WINE LIST Spring 2018 Condé Nast Johansens Champagne Taittinger Best Wine By The Glass 2018 3 Stars & Jury Award - Worlds Best Wine List Awards 2017 Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence 2017 Condé Nast Johansens Champagne Taittinger Wine List of The Year 2017 & Best Fine Wines By the Glass 2017 AA Notable Wine List Award since 2013 -1- -2- PHILOSOPHY The selection of wine on the following pages maintains the same element of care and focus that all products at Park House attain. We have tried to make our list as easy to use as possible. We have focused on finding wines that highlight varietal and regional expressions. Over the last year we have added many new wines and concentrated on building back vintages of new and existing listings. Finding and then buying some of the worlds rarest and most prestigious wines can be intensely rewarding. However, we employ a strict selection process to establish that the provenance of each bottle is of the highest quality. So, therefore, many wines are direct from vineyards cellars or from trusted sources that have the correct wine storing facilities. Over the past five years I have visited wineries in Bordeaux, Burgundy, Oregon, Santa Barbera, Napa Val- ley, Rioja, Piemonte, South Africa and toured Australia. These trips have developed relationships with winemakers and further enhanced our winelist’s depth. As a result, we continue to host the worlds greatest winemakers in our ‘meet the winemaker dinners’. Due to our burgeoning list, we have recently converted one of the 2nd-floor rooms into a climate con- trolled and sealed wine cellar that now houses our collection in the correct conditions. It ensures that every wine now reaches you in perfect condition and also looks the part! To ensure that our wines by the glass reach you in perfect condition we use three wine preservation systems called Enomatic, Le Verre du Vin and the industry changing Coravin. We only use Riedel glassware which we believe is the best way to present our wines to you. And finally every time you have the occasion to enjoy a glass of wine it is an opportunity to experience something new; So I would encourage you to engage with our staff to maximise your enjoyment of this selection of wine. I hope you enjoy exploring this list as much as I enjoyed putting it together! Adam Pledger, Owner, Wine Buyer & Sommelier -3- -4- Index The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist, (1452-1519) Understanding our list is simple it is first grouped by country, then by grape and then by appellation Page Number Wines By The Glass 7 - 16 Iconic and Rare Wines By The Glass (Coravin) 17 - 19 Sommeliers Bottle Picks 21 - 25 Rose 27 Large Format Special Occasion Wines 29 - 31 Aged Australian Gems 32 - 33 Sparkling Wine 35 - 39 Champagne 41 - 49 Australia 51 - 95 France 97 - 130 Alsace 131 -133 Germany 135 - 137 USA 139 - 152 New Zealand 153 - 164 Greece 165 Lebanon 167 Italy 169 - 182 Austria 183 Chile 185 - 188 Argentina 189 - 190 Spain 191 - 196 Sherry 197 Portugal 199 Port 201 South Africa 203 - 206 England & Japan 207 Sweet Wines 209 - 211 Half Bottles 213 - 214 -5- Great Wine Requires A Madman to Grow The Vine, A Wise Man To Watch Over It, A Lucid Poet To Make It And A Lover To Drink It’ Salvador Dali -6- Glasses of Wine Champagne Taittinger, Reims Champagne Taittinger is one of the few remaining family owned and operated Champagne houses. Unlike most large houses, Champagne Taittinger relies primarily on estate grapes for its portfolio of Champagnes. Also unique are the higher proportion of Chardonnay in its wines that gives Taittinger its signature style, this and the time devoted to aging the wines before release is a Taittinger hallmark. By the Glass Bottle 100ml NV Taittinger Brut Reserve £10.00 £60 A blend of Chardonnay (40%) and Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier (60%) wines from over 35 different vineyards and vintages matured to perfection. This high proportion of Chardonnay is unique among fine non-vintage champagnes and delivers a palate of considerable depth and balance. NV Taittinger Prestige Rosé £12.00 £69 Brilliant shimmering pink in colour with a velvet, smooth body - a subtle wine with flavours of fresh fruit. It manages to strike a fine balance of velvety and full-bodied. NV Taittinger Nocturne Sec £13.00 £75 An exciting and beautifully balanced Champagne and the the tiny touch of sweetness makes for a soft and mellow wine that is perfect to drink well into the night. We love this Champagne because it is a perfect aperitif and a perfect after-dinner wine! 2006 Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blanc, Taittinger £25.00 £175 One of the greatest Blanc de Blancs champagnes produced exclusively from top quality Chardonnay grapes grown in ‘Grand Cru’ rated vineyards. It is finely aromatic, rich and