Wine List
Bottled Beers. £2.60 (330ml)
Becks Heather Ale
Budweiser Miller
Deuchars IPA Stella Artois,
Fraoch
Malt Whisky. £3.00 (25ml)
Bunnahabhain Laphroaig
Glenmorangie Macallan Isle of Jura
Brandy.
Courvoisier £2.50 (25ml)
Remy Martin £3.00 (25ml)
Other Drinks.
Selected Spirits £2.50(25ml)
Liqueurs £3.00(25ml)
Port £3.00(50ml)
These wines are selected not just for quality in their own right, but also to compliment our food. There are no rigid rules in matching food and wine but as a guide pair delicate flavours together, acidity (crispness) with salty and oily food, and intensity with richness. Clearly sweet wine is best with dessert, although our slightly sweet welcome drink is just right to gently warm up your palate before the meal!. Champagne serves well as an appetiser, too, and compliments most of our starters and fish dishes. For more recommendations please ask us!
House Whites
1. Champs du Moulin Colombard/Chardonnay £13.50
Cotes de Gascogne, France 175ml: £3.60
Refreshing, and light enough for lunch, but with impressive depth of flavour
2. La Serre Sauvignon Blanc £14.00
Pays d’Oc, France 175ml: £3.60
Dry and refreshing, with a citrus and gooseberry tang.
House Reds
3. La Serre Merlot £14.00
Pays d’oc, France 175ml: £3.60
Pleasant, plummy merlot that’s quite savoury and satisfying.
4. Champs du Moulin Grenache/Syrah £13.50
Vaucluse, France 175ml: £3.60
Smooth spicy berry fruit with a warm, soft character
House Rose
5. La Serre Syrah Dry Rose £14.00
Vin de Pays d’oc, France 175ml: £3.60
Dry rose with bags of summer strawberry and raspberry fruits.
Juicy and Ripe Whites
6. Willandra Unoaked Chardonnay £19.50
Australia
Untouched by oak, in the Chablis style, but with a fullness of fruit that betrays its warm origins, a savoury depth boosted by ageing on the lees, and fine balancing acidity.
7. Saint Clair Sauvignon Blanc £24.00
Marlborough, New Zealand
Asparagus, nettles, gooseberries, kiwi fruit - nobody makes a more richly flavoured style of Sauvignon than the New Zealanders, and this is an impressive example.
Herbaceous, Aromatic Whites
8. Tesoro de Los Andes Torrontes/Chardonnay £14.50
Argentina
Magical blend resulting in a superb wine with a real ‘zing’. The floral nose of orange blossom, elderflower and lychees work hand in hand with the citrus and spice flavours on the palate.
9. Touraine Sauvignon Blanc Les Faiteaux £17.00
Loire, France
Light, dry Sauvignon Blanc with subtle grass aromas. The balanced acidity makes this a perfect partner with light foods.
10. Vina Mocen Verdejo Bodegas Antano £21.00
Rueda, Spain
An instantly aromatic wine with ripe yellow fruit and wild green herbs. Tropical fruits on the palate interlaced with herby notes, a gentle nuttiness and steely acidity.
11. Sancerre Eric Louis £28.00
Loire, France
This Sauvignon Blanc is an elegant example of Sancerre’s appetising, gooseberry, grapefruit and mineral laced wines. Very flattering to seafood.
Delicate, Dry Whites
12. Rioja Blanco Monte Clavijo £15.00
Spain
White Rioja in the modern style, made without oak ageing. This is delicate, with a gently floral, grapey character - ideal with seafood
13. Pinot Grigio Basilica £18.00
Tarantino, Italy
From the warm Puglia region of Southern Italy, this is riper and tastier than most Pinot Grigios, with a subtly nutty, spicy, lemon and mineral flavour.
14. Chablis La Colombe £24.00
Burgundy, France
Classic, subtle white Burgundy, with a coolly restrained character and flavours of apple and melon. Drink with richer fish or white meat courses.
15. Pike’s Dry Riesling £26.50
Australia
It’s Riesling but please do not be scared. Delicate aromas of citrus, pineapple and ripe pear. Bone dry palate with fruit and minerals. Drink with fresh seafood.
Full-flavoured, Oaked Whites
16. Murphy’s Chardonnay £17.50
Australia
Wonderful Chardonnay which displays the perfect balance of soft, mellow tropical fruit and subtle but tasty oak.
17. Pouilly Fuisse ‘Terroir de Fuisse’ Romanin £29.50
Burgundy, France
Top notch modern white Burgundy combining ripe fruit with a touch of oak. It has fresh, citrus aromas with flavours of melon and grapefruit and a long creamy finish. Elegant and poised.
