Wines

White Wines

White	125 ml	Bottle
Marche Bianco, Italy	2.90	14.95
A crisp and clean, apple-fresh little Italian number that is very easy drinking.
Crisp, dry and refreshing
Domaine de la Jousseliniere, Muscadet sur Lie - France		19.95
A blast from the past - but this is a groovy wine that needs to be rediscovered ; like flares or hot pants.
Marchesini, Pinot Grigio - Italy	3.20	18.25
Classic Pinot Grigio with a touch of almond make this a veritable quaff-meister.
Macon Villages, Beauvernon 2009 - France		22.25
A classic style, pale yellow with flowery, apple, pear and honeysuckle aromas, a strikingly fruity taste and a refreshing acidity.
Le Vele, Terre Cortese, Verdiccio - Italy		22.25
This is a light, fresh style of white with bright acidity and citrus flavours with aromatic grassy and nutty notes adding complexity.
Les Collionettes, Joseph Mellot, Sancerre - France		29.95
Crisp, clean and refreshing: an elegant and lean wine that avoids any harshness or austerity. A Frenchies Frenchy for sure.
Fruity, aromatic and tropical
Etchart Privado, Torrontes - Argentinian	3.20	18.45
Juicy and fragrant. If I had but £20 left in the world, this is what I would do with it. Then I'd put the change on an accumulator at Lingfield so I could buy some more later.
Riverstone East Coast, Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand	3.60	19.95
Classic Kiwi kit - gooseberries and nettles, with lots of elegant tropical fruit that just keeps going and going. Mouth-wateringly scrumptious, and excellent value.
Rueda Analivia Verdejo, Pagos del Rey, Rueda - Spain		21.75
A mouth-watering find from Spain with tropical fruits that don't cloy, with honeydew melon on the finish.
Kleine Zalze, Chenin Blanc - South Africa	3.30	17.25
Bags of yellow tropical fruits leap out like gazelles from the bush. One step up from dry, but it never cloys.
Toledana, Gavi di Gavi - Italy		26.95
Delicate floral bouquet with green gooseberry and great texture - this is unoaked, fresh and minerally.
Clean yet rounded
Mansion House Bay, Reisling - New Zealand		21.95
With grapefruit and citrus characters this reisling is a refreshing break from the over sweet German blue nuns in their black towers, full of green apple and lime flavours it's finish has a steely mineral streak, which makes it a wonderful tipple for the long hot summer nights relaxing in our garden.
Le Courlis, Chateau du Porteau, Sauvignon Blanc - France	3.60	20.75
A French sauvignon of charm: lots of citrus zest with a touch of gooseberry, a balanced minerality and good length.
Armidale, unoaked Chardonnay - Australia	3.30	18.95
Fresh and lively, this wine has lots of citrus flavours and very approachable too. A welcome surprise to those who state A.B.C.
La Campagne, Viognier VdP d'Oc - France		18.25
This is clean and crisp, but rendered succulent with some delicious apricot overtones.
Chateau Favras, Pouily Fumé, France		28.95
This Pouilly Fumé has a herbaceus style with hints of elderflower, and a gently aromatic quality that makes it really moreish.
Rich and Full
J. Moreau, Chablis Reserve - France		37.95
Chablis as it used to be, with a gentle touch of vanilla oak which adds a subtle toasty dimension on the palate, underscored with a decent backbone of fruit to give structure and balance.
Tooma River, Reserve Chardonnay - Australia	3.50	19.95
A pure joy of a wine. Sweet vanilla aromas with lots of melon and pineaplle pith. Restrained oaky butteryness with a clean palate and a totally tropical taste that bounces around your tonsils.
Maison Champy, Pernand Vergelesses - France		37.25
A superior white Burgundy from a small organic estate. This wine has top end credentials, backed up by deliciously rich, buttery Chardonnay flavours. Totally on the money.
Rose
Pinot Grigo, Rosato del Veneto, Marchesini - Italy	3.30	18.45
A classic picnic wine, this has ripe juicy raspberry overtones and is most agreeable. Perfect for a sunny day.
Chateau Ste Marguerite Cru Classe, Cotes de Provence - France		26.95
Serious rose for grown ups. Forget Pinot blush, this is the real deal and to top it all off it's organic, so drink with a clear conscience.
Vendange, White Zinfandel - USA	3.40	19.25
Strawberries and cream in a glass.