creamy. English Sparkling Wine By the Glass Bottle 100ml NV Hattingley Valley Classic Cuvee, Hampshire, England £8.00 £55 Awarded a Gold in the International Wine Challenge 2017 - Pale gold in colour, with an abundance of fine bubbles, notes of baked apple, creamy nougat and brioche on the nose, supported by a hint of toast and fresh red fruit. Soft lemon sherbet on the palate, the wine has a beautiful weight and lovely finish Sparkling Shiraz By the Glass Bottle 100ml 2011 Black Queen Shiraz, Peter Lehmann, Barossa, Australia £8.50 £55 Intensely flavoured Shiraz grapes from old-low yielding vines create this wine inspired by the ground- breaking ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ of the 1950s – one of Australia’s unique contributions to the wine world. Named after the Queen of Sheba, this Black Queen is deep in colour, with aromas of choco- late and dark cherry and full of exotic fruit flavours. -7- Glasses of Wine White Wine 125ml 175ml Riesling 2015 Pewsey Vale Riesling, Pewsey Vale, Eden Valley, Australia £5 £8 2015 is a classic example of dry Eden Valley Riesling, showing the flavours we see so consistently each year from this wonderful single vineyard. This wine shows intense aromas of talcum and lemon lime fruit, with a fine floral perfume overlaying dried herb. The palate shows great length and depth with limes, white flowers and fresh rosemary. The wine finishes with a fresh natural acidity, which balances the flavour intensity. 2009 Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile, Trimbach, Alsace, France £11 £16 This bone dry Riesling is without doubt one of the wines of the world and we are delighted to offer this incred- ible wine by the glass. Deep golden, vibrant and reflective color. Aromas of lush ripe white peaches with a hint of beeswax honey. On the palate, dense and intense flavors of burnt orange peel, lemon zest, and stone fruits with subtle elements of minerality and honeycomb. 2013 Lorcher Schlossberg Riesling Spätlese, Eva Fricke, Rheingau, Germany £13 £19 Eva Fricke is one of Germany’s top female winemakers and is part of this dynamic ‘young generation’ of German winemakers producing exciting wines that simply deserve to be discovered. Sweet, textured and pure this Spätlese is a wonderful wine. Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Sauvignon Blanc, Grove Mill, Marlborough, New Zealand £5 £8 Classic Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc - flavours of passionfruit and blackcurrant leaf with underlying notes of wet stone and thyme. The palate is wonderfully full and rich with striking minerality leading to a long, lasting finish. 2013 Sancerre, Chateau de Fontaine Audon, Langlois-Chateau, Loire Valley £8 £12 Chateau de Fontaine-Audon is one of only 4 Chateau in Sancerre. This stunning wine has an intense nose of grape- fruit and passion fruit. Full fresh elegant palate with a mineral finish. This is one of the most exhilarating Sancerres that we have come across. 2012 Pouilly Fumé Triptyque, Alain Cailbourdin, Loire, France £12 £17 Alain Cailbourdin has drawn on 70 year-old vines to treat us to a typically fine-tuned wine, full of weighty, rich, chalky fruit. Fermented in new oak which adds an elegant weight and depth to the wine. This is an extraordinary wine that reminds you why the Loire is Sauvignon Blanc. Viognier 2013 Viognier, Bogle Winery, Clarksburg, California, USA £7 £10 Another stunning wine from the Bogle family in the cool Sacramento delta of California. Appetizing display of luscious aromas with fresh apricot and pear fruit tang on the palate. Rousanne 2015 Eden Valley Rousanne, Yalumba, Eden Valley, Australia £5 £8 This is seriously good quality wine. Full-bodied and textural, but fresh thanks to lively acidity Honeysuckle, dried herbs, white pepper and woodsy spices mingle with stone fruit, honeydew melon and creamed-honey yet a rous- sanne definitely in the savoury spectrum. Wild-fermented in used French barriques, left on lees for 10 months. -8- Glasses of Wine White Wine 125ml 175ml Chardonnay 2015 St Veran “Les Ombrelles”, Jean Loron, Burgundy, France £7 £10 Tucked away in the far reaches of the Mâconnais, Saint-Véran covers 8 communes. Its vines sweep down two sides of the majestic Rock de Solutré and surround Pouilly-Fuissé. This Saint-Véran comes from the village of Saint-Vérand, located at the southern point of the vineyard. Punctuated with yellow floral and honey notes, it has a well-balanced structure and a good intensity with plenty of freshness on the finish. 2015 Estate Chardonnay, Heggies Vineyards, Eden Valley, Australia £8 £11 The Heggies vineyard is one of the most prized vineyards in Australia and is renowned for producing fabulous quality Chardonnay. Ripe stone fruit flavours are seamlessly integrated with creamy barrel ferment characters and well handled oak.