Champagne & Sparkling Wine
Wine Menu
Cava Cuvée Especial, Oriel Rossell, Penedès, Spain NV £16.00
A world apart from the dusty and old fashioned style of Cava. This wine is fresh, zippy and appealing with a lovely ripe citrus fruit aroma and a hint of toastiness.
Prosecco, Bartolomiol Prior, Italy NV £19.50
This classic Prosecco sparkling wine is slightly sweet with a velvety taste. The bouquet exudes intense green apple and wisteria flower aromas and the taste is fresh, fruity and well balanced.
Champagne Comte Stanislas Brut, France NV £42.00
Classic green apples, toasted nuts and biscuits on the nose. The light golden colour belies the maturity displayed on the palate.
Champagne Georges Gardet (Half Bottle) NV £25.00
This is a truly rich Champagne. Notes of maturing fruit on the nose with wonderful acidity and a full bodied feel. It gives Bollinger a run for its money yet comes in at half the price. As served in the House of Commons!!
Champagne Ruinart Brut, France NV £60.00
Ruinart is one of the ancient champagne houses of Reims. A skilful blend of wines made from the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes. A golden, lively, fruity champagne with the subtle aroma of white fruits which make it an excellent aperitif.
Champagne Pol Roger White NV £55.00
An harmonious and very consistent blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier (about one third each) Pol Roger White Foil Non Vintage Champagne is a champagne thats fruity in its youth while the Pinot Noir makes for a firmer, more structured, fuller wine with age.
Champagne Gosset Grande Reserve NV £90.00
The Gosset style is very creamy, dry but not acidic, full, biscuity and yeasty. It is a blend of several vintages, powerful, made of 46% Chardonnay, 44% Pinot Noir, 10% Pinot Meunier. It is ideal with food. Packaged in the “Bouteille Ancienne” characteristic of the Gosset range with deep red labelling.
White Wine
Mynus+, Viura Muscat, Spain 2009 £12.50
A blend of Macabeo with a touch of Muscat which gives a lovely floral aroma to the wine. Fresh and grapey with zingy acidity.This has been our house wine since opening and we have still not found a better value opener.
Le Parfum de Chiroulet VdP Blanc Cote de Gascognes, France 2009 £13.50
Lively, white floral nose and fresh citrus fruits with a touch of the exotic and a crisp feel.
Domaine des Chezelles, Sauvignon Blanc, AOC Touraine, France 2009/10 £15.50
Classic Loire wine from the new breed of winemakers in this area. Refreshing taste and body expected from Touraine
Pinot Grigio La di Motte, Veneto, Italy 2009 £17.00
A crisp and refreshing quintessential summer white. Soft, gentle acidity with spicy lime fruit flavours.
Mas St Laurent, Picpoul, Lanquedoc, France 2007 £16.75
Classic grapefruit and lime scented with caramel and fudge finish. We think that this is the best of it\'s type.
Falanghina, Ocone, Italy 2007 £19.50
Smelling of freshly baked Bramley apples. This is an excellent example of the ancient Falanghina
Manawa Riesling, Marlborough, New Zealand 2010 £18.00
Manawa means ‘heart’ in Maori and these wines certainly embody this philosophy as they are made with passion. Working with a small number of organic and sustainable growers only premium quality grapes are used and all wines are made traditionally to ensure that they are true to their heritage and variety. Superb lime flavours and plenty of acidity is softened by a touch of residual sugar.
Constantia Uitsig, Sauvignon Blanc, South Africa 2009 £19.50
Made by Sauvignon Blanc Guru, John Loubser, a wonderfully restrained and mineral driven wine with hints of gooseberry, green pepper and apple.
Barbara Fores Blanc, Terra Alta, Tarragona, Spain 2007/9 £22.00
A blend of Garnacha Blanca and Viognier makes a full-bodied and flavoursome wine with a clean and pithy finish
Chablis, Domaine Jean Collet et Fils, France 2009 £23.50
This is our new Chablis. It is wonderfully balanced with a remarkable freshness and minerality that marks it out as classic.
Pasetti \'Zarache\' Trebbiano d\'Abruzzo DOC, Italy 2009 £25.00
Attractive light gold in colour with a fresh, straightforward perfume, clean fresh fruit flavours on the palate with notes of white flowers, peaches and a touch of apricot.
Rose Wine
Le Parfum de Chiroulet VdP Rose Cote de Gascognes 2009 £15.00
From Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Tannat this is a real crowd-pleaser of a Rose – pale pink in colour, light fresh and fruity.
Domaine Montrose, Vin de Pays d\'Oc, France 2008 £16.00
This classic pale salmon rose is crisp and aromatic with cherry and strawberry aromas. Well suited to lighter cuisine or as an aperitif.
