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France Germany Italy Spain Lebanon Chile Argentina INDEX Page The McGuire family in association Regions with Grapevine are delighted to present their selection of FRANCE fine wines. Drawing from both BORDEAUX 02 professional and personal BURGUNDY 03 experience we offer an eclectic BURGUNDY CONT 04 selection of over 60 wines from all over the globe, both from the ‘Old RHÔNE 05 World’ and the ‘New World‘ LOIRE & ALSACE 06 LANGUEDOC AND SUD OUEST 07 Please ask a member of our team for the CHAMPAGNE 08 current vintages. GERMANY 09 Find us on... ITALY 09 SPAIN 10 LEBANON 10 CHILE 11 ARGENTINA 11 AUSTRALIA 12 NEW ZEALAND 13 SOUTH AFRICA 14 WINES BY THE GLASS 15 01 FRANCE Bottle Bordeaux Red Is the most important wine region in the world - 30% of all quality wine in France comes from 01. Château Malbat Bordeux Supérieur £21.50 Soft, easy-drinking Claret. Bordeaux. 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc. There are about 7,000 wine producing Châteaux and 13,000 winegrowers producing 50 02. Château St Gemme Haut Medoc £34.50 million bottles a year which Expressive and fresh, this wine features fruity, consist of 87% red, 11% dry compote aromas and a silky smooth feel on white and 2% sweet. the palate from the rounded tannins. Red wine grapes used in Bordeaux are Cabernet Sauvignon and 03. Chateau Jean Voisin £35.50 Cabernet Franc, which give vigour, tannins Saint Emilion Grand Cru and good If there is one Bordeaux appellation where ageing qualities and the Merlot grape terroir truly matters, it is here. This elegant which brings softness and wine offers intense aromas of blackberry and suppleness. White grape varieties used plums with a long finish. are Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle. 04. Château Terrey Gros Cailloux £41.00 Saint Julien Cru Bourgeois This class act combines all the virtues of the Saint - Julien region of Bordeaux, richness, fruit, roundness and generosity. 04a. Château Terrey Gros Cailloux £22.00 Saint Julien Cru Bourgeois Half Bottle 02 FRANCE Bottle Burgundy White The richest of the ancient Duchies in France, this is a region which contains 06. Chablis Premier Cru Fourchaume £37.50 several distinct and Pale golden colour with a greenish tinge. eminent wine regions within it. Honeyed quite citric fruit on the palate. A well made wine with rich character The most important is the Côte d’Or, and steely finish. home of Beaune, Gevrey Chambertin, Nuit Saint Georges and Meursault. There are currently 30 Grand Crus 07. Chablis Domaine Les Manants £27.50 A young wine, this dry steely white wine and 622 Premier Crus from these from Chablis shows freshness. areas. Chablis, Beaujolais, Pouilly Fuisse Côte du Chalonnaise and 07a. Chablis Domaine Les Manants £14.00 Macon make up the rest. Half Bottle 08. Meursault Premier Cru £48.50 Clos Cromin Bitouzet Meursault from the Côte d’Or in Burgundy is considered to be the pinnacle of white wines. A rich, buttery Chardonnay. 10. Beaujolais Blanc Lathuiliere Gravallon £24.00 Cedric Lthuiliere is one of the very few Beaujolais vignerons to produce a rare Beaujolais Blanc 2013, made from 100% Chardonnay grown on a mixture of granite and limestone soil. This exclusive, hard-to-find wine is fresh and lively with a long, clean finish. 03 FRANCE Bottle Burgundy Red The main grape varieties in use are Chardonnay for the white wines and 11. Santenay Clos Rousseau Premier Cru £42.00 Pinot Noir for the reds. The Pinot Noir grape gives the wine elegance, softness and richness with good balancing acidity. 13. Bourgogne Pinot Noir Vielles Vignes £24.50 Rich raspberry fruit with a fuller earthy flavour characteristic of a good Burgundy. 13a. Bourgogne Pinot Noir Vielles Vignes £13.00 Half Bottle 15. Fleurie Beaujolais Albert Bichot £23.00 The most famous of the Villages of Beaujolais. Strawberry fruits on the nose. 15a. Fleurie Beaujolais Albert Bichot £14.00 Half Bottle 04 FRANCE Bottle Rhône Valley Red The Rhône Valley runs down the Southern Centre of France from Lyon 16. Côte du Rhône Château du Grand Moulas £21.50 in the North to Avignon in the South. This warm, spicy wine, with its ripe redcurrant fruit and peppery, herby hints, Home of the famous Châteauneuf excels with casseroles. du Pape, Hermitage & Côte du Rhône wines. The villages along the Rhône 17. Sablet Domaine de Verquieres £24.50 produce some exquisite elegant wines A delightful medium bodied Grenache such as Sablet, Gigondas and Vacqueras. blend, from one of the most renowned Rhone Valley villages. Some of the best known grape varieties in the world were born here like Syrah (Shiraz) and Grenache for 18. Châteauneuf Du Pape Vieux Telegramme £45.50 the reds and Viognier and Marsanne A traditional blend of Grenache, Syrah, for the whites. Mourvedre and Vaccarese grapes which produce a wine combining strength and elegance, aromas of small red fruits and liquorice. 