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Tasting wines
1. Two Rivers Juliet Marlborough Riesling
100% Riesling, handpicked fruit from the Brookby Hill & Jomara vineyards in the Southern Valleys, loess over clay soil, in organic conversion since 2020, medium dry style (24g/l RS), unoaked.
Aromas of Kaffir lime, lemon and Jasmine blossom are mixed with hazelnuts and a touch of spice. The palate is bright and pure with a beautiful grainy texture, honeysuckle, and ripe citrus flavours. This waxy textured riesling has great concentration and a lovely balance of sweetness and mouth-watering acidity.
Partially whole bunch pressed and then fermented cool in stainless steel. The fermentation was stopped when the sweetness and acidity were in perfect balance. The wine then rested on fine lees for two months to gain texture and palate weight.
Awarded "Silver Medal" by The National Wine Awards of Aotearoa, New Zealand, 2022
An elegant aperitif and excellent with spicy Asian or Indian cuisine.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £20.00, Drink in £25.00
2. Freedom of Press Pinot Noir Pink
Made with 100% pinot noir from the Crouch Valley, this pink wine is complex, refined and weighty enough to pair with food as well as drinking beautifully with only the sounds of summer. Red fruit (redcurrant and wild strawberry) abound, but matched with our benchmark mineral structure and a refreshing (but not high) acidity. A mid salmon colour and lovely creamy mouthfeel - this really is a top-quality wine.
We treated it to many of the same premium processes as our red and white wines: gentle handling, fermentation and a 6-month maturation in stoneware and old French oak. This preserves the fruit while developing complexity and structure.
125ml - £9.50
175ml - £13.00
250ml - £15.00
Bottle - Retail £30.00 Drink in £35.00
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. Montsablé Pinot Noir
The Pinot Noir comes from around the village of Puicheric, close to Carcassonne. Influenced by both the Aude river and the Canal du Midi, this is a landscape of low rolling hills, shallow soils and controlled yields. The soils are chalky clay and the cooling effect of the strong northerly winds, which results in cool night time temperatures, provides ideal conditions to manage yield and achieve high quality. The results are small bunches and small berries which produce perfectly balanced, perfumed Pinot.
125ml - £6.50
175ml - £8.50
250ml - £10.50
Bottle - Retail £15.50, Drink in £20.50
7. Cave de Julienas-Chaintré Cuvee Six Beaujolais-Villages
Tender and balanced, this wine is delicious with its aromas of intense red fruits. Easy to taste, it can be shared with simple snacks. Ruby with purple reflections on the nose there are red fruits and black fruits, predominantly blackcurrant. The mouth feels fresh, light and fruity. For food paring: Cold cuts, Lyonnais and Beaujolais specialties.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £17.50, Drink in £22.50
8. Baglio Gibellina, U...Passimento, DOC Sicily, Italy
Baglio Gibellina is situated in picturesque Sicily where its vineyards are surrounded by the hills of Salemi and Santa Ninfa.
Old vineyards located between 300-600m above sea level are grown on a mixture of clay and volcanic soils with limited yields allowing for the production of outstanding wines with incredible food matching potential.
Deep ruby-red and violet flecks. Intense nose of pomegranate and wild strawberries and hints of red berry fruits. Soft and velvety, full bodied with smooth and sweet tannins.
125ml - £7.00
175ml - £9.00
250ml - £11.00
Bottle - Retail £16.50 Drink in £21.50
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.