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CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING WINES 125ML Bottle Laurent Perrier Rosé Brut 79.95 CHAMPAGNE | FRANCE Salmon pink with aromas of red fruits & rose petals. The aromatic richness is followed by a rich flavoured wine with hints of raspberry, strawberry & citrus flavours. Dom Perignon Brut, 2006 180.00 CHAMPAGNE | FRANCE The wine is opulent & succulent, complex & ‘edgy’, silky & creamy. The whole eventually melts into an exquisite bitterness tinged with the briney taste of the sea! Prosecco, Ca’del Console, Brut 4.60 17.50 VENETO | ITALY Great minerality with some lovely pear flavours, spice, with a beautiful delicate and dry finish! Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Extra Dry ‘Vintage’ 4.70 25.95 CONEGLIANO | ITALY This is a ‘Superiore’, the highest quality Prosecco, from the best vineyards in the DOGC area! Green apple fruit, floral notes, beautiful soft textured with a delicate finish. Danebury Vineyards ‘Cossack’ 32.50 HAMPSHIRE | UK A nutty biscuit nose is followed by a fruity sweetness. An impressive mousse, with good length. Drappier is considered one of the finest boutique Champagne producers in the world; this is because their wine cellars are among the oldest and most extensive in Europe. Today, Drappier owns fifty-five hectares of vineyard around the town of Urville, with another fifty hectares under contract. Although Pinot Noir accounts for the majority of wine produced, the style is not heavy. There is a vivacity and lightness of touch here that demonstrates great shill, since these champagnes have plenty of concentration and substance. Champagne Drappier, ‘Brut Nature Zero Dosage’ 6.75 39.50 CHAMPAGNE | FRANCE A blanc de noirs of compelling purity, this champagne is elegant and bone dry, with delicate and mineral notes filled out by richer flavours of pear and white peach. Champagne Drappier, Brut Nature Rosé 8.50 49.50 CHAMPAGNE | FRANCE A crystalline, full-flavoured dry rosé, very evocative of strawberry and raspberry with a floral note of rose petals. The palate recalls red fruits and is augmented by hints of citrus fruit, mandarin orange and a small, very refined touch of white pepper. WHITE WINES 500ML 500ML 125ML 175ML Caraf Bottle 125ml 175ml Caraf Bottle Trebbiano 3.15 4.40 13.55 18.95 BABYLONS PEAK VILLA ROSSI RUBICONE, EMILIA-ROMAGNA | ITALY Babylon’s Peak is both a stalwart and a relative newcomer within the resurgent Dry with a fruity upfront bouquet & a fresh citrus finish. Swartland winemaking scene. Stephan Basson’s great grandfather established the farm in 1919, and wine was made in the old cellar here until 1948. Since then Stephane has Sauvignon / Picpoul 3.50 4.95 13.85 20.50 completely renovated and modernised the facility. The vineyards some of the highest in LES GRANGES DE FELINES, DOMAINE DE BELLE MARE, LANGUEDOC | FRANCE the region at up to 700 meters, lie on the slopes of the Paardeberg Mountain, and have Fruit & mineral complexity backed up with fresh gooseberry. proven especially suitable for Chenin Blanc and Rhone varieties. Pinot Grigio 3.85 5.35 15.75 22.50 Viognier/Roussanne 4.85 6.75 19.95 28.75 CASTEL FIRMIAN, MEZZACORONA, TRENTINO | ITALY BABYLON’S PEAK, SWARTLAND | SOUTH AFRICA Wonderful elegant Pinot, showing fresh dry fruits, with a hint of spice & lemon. This mix of Rhône varieties produces a wonderfully textured wine. Chardonnay 3.95 5.60 15.95 23.60 DOMAINE COSTE, PAYS D’HERAULT | FRANCE Lovely citrus fruit with a steely backbone, and fantastic minerality. Aromas of white pear, nectarine and apple. Albariño Casal Caeiro 24.50 RIAS BAIXAS | SPAIN Picpoul de Pinet 4.00 5.60 16.00 23.95 From the coolest part of Rias Baíxas, this wine bursts with juicy character: pear, citrus fruit BEAUVIGNAC, LANGUEDOC | FRANCE and hints of mineral and spice. Clean, intense and very long on the palate. Wonderfully ‘steely’ & ‘floral’ aromas. Bone dry with a mineral & grapefruit tang & just a hint of white pepper. What a find! Excellent with anything from the sea! 3.85 5.35 15.95 22.95 Chenin Blanc VIGNAMATO, MARCHE KANU, STELLENBOSCH | SOUTH AFRICA Wine production has been in the Ceci family since the 1940’s, when Umberto Ceci Big, full-bodied Chenin, combining ripe peach & apricot fruit with the honey bought Verdicchio vineyards in San Paolo di Jesi. In the 1950s, Umberto’s son Amato & spice of barrel fermentation, & cut with green apple freshness. and his wife increased production by acquiring new land, and began bottling their own wines. In 1992 Amato’s son Maurizio and his wife Serenella invested in a modern Gavi di Gavi, ‘La Meirana’ 5.50 7.85 22.50 32.50 winery. The investment has allowed them to capture perfectly all the fresh, vibrant BROGLIA, PIEDMONTE | ITALY character of their costal grapes. Great texture & precision with distinctive greengage & almond notes. Fresh & dry, a particularly good example! Verdicchio 25.50 ‘DEI CASTELLI DE JESI’ CLASSICO SUPERIORE. MARCHES | ITALY Sauvignon Blanc 4.30 6.00 