Red Wines

Red	125 ml	Bottle
Marchesinni Montepulciano D'Abruzzo - Italy	2.90	14.95
A delightfully gluggable Italian charmer.
Light and Juicy
Escale, Pinot Noir, Vin de Pays d'Oc - France	3.40	19.95
A brilliant little wine. It's not fine Burgundy, but it's well made and shows really good fruit with ripe cherries and touches of vanilla tobacco. Pinot lovers everywhere, come and have a go.
Villa Moncaro, Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon - Italy		15.75
Easier to knock back than Dame Edna Everage.
Ruffino, Chianti Classico - Italy		21.95
Very drinkable. This is Chianti as it used to be, before they started stuffing it with Merlot to sell to jam-loving Americans. Molto bene.
La Scala, Valpolicella - Italy		20.95
There is a red berry quality to this Italian stallion, which is alive and vibrant in the mouth.
Louis Jadot, Beaujolais Villages - France		25.95
A great wine to be drunk at SW20. Strawberries and sunshine. Very eay drinking especially the second bottle.
Smooth and Earthy
Solaguen, Rioja Tinto - Spain	3.60	20.75
Soft in the mouth, this is warm and friendly and can be enjoyed with or without food, for dinner, lunch or breakfast.
Chateau Lamothe Bergeron, Haut Medoc, Bordeaux - France		43.95
This is right on the money for a decent left bank Bordeaux: an excellent vegetal nose leads into a velvet smooth, long, balanced, meaty but elegant claret which is just as it should be. An old style oldie worldie.
Chateau La Croix Du Duc - France		23.95
This has a leafy, bosky character. The balanced tannins leave the mouth feeling clean: this is best as a food wine, when it will shine.
Louis Phillipe Edwards - Cabernet Sauvignon	3.30	17.95
Whilst this is perhaps at the top end of our Chilean wines, it is here for a reason. This is rich and opulent, though remains clean right through to the finish, with delicious caramel overtones.
Sierra Cantabria, Reserva Rioja - Spain		35.95
Clear dark ruby colour, this has pleasant scents of black cherries and oaky vanilla, with good crisp fruit and sweet oak on the palate.
Warm and Spicy
The Pavillion, Shiraz Viognier, Boschendal - South Africa	3.50	19.75
This is the blend made famous by Cote Roti in the Rhone, and the boys in Boschendhal make the wine sing in the glass. A gorgeous drop.
Salice Salentino, 35 Parallelo, Puglia - Italy		17.95
A herby, stalky nose introduces a complex, hot wine that's not at all overbearing.
Le Paz, Merlot - Chile	3.25	18.45
A wine we loved at our last tasting, this has plums, cherries and blackberries a-plenty.
Tooma River, Shiraz - Australia		20.95
This has a nose made of eucalyptus leaves, with chocoalte eyebrows, coffee ears and a tongue fashioned from nutmeg.
Stonehedge, Merlot - USA		16.95
Tasty cherry berry flavors resonate with plum-raspberry and spice nuances. This wine was aged for a short period in barrels for creating soft tannins without overwhelming it with an oaky taste.
Robust and Full
Chateau Lyonnat, St. Emilion - France		31.25
Cracking wine - old fashioned, traditinal St Emilion. St Emilion proudly flies the Merlot flag, stiffenend with a breeze of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, spot on.
Santa Ana, Malbec - Argentina	3.50	19.25
A goucho with a bit of a swagger, this has chocolate, vanilla and blackcurrant, kept honest with soft tannins.
Mitolo Jester, Cabernet Sauvignon, McLaren Vale - Australia		30.00
This is no court fool, with masses of blueberries, cassis and leather with intense aromas of coffee and mocha, Monarcho would have approved.
St Joseph, Domaine Gaillard - France		36.95
A handsome wine with opulent, perfumed violets preceeding a supple tannic frame and rich dark fruit.
Bricco Gattera, Barolo 2004, Cordero di Montezemolo, Piedmont - Italy		69.95
An ideal wine for a meaty dish: game, venison, half a cow or like Obelix, a whole roast wild boar. Ok, it might be expensive, but you could die tomorrow.
Crasto Duoro, Portugal		23.95
Full bodied and slightly grunty, this is vibrant and muscular but it's not overbearing and has been known to help old ladies cross the road.
L de Lyeth, Merlot, Sonoma County, California - USA		30.00
A cracking wine. Lots of fruit on the nose with hints of spice complemented by a subtle nuance of mint.
Champagne and Sparkling Wine
Villa Domiziano, Prosecco - Italy		19.95
Perfect Prosecco. A unanimous winner at a recent tasting.
Astoria, Prosecco, Trentino - Italy		8.75
Elegant, clean cut and fruity, this has wonderful fruit aromas and flavours with refreshing acidity and a soft, gentle finish. A wine that turns any occasion into a celebration.
Sant'Orsola, Sparkling Pinot Grigio Rose - Italy		21.95
This lovable Italian thoroughbred has the mereist lick of red grape that gives it a kiss of light blush. Dry, fresh and fruity, an all round well-balanced specimen.
Mumm Cordon Rouge		39.95
The famous old red ribbon has fruit, finesse and style - a rich and dry Grand Marque.

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