Wines

The Hand & Trumpet - Whites

Dry House	125 ml	Bottle
Terre Cortesi, Marche Bianco - Italy	2.70	14.50
Clean, quaffable wine with good weight and a well-balanced finish.
Medium House
Trebbiano Chardonnay, Marche - Italy	2.70	14.50
A fresh and fruity medium wine with easy drinkability.
Light and crisp
Sauvignon Blanc, Los Romeros - Chile	2.95	16.95
Clean and fresh with a refreshing, appley fruit flavour and a 'dry to medium' floural finish.
Verdiccio, dei Castelli di Jesi Le Vele - Italy		18.45
Clean, fresh and Italianate - like standing under a waterfall on a hot day.
Pinot Grigio, Marchesini - Italy	3.15	17.95
Classically light, slightly nutty medium-dry white, as clean as my conscience.
Sancerre, Les Collines Blanche Brochard - France		27.75
A real classic - fine minerality and flintyness with a lemon and lime finish.
Fresh but rounded
Chardonnay, Witt's End - Australia	3.10	17.95
A happier go luckier chardonnay from 'down under' with a refreshing character that is heaps more than what you'd expect.
Chardonnay, Deer Point - Bulgaria	2.80	16.25
A new 'tour de force' in the chardonnay department. Delicious and fruity with prominant melon aroma and subtle creamy notes.
Chenin Blanc, Dudley's Stone - South Africa	3.00	17.95
A good fruity white with noteable crisp, citrus tones and distant mellow peachyness.
Albarino, Zeta - Spain		21.95
This is everything that is good about Spain in a glass. An absolute treat.
Pouilly-Fumé, Carte Noire, Landrat-Guyollot - France		37.75
A Loire beauty at its classical best.
Fruity and aromatic
Sauvignon Blanc, Domaine Vedilhan - France	3.20	18.25
Piercing gooseberry aromas reminiscent of ripe cool-climate Sauvignon, coupled with crushed limes. Crisp and grassy not a million miles away from Pouilly Fumé.
Viognier, La Campagne - France		18.25
A good example of this succulent grape variety that thrives under the Mediterranean sun. Apricots on buttered toast with a touch of almond.
Torrontes, Urban - Argentina		19.95
Ripe pear and honey with a sweet candy floss and zesty finish.
Sauvignon Blanc, Riverstone - New Zealand		19.95
Archetypal Marlborough sauvignon with fresh grassey and nettley character brought together in a refreshing gooseberry manor.
Rich and full
Riesling, Tamar Ridge - Tasmania		25.95
Complex dried apricot and orange zest with some spiciness. Well balanced honey and petrolly finish.
Chablis, Emile Petit - France		28.95
Old-style Chablis with buttery characteristics and balanced vanilla oak.
Something different
Pinot Gris, Sipp Mack - Alsace		27.95
Wonderful rich petrolly aromatic wine with apples and lychees. A medium-dry, lightly spiced wine for grown-ups.
Grüner Veltliner, Lorenze V - Austria		28.45
To those in the 'know', this Austrian gem has the customary and bewildering array of delicious flavours; peach, apple, pepper,. you name it, it's in it ! .
Champagne and sparkling wine
Prosecco, Bortolomiol (200ml bottle) - Italy		6.50
Lightly sparkingly and beautifully elegant - perfect fizz for everyday.
Graham Beck Brut - South Africa		24.95
A dry, elegant sparkling wine with a fine mousse leading to a smooth nutty finish.
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut - à Epernay, France		41.00
Full, soft and creamy on the palate but nicely crisp with lovely supporting structure.
Pol Roger Reserve - France		51.95
This has a truly wide appeal and is perfect for lovers of exuberantly-styled champagnes (By Appointment to the Queen).
Chateau de Montguéret (sparkling rosé) - France		25.95
Delicious and fruity, rather like having a glass full of sparkling strawberries and cream.
Rosé
Pinot Gigio Blush, Le Poesie - Italy	3.20	18.50
An elegant drop of Italian pinkness - refined, crisp and clean.
Zinfandel Rosé, Vendange - California	3.20	18.75
Strawberry sweetness with rasperry dryness. Refreshing juicyness makes this a very easy-going rosé.
Grenache, Manõn - France	3.30	19.95
Aromas of white flowers and peachy fruit flavours. A cool, refreshing dry rosé.
Dessert wine
Muscat de Rivesaltes (half bottle) - France	4.00	20.00
A very balanced sweet wine that is nevertheless fresh with touches of lemon and peach.
Royal Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos (250ml bottle) - Hungary		16.50
This is a really intense honeyed mouthful with hints of ginger and orange marmalade. The bottle is small but enough for four (just).

