European Red Wines
French
Côtes du Ventoux Rouge Reserve 2005
Domaine Perrin
This is a ripely-fruited red with sweet, spiced berries supported by smooth tannins. An excellent all-rounder, it has real southern Rhône character.
£16.95
Saumur-Champigny 2006
Domaine Les Terres Rouges
An excellent alternative to expensive Beaujolais, this resembles crushed soft berries, laced with pepper.
£19.95
Château La Courolle 2004
Montagne St Emilion
A typical wine from the St Emilion region - wonderfully supple, sappy cherry-rich blend which coats the palate with a sensual, silky texture.
£26.95
Chorey-lès-Beaune 2005
Chorley-les-Beaune Joseph Drouhin, Burgundy France
Dark red with a powerful nose. Good structure, rich, elegant and well balanced with a very fine finish picking up flavours of liquorice. Perfect with red meat and game.
£29.95
Château de Lamarque 1999
Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Médoc
Spectacular pureed blackcurrants, tobacco leaf & spices leap from the glass. Sweet blackfruit laced with toasty oak coat the mouth whilst smooth, ripe tannin & minerals underpin the voluptuousness to bring an air of elegance to this delicious wine.
£39.95
Vosne Romanee 2004
Domaine Guyon
An elegant and beautifully balanced wine. Aged in 80% new oak; imparting approachable ripe tannins and followed by a complex mineral finish.
£55.95
Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles “Vieilles Vignes”, 2005
Domaine Seguin Manuel, Burgundy
Delicate, classy aromas of red cherries and strawberries. Velvet texture from the village of Gevrey Chambertin.
£64.95
Domaine De L'Arlot 1999
Nuits-St-Georges
These vines with an average age of forty years lie on the Vosne Romanee side of the commune. Perfumed black fruits assault the senses with hints of toffee, liquorice and cassis intermingling with vanilla cream and spice. Tannic certainly, but with a wealth of aromatic fruit to last the pace – a stunner!
£82.95
Chateau Leoville Barton 1996
2eme Cru Classé St Julien
A very impressive wine from this superb Château. Classic aromas of cassis, vanilla, cedar and spice with a medium to full-bodied palate of rich, concentrated berry fruit - an outstanding text book St Julien from a very good year - drinking very well now.
£105.00
Chateau Leoville Poyferre 1985
Saint-Julien
A distinguished aromatic and mature wine. Round and concentrated there is a lovely balance between the ripe blackcurrant fruit and sweet tannins, showing a sumptuous minerally quality with plenty of elegance and finesse.
£135.00
Chateau Leoville Barton 1993
2eme Cru Classé St Julien
An outstanding wine now beginning to drink very well. Classic scents of cassis, vanilla, cedar and spice are followed by a palate medium to full bodied, which is packed with elegant and concentrated pure fruit - wonderful!
£125.00
Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 1983
Domaine Taupenot Merme, Burgundy
A rare gem from this wonderful producer, who is based in the delightful village of Morey St Denis. Even after 23 years, this wine has kept a vibrant colour with its mature old leather briary fruit complex nose. The palate is rich and powerful, soft and supple with a lovely sweet mid palate. Gentle balancing oak and soft tannins make this very fine wine the elegant delicate and truly satisfying wine that it is.
£165.00
Chateau Tertre Rotebouef 1999
Grand Cru St Emilion, Bordeaux
This stellar estate, produced one of the greatest wines in 1999, being both exotically opulent and unctuously textured. Massively endowed with full blown aromas of bacon fat and sweet fruit, and a palate that seems to go on for ever. Simply stunning!
£185.00
Italian
Valpolicella DOC 2004
Tenuta Sant'Antonio, Veneto, Italy
Delicious, juicy, ripe cherries is the trademark for this classic Valpolicella, very soft and fruity.
£18.95
Barberra d'Alba Ravei 2005
From one of the most important growers in the world famous commune of Barolo, this Barbera has a lovely nose of warm cherries and spice.
£22.95
Chianti Classico Riserva "Castello di Monna Lisa" 2000
Chianti Classico DOCG, Vignamaggio
Vignamaggio is home to the Gherardini family into which the Mona Lisa of Da Vinci’s portrait was born. This namesake is much more seriously structured, dark, and spicy with smoky notes, this is very fine.
£35.00
Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 'Il Carlo Magno' 2002
Marchesato Degli Aleramici, Italy
The prestigious son of Tuscany, Brunello displays bold, upfront fruit and tenacious structure. Ripe cherries, raisins, liquorice and smoky tobacco complement a firm body and excellent length.
£55.95
Barolo Riserva Casa DOCG 1990
Marchesi di Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
An exceptional vintage with extraordinary attributes, the wine displays a majestic opulence. Aromas of an enormous range of full and elegant sensations. The flavour shows great harmony and balance against a remarkably velvety background.
£77.00
Sassicaia 1999
Marchesi Incisa della Rochetta, Tuscany
One of the great super Tuscan's. The bouquet is packed with aromas of smoky vanilla and blackcurrants, while the rich, concentrated palate is packed with fruit of excellent purity, but elegantly restrained by a light tannic backbone. One of Italy's finest wines.
£140.00
Spanish
Solar de Samaniego Rioja Crianza 2004
Bodegas Alavesas, Spain
92% Tempranillo, 8% Graciano. Garnet in colour, this presents a blend of autumnal fruit, leather notes and vanilla cream.
£21.95
Bodegas Benito Urbina Reserva Especial 1997
Roija Alta
A brilliant quality Rioja from this top draw Bodegas. Urbina regularly supply British Airways with this wine for their first class passengers. Not a heavy wine, but elegant and sophisticated.
£38.95
Bodegas Duron Reserva 1999
Ribera del Duero DO, Spain
Well concentrated, marrying sweetly spiced autumnal fruit with darker toasted notes, vanilla and spice. The finish is long, layered and complex.
£40.95
Bierzo DO 2000
Descendientes de J Palacios, Spain
From Alvaro Palacios, arguably Spain's greatest winemaker. Situated in the barren hills to the north west of Spain comes this gorgeously silky, rich, concentrated wine with black cherries and vivid spice in abundance - a real treat.
£55.00
Portugal
Duas Quintas Tinto 2004
Ramos Pinot, Douro, Portugal
Nice herbal edge to the berry fruit nose. Nicely weighted juicy fruit on the palate. Quite a subtle style.
£22.95
Lebanon
Chateau Musar Rouge 1999
Serge Hochar, Lebanon
This is the great wine of the Lebanon, produced by the equally great Bordeaux trained Serge Hochar. Predominantly produced from Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a big, full-bodied, spicy alcholic wine, ideally suited to rich game.
£32.95
