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Wines

As well as our regular wine list, we also have a selection of specials.  See at the bar for details.

Champagne & Sparkling Wines

House Champagne NV
Wonderfully elegant with citrus flavours and delicate yeasty finish.

House Sparkling  NV
A classic blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Bottle fermented, then aged on the lees for eighteen months.

House Rose NV
The Rose is made in the traditional saigne method, bleeding, giving true harmony, richness and Pinot harmony.

Veuve Clicquot NV
Well-known for both its full-bodied, biscuity style and its consistency, the success of this famous brand continues to grow

Moet et Chandon  NV
Pale gold with bountiful tiny bubbles. Delicately vinous, with a vine and lime blossom attack. Fine, well-balanced; leaves behind a sense of harmony and mellowness.

Laurent Perrier Rose  NV
A salmony colour, frank and fresh on the nose with a large array of small red berries

Bollinger Grande Annee  1996
Complex nose of grains, ginger and baking bread turn to honey, citrus and nuts on the palate as it unfolds. Very firmly structured and intense, followed by a long nutty aftertaste.

Krug Grande Cuvee  NV
Krug remains at the very summit of the Champagne-making art.  A heavily Pinot-dominated blend, still using wines fermented in oak barrels.

Cristal  1997
The texture is fine and silky; the taste rich, without the least trace of heaviness, overlaying indulgent flavors of ripe and dried fruits with a delicate vinosity

White Wines
Listed in order of driest wine first through to the most medium/fruity last

Pinot Grigio IGT Veneto Bacaro Italy
Dry, nutty, refreshing
Made using 100% Pinot Grigio, this wine displays notes of citrus fruits, with a hint of floral aromas.

Chablis, Cave de Chablis Burgundy France
Steely dry, elegant flinty
A steely, minerally and flinty Chablis, that is elegant and refined.

Esperanza Sauvignon Blanc Mendoza Valley Argentina
Crisp gooseberry fruit.
A zesty, clean and aromatic Argentinian Sauvignon Blanc that is fruity yet clean, crisp and refreshing

Coldridge Estate Semillon Chardonnay South Eastern Australia
Citrussy & Buttery
A fruit driven easy drinking Aussie. Loads of citrussy and tropical fruit flavours with an elegant finish

Montana Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand
Full fruited and Zesty
This Sauvignon Blanc displays gooseberry, capsicum and tropical notes. A well-balanced wine with lively crisp acidity

Cuvée de Richard Blanc Vin de Pays du Comté Tolosan France
Off dry, crisp and fruity
A well-balanced white with clean, fresh fruit on the palate and a zesty finish.

Finca Las Moras Viognier Tulum Valley Argentina
Aromatic, Peachy and medium style
Orange blossom with a hint of pineapple on the nose, full-bodied, refreshing and persistent on the palate, with aromas of ripe apricots and peaches

Rose

Beringer Stone Cellars White Zinfandel (Medium) California
Bright pink in colour, clean, rounded with juicy raspberry fruit and a crisp medium dry finish

Red Wine
Listed in order of Fruit driven wines first getting increasingly Mellow or Spicy in style

Coldridge Estate Shiraz Cabernet South Eastern Australia
Fruity, easy drinking
A soft fruity red with ripe berry fruit and gentle spicy flavours. Shiraz, lightened by leafy Cabernet Sauvignon, and enriched by a touch of oak.

Neblina Merlot Central Valley Chile
Fruity, soft, juicy
On the nose rich notes of plum and blackberries lifted by Chocolate and Mocha. Silky yet structured with concentrated fruit flavours

Cuvée de Richard Red Vin de Pays de l’Aude France
Soft juicy easy drinking
A smooth, immensely gluggable blend of Grenache, Carignan and Merlot, with bags of soft blackcurrant fruit

Protocolo Tempranillo, Dominio de Eguren Spain
Mellow, Vanilla smooth
This Rich oaky Tempranillo reveals warm fruity flavours on the palate with heaps of vanilla and a smooth finish. If only most Rioja tasted this good.

Swartland Pinotage South Africa
Spicy, earthy and well balanced
A robust, luscious wine with juicy fruit, lively cherry and blueberry flavours.

Rioja, Marqués de Griñon Spain
Mellow, rich and Warming
A superb Rioja, aged for six months in American oak to create a perfect balance between quality fruit and vanilla

Griffin Vineyards Shiraz South Eastern Australia
Spicy, Peppery, elegant
A superb Aussie Shiraz with masses of juicy blackcurrant fruit and a charismatic, smooth, spicy and peppery finish

Spier Shiraz Western Cape South Africa
Spicy, balanced, refined
Deep crimson-red in colour and an inviting nose of plums, white pepper and ginger precedes a mouth-filling, lively palate. Classic New World Shiraz.

Dessert & Fortified Wines

Taylors LBV Port

Dows Vintage Port

Yalumba Botrysized Dessert Wine

Olorosso Sherry

 

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