Soft and Juicy Reds
18. Tesoro de Los Andes Malbec/Shiraz £14.50
Argentina
The result of this wonderful blend is a generous, rich, warm red, full of brooding dark damson and bramble fruit flavours that mingle with a twist of spice.
19. Rioja Crianza Castillo de Clavijo £20.00
Rioja, Spain
The classic sort of Rioja, combining the mellow texture of oak maturation with warm plum and berry fruit flavours, to very satisfying effect.
Medium Bodied, Elegant Reds
20. Chianti Rufina Basciano £23.50
Tuscany, Italy
Deep ruby coloured wine with an intense bouquet of red berrys, cherry and violet aromas. The palate is spicy and savoury. Great with meat and cheese.
21. Chateau Mayne Vieil £25.00
Fronsac, Bordeaux, France
One of the most consistent wines of Fronsac (downstream from St. Emilion), showing a sumptuous, velvety array of black cherry, plum, leather and dark chocolate in a firm structure.
22. Te Mata “Woodthorpe” Pinot Noir £29.50
Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
A bright crimson colour with lifted aromas of spice, raspberry, toast and plums. The palate is long and elegant with integrated oak and ripe silky tannins.
23. Gevrey-Chambertin Clos de la Justice £38.00
Burgundy, France
Clos de la Justice is a vineyard which, somewhat unusually, is wholly owned by the vigneron Vallet Freres. This enables them to have full control over the tending of the vines and crucially keep yields low. This is reflected in the wine’s weighty depth of deliciously wild sweet berries & meaty richness. with just the beginnings of the aromas of decay so enjoyed by fans of the fickle Pinot Noir grape.
Spicy, Warming Reds
24. Kingston Estate Cabernet/Shiraz £15.00
Australia
Combines a good bit of body with an easy-going character, in that uniquely Aussie way, not to mention a fair helping of Shiraz spiciness.
25. Cotes du Rhone Chaume-Arnaud £18.00
Rhone Valley, France
Great example of Cotes-du-Rhone, from an award winning small producer, with flavours of black cherry, damson, pepper, and wild mushroom.
26. Campbells Bobbie Burns Shiraz £30.00
Australia
Full bodied Shiraz with lovely raspberry and dark berry fruit followed by a healthy lick of alcohol.
Big, Fruit Driven Reds
27. Santa Ines Carmenere £17.50
Maipo Valley, Chile
Santa Ines was founded by Italian immigrants in the 1930’s. Their Carmenere, a seldom-seen Bordeaux variety doing rather well in Chile is full-bodied, deeply coloured and smooth with loads of black cherry fruit and a juicy finish.
28. Nieto Reserve Malbec £19.00
Mendoza, Argentina
A deeply-coloured, powerful red with great concentration of berry fruit. Complex flavours of plums, figs and dried fruit with a smoky vanilla character. “Supple and polished” Robert Parker June 2005
29. Chateaux Lalande £35.00
St Julien, Bordeaux, France
Dense and concentrated with powerful cassis and blackcurrant fruit which is balanced with new French oak. Classic modern Bordeaux.
30. Rustenberg Peter Barlow £55.00
Stellenbosch, South Africa
A very classy Cabernet Sauvignon from one of the Cape’s
best wineries. Almost 2 years in new French Oak gives a edge of coconut and spice to the vivid and dark blackcurrant fruit. As savoury and complex as First Growth Claret, this wine is blatantly and obviously exceptional.
Champagne & Sparkling Wine
31. Pelorus Brut NV £22.50
Marlborough, New Zealand
Made the same way as Champagne, by the famous Cloudy Bay winery. Unusually, a portion of the wine is fermented in used oak barrels which add richness and depth without strong new-oak flavours. Lovely.
32. Gobillard Brut Tradition NV £28.50
Champagne, France
Made by a small family firm with high standards, showing a fine balance of fruit, weight, and crisp acidity. A wine that puts many more famous producers in the region to shame.
33. Gobillard Brut Tradition NV 375ml bottle £15.60
Champagne, France
34. Veuve Clicquot Brut NV £43.50
Champagne, France
One of the most famous marques of Champagne, and one that lives up to its high profile. Elegant and refined in flavour with stewed apple fruit and creamy-yeasty complexity.
35. Dom Perignon 1996 £99.00
Champagne, France
For many the pinnacle of achievement in Champagne , when elegance, finesse and top quality fruit combine with effortless drinkability. An absolute treat.
Dessert Wine
By the Small Glass & Half Bottle
36. Trentham Taminga £15.50
Murray River, Australia 75ml: £3.60
Combined with a Smith’s dessert, the perfect way to end your meal! Sweet, and intensely aromatic, but still refreshing.