05 FRANCE Bottle Loire White North West of France following the Lotire river as it heads towards Paris, but drops southward towards Rhone, 19. Sancerre Domaine Daulny £26.00 Dry and crisp with fresh acidity, covering a vast area of land. gooseberry nose with slight flinty edge. From Nantes through to Orleans the valley includes Sancere, Pouilly Fume, 20. Pouilly-Fumé Jean Pabiot et Fils £27.50 Anjou, Saumur, Muscadet, Chinon and A quality dry white wine from the upper many more wine producing areas. Loire with a refreshing almost mouth-watering dryness which is characteristic of the Mostly famous for its crisp white wines Sauvignon Blanc grape. made from Sauvignon Blanc and Melon de Bourgogne grapes. Chenin Blanc produces the sweeter 20a. Pouilly-Fumé Jean Pabiot et Fils £15.00 wines of Anjou and Vouvray. Half Bottle Alsace 28. Muscadet Sur Lie £19.50 Alsace in the north east was once part Dry but fruity wine, great of Germany. This area produces aromatic with all things seafood. honeyed wines with distinctive spicy and mineral characteristics. 21. Pffafenheim Gewürztraminer £23.50 Aromatic nose and honeyed fruit flavours, finishing with hints of spice. 06 FRANCE Bottle Sud Ouest Red Cahors wine used to be known as the ‘black wine’ and was exported via 22. Cahors Chateau Armandiere Ancestral £24.50 Bordeaux from the middle ages. Now it is Malbec, Merlot a wine region in its own right, producing With its shining colour, this wine has a generous fresh robust and tannic red wines which must nose with ripe fruit aromas, black cherry taste in the contain at least 70% Malbec grapes. mouth. Tannins reveal a smooth texture with notes of spices. A well structured wine, really intense. Bottle Languedoc White The Languedoc is made up of many small wine producing Cantons, each with their own 23. Picpoul £22.50 distinctive styles, such as Fitou, Picpoul Picpoul de Pinet de Pinet and Corbieres. They are one Not often available in the UK, we are pleased to be able of the few regions of France producing to offer you this wonderful, dry, crisp and fresh wine, wines sharing single and blended grape making an ideal accompaniment to fish & seafood. varieties on the label; the location and growers taking second place. 07 FRANCE Bottle Champagne Champagne Has to be produced within the Champagne area to be called 24. Jean Pierre Marniquet £37.00 ‘Champagne’ and made in the traditional Carte D’Or N.V. method. The region commences in the Fresh and zesty. north around Rheims and continues south through Epernay down to Avize. The most famous Champagnes are the 24a. Half Bottle - Reserve N.V. £21.50 ‘Grand Marques’ which produce most of the prestige wines and then there are hundreds of smaller growers. 25. Jean Pierre Marniquet £45.00 Vintage Cuvée 2005 Elegant, biscuity, with good mousse. Some growers only produce the grapes for blending on behalf of the ‘Grand Marques’ but some, like the Jean Pierre Marniquet family, have been hand-crafting 26. Jean Pierre Marniquet £42.00 Rosé N.V. quality champagne for over 100 years, in Pink, Pinot Noir driven, summer Venteuil near Epernay. berry freshness. Grape varieties used are Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier. 08 GERMANY Bottle Rheinhessen White Rheinhessen is central in the winemaking regions of Germany. Despite its poor reputation for ‘everything sweet’, there is 27. Riesling Smitt Sohne £21.50 Flowery & fragrant on the nose with an an array of interesting, more subtle and off-dry palate, gentle background spice balanced wines made there. & a warming finish. Italy ITALY Bottle Whilst French organisation of wines is Red paramount, it is not a priority for the Italians, who prefer to direct their efforts towards 31. Chianti Duca di Sasseta £22.50 experimentation and creativity and A lively ruby red wine with a fresh and fruity consequently, they have more individual well balanced flavour. styles and grape varieties than most. Tuscany, Abruzzo and Veneto are 32. Montepulciano D’Abruzzo Caleo £22.00 A rich, soft red wine made from the just three of a vast number of wine Montepulciano grape in the mountainous Abruzzo producing areas. region of Central Italy. Prosecco is the real Spumante of Italy as Cava is to Spain. White 33. Pinot Grigio Veneto Botter £19.50 A light and dry, fruity white wine, crisp and refreshing. Sparkling 34. Prosecco Vetriano £21.50 Medium dry Spumante, to add a sparkle to any occasion. 09 SPAIN Bottle Spain Red Rioja is the most famous Spanish wine making region, next to Jerez where 35. Rioja Vega Reserva £26.50 sherry is produced, and is centred around Fruity, jammy and plummy flavours. Wine with the town of Lograno, whilst the a tremendous bouquet, beautifully balanced. region of Ribero del Duero is making some headway.
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