Light and Fruity
17. Cuvee Duboeuf Rouge, France, NV £11.90 175ml glass £3.00
(A medium-bodied red, soft and well-rounded with plenty of fruit.)
Soft & Juicy
18. Cabernet Merlot, Siete Soles, 2003 / 04 £13.90 175ml glass £4.00
(Soft and elegant with delicious, ripe, plummy fruit.)
19. Merlot Terre del Noce, 2004 Dolomite, Italy £14.90
(Attractive soft berry fruits. A nicely balanced wine -fresh, vibrant and easy drinking.)
Ripe, fruit driven reds
20. Shiraz Cabernet, Whistling Duck, 2003 £16.00 South East Australia
(Classic Shiraz aromas of red berry, black pepper and anise leap out of the glass. Presented with a Stelvin closure to preserve purity of fruit and avoid cork taint.)
21 . Pinotage, Ruitersvlei, S. Africa, 2004 £16.50
(Sweet red fruits and savoury wild herbs give this wine a punchy palate and an expressive character)
22. Rioja Reserva Conde de Valdemar, 1999 £21.50 Spain
(A refined, oaky and fruit-driven nose with overflows of cedar and tobacco. Ripe, yet restrained with soft strawberry fruit and vanilla tannins.)
23. Chateau Montaiguillon, 2001 /02 Montagne St Emilion, France £22.50 1/2 bottle £11.00
(A rich, powerful wine which is aromatic and well-balanced with delicious flavours of cherry and plum on the palate, overlaid with cedary oak)
24. Peppoli Chianti Classico, Antinori, 2002 £22.90 Tuscany, Italy
(Full, robust black cherry and plummy fruit flavours. Well-balanced with a rich,lingering finish. A delicious single-estate chianti from the man responsible for the renaissance of Italian quality wines.)
25. Pinot Noir, Sebestiani, Sonoma, 2005 USA £31.90
(big cheery aromas with touches of smokey vanilla, followed by abundant cherry and strawberry flavours with a hint of toasty oak on the finsh )
Full bodied with a hint of spice
26. Zinfandel, Stone Cellars, 2002 / 03 £17.50 Beringer, California
(A unique blend of berries and peppers with an underlying oak complexity.)
27. Barossa Shiraz, Yalumba, 2001 / 02 £20.90 S. Australia
(Ripe and smooth, weaving spicy, peppery flavours around a cored of blackberry and plum.)
17. Cuvee Duboeuf Rouge, France, NV £11.90 175ml glass £3.00
(A medium-bodied red, soft and well-rounded with plenty of fruit.)
Soft & Juicy
18. Cabernet Merlot, Siete Soles, 2003 / 04 £13.90 175ml glass £4.00
(Soft and elegant with delicious, ripe, plummy fruit.)
19. Merlot Terre del Noce, 2004 Dolomite, Italy £14.90
(Attractive soft berry fruits. A nicely balanced wine -fresh, vibrant and easy drinking.)
Ripe, fruit driven reds
20. Shiraz Cabernet, Whistling Duck, 2003 £16.00 South East Australia
(Classic Shiraz aromas of red berry, black pepper and anise leap out of the glass. Presented with a Stelvin closure to preserve purity of fruit and avoid cork taint.)
21 . Pinotage, Ruitersvlei, S. Africa, 2004 £16.50
(Sweet red fruits and savoury wild herbs give this wine a punchy palate and an expressive character)
22. Rioja Reserva Conde de Valdemar, 1999 £21.50 Spain
(A refined, oaky and fruit-driven nose with overflows of cedar and tobacco. Ripe, yet restrained with soft strawberry fruit and vanilla tannins.)
23. Chateau Montaiguillon, 2001 /02 Montagne St Emilion, France £22.50 1/2 bottle £11.00
(A rich, powerful wine which is aromatic and well-balanced with delicious flavours of cherry and plum on the palate, overlaid with cedary oak)
24. Peppoli Chianti Classico, Antinori, 2002 £22.90 Tuscany, Italy
(Full, robust black cherry and plummy fruit flavours. Well-balanced with a rich,lingering finish. A delicious single-estate chianti from the man responsible for the renaissance of Italian quality wines.)
25. Pinot Noir, Sebestiani, Sonoma, 2005 USA £31.90
(big cheery aromas with touches of smokey vanilla, followed by abundant cherry and strawberry flavours with a hint of toasty oak on the finsh )
Full bodied with a hint of spice
26. Zinfandel, Stone Cellars, 2002 / 03 £17.50 Beringer, California
(A unique blend of berries and peppers with an underlying oak complexity.)
27. Barossa Shiraz, Yalumba, 2001 / 02 £20.90 S. Australia
(Ripe and smooth, weaving spicy, peppery flavours around a cored of blackberry and plum.)
