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Tasting wines
1. Henners Sauvignon Blanc
Aromatic with classic Sauvignon aromas jumping out of the glass. Dry and flinty with mineral notes, combined with stone fruit, green apple, lime and herbs, it has toastiness on the palate which delivers a great body and length. It’s a wine that’s full of personality and complexity.
125ml - £8.50
175ml - £11.50
250ml - £19.00
Bottle - Retail £26.00, Drink in £31.00
2. Domaine Salmon Pinot Gris IGP Loire
A rare Pinot Gris from the Loire Valley. Full, intense aromas with hints of peach and mandarin. A very slight touch of sweetness on the palate, perfectly balanced by a gentle acidity and mineral finish.
125ml - £8.00
175ml - £10.00
250ml - £12.00
Bottle - Retail £21.00 Drink in £26.00
3. Montsablé, Chardonnay, IGP Haute Vallée de L'Aude
Pale gold with aromas of fresh white peach and a little exotic jasmine. Fresh and quite racy with delicate notes of apricot and white peach and a crisp refreshing citrus finish. A very versatile style, a great match for a wide range of fish or white meats.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £16.00 Drink in £21.00
4. Sensale Orange Bianco Sicilia, Sibiliano, Organic
From Sibiliana Vini, a brand new and very special wine, made with white Catarratto grape and turned into a wine with an orange colour.
Orange wines are wines produced with white grapes, but vinified like red wines, with maceration (lasting from a few days to several months) of the must in contact with the skins and yeasts. This allows the wines to acquire substances which make them different from both whites and reds from a visual, olfactory and tactile point of view.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £18.50 Drink in £23.50
5. Cortese Nerello Mascalese
This is a lightly oaked, organic red wine from Sicily. On the nose, there are armoas of spice and leather. On the palate, the spice and leather is accompanied by red cherries and a hint of black fruit. This is a very drinkable wine with excellent depth and freshness.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £18.50, Drink in £23.50
6. Bodegas Peique, Mencía, Bierzo
Mencía, one of Spain’s Atlantic red varieties, should be one of your at-home essentials – there’s nothing that can match its zip of freshness. Peique’s is a lively option: it’s the youngest of its series; unoaked and the most appealing.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £18.00, Drink in £23.00
7. Cave de Julienas-Chaintre Cuvee Sept Fleurie
Intense ruby in colour. On the nose this Fleurie delivers aromas of violets and dried currants with hints of oak. Light on the palate, a touch of cranberry and red fruit come through with underlying floral notes on the finish. Classic balance of clean, refreshing acidity and well-structured tannin on the finish.
125ml - £7.50
175ml - £9.50
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £21.00, Drink in £26.00
8. Cantina di Negrar, Appassimento Rosso
Consisting of 230 growers and 700 hectares, Cantina Valpolicella Negrar is a cooperative located just a few kilometres from Verona, in the heart of Valpolicella. They are one of the major producers in Valpolicella Classico owning a quarter of all classico vineyards and are the only winery to have vineyards in all 5 communes of the region. They have a long and distinctive history of winemaking going back to 1933 and were the first to produce Amarone in 1939, after a serendipitous mistake producing Recioto. Rich in texture, deep and plummy with uplifting notes of red cherry and violet. Spiced vanilla notes and soft tannins perfectly round the palate.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £19.00 Drink in £24.00
WINE FLIGHTS
Try a guided tasting of any four of the above wines for 4 x 75ml for £16-
Just ask!
HOUSE WINES ON TAP
125ml: £5.00
175ml: £6.50
250ml: £8.50
500ml (carafe): £16.00
Feel free to bring your own marked container for takeaway wine - and enjoy 20% off!
Out of stock - CAbernet Merlot - South Africa
Fresh red fruit, cassis and dark fruit with an undertone of sweet spices and dark chocolate.
Dolcetto - italy
This is a fantastic value for money considering the age! Lovely savoury and spicy aromas, with a red fruited core.
Glea Frizzante - Italy
intense, complex, fine, fruity and fragrant. Perfect as an aperitif.
MAlbec - Argentina
Bright red colour, attractive and young, with a violet border. The nose is fruity, plums and fresh cherries with a hint of spice
OUT Of STOCK - Cantina Povero Cortese, Piemonte, Italy
Dry, light white with crisp pear and apple fruit.
Grüner Veltliner- Austria
bright citrus fruit on the lemon and lime end of the spectrum, though notes of grapefruit and apricot.