Domaine Leccia Rose Patrimonio, Corsica 2009 £29.00
This a stunning rose that returns to our list every year. Not like any rose that we have tasted before. Very subtle and sophisticated.
Red Wine
Mynus+, Garnacha Tempranillo, Spain 2008/9 £12.50
Made from old vines and 100% Garnacha. Big and lush with ripe cherry fruit and a thick, spicy palate.
Le Parfum de Chiroulet VdP Rouge Cote de Gascognes 2008 £15.00
From limestone soils the Parfum blend is lighter than the regular VdP making for a softer, fresher and very easy drinking red.
Finca Los Primos, Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina 2010 £16.50
The classic Malbec aromas of ripe plums, tobacco and violets are all there, with added hints of vanilla. This is from a cooler area south of Mendoza\'s major vineyard areas which gives the wine a soft silkiness normally associated with lighter wines.
Paolo Scavino Vino da Tavola Rosso 2007 £19.00
A wonderful full flavoured wine from an artistic winemaker in Tuscany. It is lighter than the grape varieties suggest.
Domaine De Colombette, Pinot Noir, Lanquedoc, France 2007 £18.50
The winemakers Pugibets have fashioned this wine in a much lighter style and this has had the effect of concentrating the wine’s fruit character whilst maintaining some grip. The result is a supple and smooth strawberry scented stunner.
La Cerisaie, Domaine de la Bergerie, Anjou, France 2007 £18.75
This Loire valley luminary is a wonderful example of the leafy and pencil shaving, scented Cabernet Franc. Old school but brilliant.
Beronia Crianza, Rioja, Spain 2005 £21.50
\"Crianza’s have less oak ageing than Reservas and Gran Reservas, and this means that you inevitably have a less complex wine but a wine that is often much more enjoyable, especially when it is young. With plenty of ripe, juicy fruit this Crianza is both fresh and sweet coupled with enticing aromas of coconut and vanilla.\"
Vinga Grande, Spagnoletti Zueli, Castel del Monte, Puglia, Italy 2007 £21.50
Despite being cooked in the hottest region of Southern Italy, this wine retains a lightness of touch combined with the full prune flavour that defines it\'s origin.
Manawa Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New Zealand 2007 £22.00
Our second wine from this wonderful organic estate. A super medium-bodied pinot with pure raspberry fuit, with hints of spice and smoke.
Georges Vernay Syrah de Mirbaudie 2009 £24.50
Excellent value 100% Syrah from Vernay\'s trusty red stable. Vibrant, fruity and youthful with a generous concentration of supple, brambly fruit, good cedar and sandalwood aromas, and a ripe, rounded, spicy mid-palate. Few Rhone\'s in this bracket show such diversity of flavour.
Chateau Lilian Ladouys, St Estephe, Bordeaux, France 2007 £26.00
A classic example of the wines from this region, full of pencil shavings and pepper.
Tamboerskoof, Syrah, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2006 £26.00
Produced in very small quantities and therefore rare to find. The lucky few are in for treat with it\'s full flavour very like a high quality Rhone wine.
Abadia de Gomariz, Ribeiro, Galicia, Spain 2007 £27.00
This comes from a really tiny area of North West Spain. Made from a real mix of Galician and northern Portuguese grape varieties grown on ridiculously steep slopes.With only a little bit of oak coming through the quality is superb.
Château Garraud, Lalande de Pomerol, Néac, Bordeaux 2004 £30.00
2004 was a very good vintage in the Pomerol region and this wine exhibits tremendous depth. Packed full of rich blackberry and blackcurrant fruitiness enveloped in a firm, tannic structure.
Givry 1er Cru Clos Jus, Domaine Gérard Mouton, France 2008 £33.00
Soft and perfumed with lush, ripe cherry and raspberry aromas. Silky, soft tannins and excellent value for money for a 1er Cru wine from this appellation.
Dessert Wine
Chateau Coutet, Sauternes-Barsac, Bordeaux, France 2001 £56.00
Chateau De Ste Helene, Sauternes, France (half bottle) 2002 £35.00
Chateau Rieussec, Sauterne(half bottle) 1997 £65.00
Vin Santo Marchese Antinari (50cl) 2002 £51.00
Banyuls Traditionel, Berta Maillol, Banyuls, France 2007 £30.00
Chateau Rombeau, Muscat de Rivesaltes 2002 £50.00
Miranda, Raisined Muscat (half bottle) 2002 £56.00
Tokaji Aszu (50cl) 1997 £95.00
Chateau Tirecul la Graviere, Cuvee Les Pins (50cl) 2007 £24.00
Churchills Crusted Port 2004 Bottled
Taylors Vintage Port 1970 £135.00
Heasley House Cellar
