House Red. Montepluciano d'Abruzzo
£9.60£4.10 175ml
Rampant purple hues that really pull you in, a mouth-filling ripe juice that has a wonderful full-on flavour. 2012. 11.5% Served in 1/2 Ltr carafe
House White. Trebbiano Colline Pescaresi.
£9.60£4.10 175ml
Spankingly fresh and zingy white, clear, crisp but with a delightful poise that makes us smile. 2012. 12.5% Served in 1/2 Ltr carafe
Stormy Cape. Chenin Blanc.
£4.50 175ml £15.75 Bottle
2010. 13%. Tremendous value for money coming out of South Africa at the moment. Lovely, spicy fresh Chenin Blanc that cuts the old mustard perfectly.
Croma Bianco. Settesoli. Sicilia.
£4.25 175ml £14.75 Bottle
Spot on dry, crisp appley, wine that has a fantastic rounded gripping full flavour. 2012. 12.5%
Rioja. Mi Villa.
£4.95 175ml £17.50 Bottle
2011/2012. 12.5%. Memories of those summer holidays... something sipped on the terrace as the sun goes down. Bring it back with this delicious glass of new style white Rioja. Un-oaked.
Pinot Grigio. Sant' Elisa.
£5.30 175ml £18.50 Bottle
2011/2012. 12.5%. A delicious ripe pears and clean as a whistle Pinot Grigio utilising the longstanding know how of Paul Valle from grapes tucked away just outside his incredibly expensive Fruili vineyards. Bargain beauty.
Sauvignon Blanc. Ochagavia. Chile.
£4.45 175ml £15.50 Bottle
Bursting with vibrant gooseberry flavours, brimful with over performing bright bold deliciousness. 2012/2013. 12.5%
Chardonnay. Reserva. Vigna Leyda
£5.35 175ml £18.75 Bottle
2011/12. 14%. One to shut up the "anything but Chardonnay" wallahs. This has the creaminess and the delightful lemon and lime entry that epitomises the versatility of this noble grape. Get knobbled by the noble
Sauvignon Blanc. Pencarrow.
£5.90 175ml £20.50 Bottle
New Zealand. 2011/12. 13.5%. There's a more emphatically tropical feel to the fruits in the recent New Zealand Sauvignons, very pleasant too. Great maturity of vines and wine making.
Gavi di Gavi. Monchiero Carbone
£6.75 175ml £23.50 Bottle
2011/12. 12.5%. We've been looking for a really top Gavi for a while now and finally we have a quite sublime mix of tingling refreshment with rich even amazingly opulent fruit. Quite nice really
Sangiovese/Merlot E'Got.
£4.75 175ml £16.50 Bottle
12%. All that classy berry Merlot flavour rounded out with a little Sangiovese pepper, but very, very fruity. Cool bottle too! 2011/2012.
Rioja. Mi Villa.
£5.25 175ml £18.20 Bottle
2010/2011. 13%. Terrific ripe fruit flavours, but still a little old school. Some perfect well-adjusted tannins to give the whole a feel of proper wine. What, what?
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. Pasetti
£6.75 175ml £23.50 Bottle
There is nothing more satisfying than introducing Pasetti to new customers. It is so far ahead of most Montepulcianos; thick purple drink me, oh drink me, wine. 2008/2009. 13.5%
Croma Rosso. Settesoli. Sicilia.
£4.25 175ml £14.75 Bottle
Sicilian warmth in the plummy fruit and the spice, but clean ripe and refreshing. 2012. 12.5%
Malbec. Andeluna. Argentina
£6.30 175ml £22.00 Bottle
Rich, lush, silky, stonking, what else could you want? Perhaps close control and humility, but that’s footie, this is wine, far more serious. Andeluna are serious, soon to be stellar. 2009/2010. 14.5%
Syrah/Grenache. Bodegas Esteban. Carinena.
£4.70 175ml £16.25 Bottle
Tremendous value ripe reds ripping their way out of the Catalonian hinterland at the moment, all big berry fruits, crunchy,ripe and so Cromatastic we don’t even know it. Deep, rich, unoaked, uncomplicated enjoyment. What more do we need? 2011/2012. 13.5%
Cabernet Sauvignon. Ochagavia. Chile.
£4.45 175ml £15.50 Bottle
Remarkable blackcurrant flavours, with that bright fresh green edge that Cabernet manages to make so refreshing. Lovely winemaking. 2011/2012. 12.5%
Merlot. Reserva. Leyda. Chile.
£5.30 175ml £18.50 Bottle
Bright and bold this wine maybe as it first approaches, but it then envelops you in plummy rich unctuousness. Very well balanced Merlot indeed. 2011/2012. 13.5%
Rioja Rosado. Vina Cerrada.
£5.05 175ml £17.25 Bottle
2009/2010. 13%. The Spaniards have got this Rose lark down to a fine art now, so get a load of this Rioja take on fresh strawberries and luscious cream.
Costieres de Nimes. France.
£5.45 175ml £18.25 Bottle
2010. 13%. Just the classiest salmon pinkiest Rose we’ve drunk in a fair few years, and we’ve tried a number, lovely mouth-coating southern French stars in your eyes and smiles on your lips
Prosecco. Tenute San Marco.
£4.50 125ml £21.00 Bottle
11%. It must be all that peachy, apricot, bubbly nonsense that has turned Prosecco into the sparkling white wine of our times. Go with it friends, it takes you where you want to go.
Champagne. Andre Bergere. Brut Tradition. N.V.
£7.60 125ml £38.00 Bottle
Top notch, boutique, family run Champagne House. Glorious, proper, proper Champagne, a real treat, and we are so pleased to be working with such a wonderful producer. All the wines are aged over three years providing a gloriously rich initial flavour that gives way to such a crunchy refreshing finish. 12.5%
Rose Spumante. Borgo Molino. Italy.
£5.50 125ml £36.50 Bottle
Racingly vibrant raspberry flavoured quality Rose Fizz from the charming souls at Borgo Molino, makers of some of the tastiest Prosecco on the planet. Smile away. 11%
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