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Lunch
shellfish/platters

Dinner menu
dinner
shellfish/platters
puddings
coffees & malts

Sunday brunch

Drinks
white wine
red wines
champagnes
beers&pitchers

Red wines

     
by the glass
   
     
Baron d’Arignac red, VdP d’Oc, 2007, France 175ml £3.45
Merlot, Bain’s Kloof, Breedekloof, 2007, South Africa 175ml £4.95
Pinot Noir, Coopers Creek, Marlborough, 2008, NZ 175ml £5.95
     
by the bottle
   

Sangiovese Merlot, Colle del Gelso, nv, IGT, Italy

Intense ruby red, cherry fruit and lightly spiced highly quaffable plonk                                
750ml £11.95
     
Baron d’Arignac red, VdP d’Oc, 2007, France  750 ml £13.95

A smooth and juicy wine with fresh red fruit on the palate, soft tannins and a clean, rounded finish.

   
     
Rockwood, Kanu, Stellenbosch, 2006, South Africa 750ml £17.95

A blend of shiraz, merlot and cabernet sauvignon. Soft and velvety texture with lively red fruits and chocolate notes.

   
     
Merlot, Bain’s Kloof, Breedekloof, 2007, South Africa 750ml £19.95

A soft wine with ripe berry fruit, mellow oak and a hint of chocolate. Sweet spices dominate the pleasant finish.

   
     
Saumur-Champigny, les Terres Rouges, 2006, France 750ml £22.95

An alternative to Beaujolais, only more brightly fruited! We keep a bottle or two in the fridge for those” sunny Leith” moments.

Highly recommended

   
     
Pinot Noir, Coopers Creek, Marlborough, 2008, NZ 750ml £24.95

Ripe, spicy black cheery and strawberry notes. We have kept a bottle in the fridge for those who like it chilled with salmon

(as in New Zealand). 

   
     
Valpolicella Classico, Rizzzardi, 2008, Italy 750ml £27.95

Unoaked wine made with traditional methods using indigenous grapes (mostly Corvina and Corvinone). Red and black cherries dominate the palate

   
     
Malbec, Ruca Malen, Mendoza, 2005, Argentina 750ml £29.95

A very good value malbec, medium bodied, juicy and accessible. Introduced to our shores by one of the most respected Burgundian producers (of Corton fame).

   
     
Chateau Potensac, Médoc Cru Bourgeois, 2002, France 750ml  £35.95

A more classic, firmer and structured wine. This Cru Bourgeois regularly turns out wines of classed growth quality. Drinking well now.

   
     
Rioja Reserva, Finca Valpiedra, 2004, Spain   750ml £37.95

A seducer: lavish, velvety, elegant and magnificent. From the Bujanda family most highly prized single vineyard.  

   
     
Gevrey-Chambertin, Rossignol Trapet, 2004, France 750ml £48.45

A delicious middleweight pinot noir “par excellence”. A subtle wine,

 with deep berry fruit and supportive tannins.

   
     
Chateauneuf du Pape, Ch. de Beaucastel, 1999, France 750ml £74.45

From the most esteemed estate of the appellation. A dense and supple palate of dark fruit with velvety tannins and a mineral-like finish.

   
     
Chateau la Fleur-Petrus, Pomerol, 1996, France 750ml £95.00

A wine essentially elegant and which relies on exquisiteness rather than richness. There is no doubt that Chateau la Fleur-Pétrus produce one of the best Pomerols.

   
     
     
1/2 bottle
   
     
Bourgogne pinot noir, Domaine Chanson, 2006, France   350ml £15.95
A well structured wine with fleshy red berries flavours.    

       

                                   

             

 


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