, Brut. Reserve
Lanson, Rose Label, Brut Rose
£39.75 per bottle £17.90 half bottle
Heidsieck & Co. Monopole , Blue Top, Brut £18.90 half bottle
Sparkling Wines
Californian. Eclipse. Brut £17.95 per bottle
Spanish Frexinet Cava. Brut
Frexinet Cava, Brut £16.50 per bottle £ 9.50 half bottle
Italian. Asti Martini. Dolce (sweet) £12.95 per bottle
Prosecco del Veneto Frizzante
(slightly sparkling) £ 12.95 per bottle
£ 3.50 per glass
Dessert Wines
Botrytis Riesling. Penfolds, Reserve Bin.2000 £9.75 per ½ bottle
Ask for details of current bottle! £3.75 per glass