17.15 25.75 Complex & rich with hints of wild flowers & yellow fruit leading to a lively BUITENVERWACHTING | SOUTH AFRICA palate with hints of peaches, apples & citrus fruit. Nick loves this one! Fresh & expressive with gooseberry & capsicum notes. Some lovely tropical fruit & good acidity. Pinot Gris 4.20 5.95 16.95 25.00 Madeline Angevine 24.00 MOUNT HOLDSWORTH, WAIRARAPA | NEW ZEALAND DANEBURY VINEYARD, HAMPSHIRE | ENGLAND Spiced-pear aromas & a wonderfully opulent texture on the palate, balanced Flowery aromas, & flavours of citrus melon & pear, with a dry finish! by a mineral note for freshness. Riesling 28.50 LANGMEIL, EDEN VALLEY | AUSTRALIA A pristine palate with driving citrus, underlying minerality & green apples. RED WINES 500ML 500ML 125ml 175ml Carafe Bottle 125ML 175ML Carafe Bottle Sauvignon Blanc 24.75 Primitivo Salento 3.15 4.40 13.55 18.95 ‘TOURAINE’, DOMAINE DU HAUT PERRON, LOIRE | FRANCE VISCONTI DELLA ROCCA, PUGLIA | ITALY A fresh, grassy nose is followed by a palate full of green apple and citrus fruit, Full of jammy plum fruit & savoury spice. Smooth-textured with a lick of and even a touch of blackcurrant bud. Dry & generous, with a crisp finish. vanilla on the finish. Tempranillo, ‘Barrica 3’ 3.40 4.75 13.75 19.95 CANDIDATO, VINO DE LA TERRA DE CASTILLA | SPAIN Impressively concentrated Rioja-style wine, with vanilla oak seasoning, and VINCENT GIRARDIN lush rhubarb and strawberry fruit. The Girardin family was based in Santenay, in the southern Cote de Beaune, for three centuries until Vincent made a bid for freedom. Inheriting two hectares of vines from his parents, he has spent the last thirty years building up the domaine to the current twenty hectares, and ssupplementing the range with purchases from other carefully selected sites. Since 2009, Girardin’s own vineyards have been farmed along biodynamic lines, and the winemaking throughout aims for clarity of expression while allowing the wines BODEGA NORTON to be enjoyed in their youth. In 1885, the Buenos Aires to Mendoza railway opened, cementing the significance of this emerging wine growing region high in the Andes foothills. One visitor to Mendoza, Bourgogne Blanc 35.00 an English engineer called Edmund Norton, was so struck by the beauty and potential he saw there that he established a winery bearing his name, and in 1895 planted the ‘VIEILLES VIGNES’, VINCENT GIRARDIN, BURGUNDY | FRANCE first vines in Mendoza’s Lujan de Cuyo district. Almost a century later, Gernot Langes- Very vivid aromas of lemon, lime & peach, with a full but steely palate. Swarzovski was similarly struck by Mendoza and its vineyards; in 1989, he acquired Bodega Norton and set about transforming it into the world-renowned winery it is today. Both men, rightly recognised the special nature of the area. At 900 – 1,100 meters, the altitude moderates the temperature while exposing the vines to more ultraviolet light. JEAN-MARC BROCARD The domaine of Jean-Marc Brocard began as just one hectare, a gift from his father- Privada (Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon) 5.75 7.65 22.50 31.95 in-law when he married into a winegrowing family. He has since expanded to 200 BODEGA NORTON, LUJAN DE CUYO | ARGENTINA hectares, of which sixty are organic and a further forty biodynamic, and is widely ‘Iconic’ & multi-award winning wine! Excellent complexity, loaded with ripe fruit recognised as one of Chablis’s leading producers. The approach is one of minimal spices, a hint of smoke & coffee. Rich & generous with superb concentration. intervention in both vineyard and winery: cultivation is practically organic throughout, with ploughing in place of herbicides, predators instead of pesticides, manure rather than fertilizer. Chablis 1er Cru, ‘Montmains’ 49.95 Malbec, Remolinos Vineyard 4.25 5.75 16.45 24.50 JEAN-MARC BROCARD, BURGUNDY | FRANCE FINCA DECERO | ARGENTINA Spicy notes with flint and citrus fruit aromas on the nose, followed by a Intense violet aromas and purity of raspberry and red fruit flavours, with a subtle palate showing beautiful minerality and notes of lemon. kick of white pepper, a very assured, sleek texture. Rioja Reserva 4.50 6.25 18.00 26.25 PROMESA | SPAIN Chablis, ‘La Boissonneuse’ 7.50 10.50 31.50 44.95 After five years maturing, shows its sophisticated savoury side as well as rich berry fruit & subtle oak influence. JULIEN BROCARD, BURGUNDY | FRANCE A spectaular Chablis that punches way above its weight in terms of complexity and depth. A dynamic, multi-layered palate, which finishes long and mineral-citrusy. 500ML 500ML 125ml 175ml Carafe Bottle 125ml 175ml Carafe Bottle Ver y Sexy Shiraz 4.10 5.65 16.00 23.95 Christine (Cabernet, Merlot, Cabernet Franc) 33.75 CLOOF, DARLING | SOUTH AFRICA BUITENVERWACHTING, CONSTANTIA | SOUTH AFRICA Exceptionally well balanced Shiraz that combines freshness with weight, An exquisite Bordeaux-style blend with rich red fruit characters reminiscent aroma with concentration, & rich blackberry fruit with a spicy, mineral lift.