The Hand & Trumpet - Reds

House red	125 ml	Bottle
Moncaro, Sangiovese Cabernet - Italy	2.70	14.50
A soft and fruity Italian with well ripened smooth tannins.
Soft and rounded
Merlot, Los Romeros - Chile	3.10	17.75
Lush Merlot in full flow, soft and smooth, with rich, smooth tannins and long ripe fruit finish.
Rioja, Monte Haro - Spain	3.20	18.75
Soft and smooth, easy-dinking style with very fruity character, plum and cherry fruit dominate.
Cõtes du Rhõne, Saint-Roch - France		23.75
A complex wine with deep bramble jammy flavours, sturdy body and elegant tannins.
Warm and spicy
Shiraz, Cranswick Estate - Australia	3.25	19.25
A smooth, velvety shiraz with good strength of character. Sweet fruits and mellow tannins lend this red a certain nobility.
Cabernet Sauvignon, La Delizia - Italy	3.00	15.95
A light and fruity red wine. Good tannins and intense bramble and peppery flavours. One of my all time favourites.
Zinfandel, Primitivo - Italy		17.95
A delicious alrounder. Simply on its own or with food this spicy little number could soon become a house favourite.
Ripassa, Zenato - Italy		34.50
A great big Christmas cake of a wine, with rich, dark fruit and a marzipan nose.
Pinot Noir, Huia - New Zealand		40.00
Rich 'All Black' wine - ripe berry and dark cherry with hints of smoke, spice and savoury notes.
Smooth and earthy
Carignan, Rare Vinyards - France	3.10	17.95
Lovely expression of the rugged heathland terroir of Languedoc, inky berries and cherry fruits with touches of vanilla.
Tempranillo Gran Reserva, Quinta del Conde - Spain		18.75
A hint of soft perfume on the nose with a touch of vanilla sweetness amongst the ripe fruit.
Malbec, Tanguero - Argentina		18.75
Fruit driven and full flavoured. A really easy to drink red with satisfying smooth finish.
Dâo, Quinta do Correio - Portugal		24.25
A herby nose with slight smokiness delivering good rounded tannins and lots of berry fruit.
Cotes du Rhone, Chateau Les Amoureuses, 2005 - France		25.95
Medium bodied, well-fruited and served nicely by dark, cherry tanninand a sprinkle of pepper and spice.
Bordeaux, Pomerol, Christian Moueix - France		29.75
Long in the mouth, developing dark fleshy plum and coffee flavours. A class act from the man who makes Chateau Petrus, the most expensive wine in the world.
Fronsac, Chateau Bourieu La Valade - France		28.95
A great deal of charm in the glass, with a nose of red fruit. Elegant aftertaste with characteristic Fronsac tannins.
Light and fruity
Pinot Noir, Soligo - Italy		18.95
Showed splendidly well in a recent wine tasting session. Really fruity and plummy, packed full of bramble jam with liquorice notes on the finish.
Claret, Duboscq - France		20.75
Classic Bordeaux which combines finesse with fruit and elegance and floral undertones.
Chianti, Vernaiolo - Italy		21.25
Hints of silky cherry and pepper with body - Italian flair with finesse.
Valpolicello, Campolieti - Italy		24.45
The Corvina grape lends itself to a light coloured wine offering dark berry flavours with hints of bitter almond and raisins.
Chiroubles, Chateau de Raousset, Futs de Chéne - France		34.25
'Limitée a 1000 bouteilles' from 80 year old vines. To me this is really, really great wine to accompany almost any food.
Burgundy, Gevrey-Chambertin, Les Charmeuses Vieilles Vignes - France		37.95
Fruitily elegant and enchantingly juicy with a classic finish of rich wood.
Robust and full-bodied
Pinotage, Saam Mountain - South Africa		18.95
Deep purple Pinotage with intense fruit, juicy tannins and a hint of vanilla - a very robust wine.
Carmenere, Rucahue Reserva - Chile		25.95
Smooth, smokey textures with a creamy balance and a soft tobacco finish.
Shiraz, Canonbah Bridge Drought Reserve - Australia		37.00
Intense flavours of velvety chocolate characteristics - an absolute dream.
Amarone, Della Valpolicella, Fabiano - Italy		39.95
Full and rich in style, its deep pomegranate colour is the result of prolonged ageing.
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Domaine Riche - France		48.95
A sumptuous, velvety red, characterised by black cherries, chocolate and caramalised fruit.utter indulgence.
Chateau Musar 2002 - Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. (half bottle)		20.95
Legendary small bottle of near perfection. Cigar box spice on the nose with intense flavours of red cherries and dark chocolate. .

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