2008 Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Vigneto Valverde(Half Bottle)

Verona , Italy

• £16.25

2009 Dolcetto D’Alba, Falletto di Serralunga

Piedmont 100% Dolcetto

In the Azienda Bera vineyards the ecosystem is alive: an abundance of snails is proof of a harmonious environmental balance. With its tannic raspberry flavours this Dolcetto works wonderfully with food: mushrooms or pasta with a wild boar or game sauce.

• £8.50
• £17.00
• £39.75

2009 Sudtiroler Lagrein, Georg Ramoser

Alto Adige

This exceptional Sudtiroler comes from a sunny location around the village of St. Magdalena above Bolzano, where mineral-rich soils predominate. This wine is very dark, almost black, has scents of ripe plums, some bitter chocolate and Juniper aromas. The palate is silky, fruity and elegantly focused.

• £46.95

2002 Barbera d’Asti Superiore “Vigna del Noce”, Trinchero

Piedmond 100% Barbera

From a single vineyard planted in the hills of Asti in 1929. The wine is treated like a top Barolo, as it is given a forty-five day maceration during the fermentation, and then aged at least two and a half years in large, old oak barrels prior to bottling. This wine is capable of aging very well for twenty to twenty-five years after its release. It stays for many years fresh, young and succulent, with impressive complexity and depth.

• £68.00

2000 Cabernet Sauvignon, Dario Princic

Friuli, Collio 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Probably one of Italy’s best Cabernet Sauvignon, delightfully fresh and fragrant with the trademark Friuli herbaceous notes backed by some lovely clove-tinctured blackberry fruit; potential for long ageing. A big wine to enjoy with rich meat dishes.

• £82.00

2007 Masi Costasera Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

Veneto (Oaked)

Masi has been run by the Boscaini family for the past six generations, and their wines are rooted in tradition, representing the classic Venetian styles. This Amarone is made by drying the grapes on bamboo racks throughout winter, after which the dried berries undergo a very long fermentation period of around 80 days in a mixture of steel vats and Slavonian oak barrels. Immensely full-bodied and complex, with intense and mature dry fruit aromas.

• £89.95

1999 Barbaresco Fontanabianca, Sori burdin

Piedmont 100% Nebbiolo

Another stellar year, the top Barbarescos from 1999 offer excellent concentration. This wine offers the best levels of acidity for Barbaresco in the last decade). Deep red-brown. Lovely scents of spicy rasberry and cherry. Tightly structured, but opens up to dark berries, vanilla and peppercorn. A great vintage. Outstanding!

• £90.00

2004 Barbaresco “Fausoni”, Andrea Sottimano

Piedmont (Oaked)

The Barbaresco 2004 from micro-vineyard Fausoni is a memorable vintage, its supreme elegance making up for the natural austerity of the wine. Lots of subtle raspberry on the nose, with fresh flowers. Full-bodied and concentrated with chewy tannins and a long finish.

• £95.00

2001 Barolo Riserva, Borgogno

Piedmont (Old barrels) 100% Nebbiolo

This Barolo Classico Riserva is open on the nose, with suggestions of very ripe black cherries, violets and tar. Full in body, it nevertheless packs plenty of power, with outstanding length and high tannins on the fresh and dry finish. It is a remarkably elegant and accessible wine for this estate though keeps a little rustic flair.

• £112.00

1996 Barolo Sperss Langhe, Gaja

Piedmont 100% Nebbiolo

Unashamedly modern in style and breathtakingly expensive, Angelo Gaja’s wines are flamboyant. This very backward wine shows a harmony of components and grip of steel. It has a striking nose of truffle, liquorice, black cherry and tar; full bodied with spectacular intensity, mind blowing opulence and a multi-layered sweet mid-palate that is found only in the greatest.

• £285.00

2009 Chianti Classico, San Jacopo, DOCG(Half Bottle)

Tuscany , Italy Sangiovese

• £23.95

2009 Antinori Santa Cristina Chianti Superiore

Tuscany

From the Famous Antinori Family. This is a classic Chianti, offering aromas of red berry fruit, with vanilla and floral hints of violets. It has a flavoursome, medium-bodied palate, fresh in structure and with a delicious balance of fruit and savoury notes. Typical spicy sensations from the oak on the back palate.

• £27.80

2009 Morellino di Scansano “Bellamarsilia”, Poggio Argentiera

Tuscany (Medium body, light oak)

An up- front wine that is fresh and crisp, with a solid structure and body that act as the final touches for a wine. Modern in style and just a little bit fun.

• £6.75
• £13.50
• £29.95

2008 Sangiovese, Colio Pesaresi, Fattoria Mancini

Marche, Italy 100 % Sangiovese

Mancini’s Sangiovese grows on the coastal hills of the San Bartolo Natural Park in the far north of the Marche region. The cool microclimate and the sandy soils of the coastal cliffs imbue this Sangiovese with distinctive characteristics versus those produced further south. Grapes were handharvested and transported to the winery in a mobile cooling cellar. This Sangiovese is Juicy, crunchy, appetizing, with flavours of elderberry and mulberry, and a lovely sweetness mid-palate.

• £36.85

2006 Chianti Classico, Fattoria di Rodano

Tuscany (Old barrels)

Classic by name and by fact (blending Sangiovese, Colorino, Canaiolo), a soulful style of Chianti, grown in a real organic farm. It is luscious, fruity, spicy - all balanced by piquant acidity.

• £39.95

2006 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Tre Rose Tenimenti Angelini

Tuscany (Old barrels)

An elegant, lingering wine with velvety texture, pure cherry-like fruit and hints of vanilla and liquorice in long finish. Plenty of classic Sangiovese flavours are well blended with oak to make a smoky and complex wine that is ideal with red meat dishes and mature cheeses.

• £42.00

2007 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo “Marina Cvetic”, Masciarelli

Abruzzo (Oaked)

The blockbuster of iconic winery Masciarelli, a regular among the top growers of Italian wines. Deep, dark black fruits and truffle with hints of chocolate and tobacco. Full-bodied, with a vibrant, mineral palate, silky tannins and perfect acidity. A house favourite!

• £48.33

2000 Magari, Ca’Marcanda, Angelo Gaja(Half Bottle)

Tuscany , Italy

• £49.95

2007 Fattoria Mancini Focara Pinot Noir

Marche

Among these hills, the area of Focara in particular has distinguished itself over the years for the production of Pinot Noir with a strong personality and with the typical character of this grape variety. Focara Pinot Noir is produced from a traditional red vinification, then aged in barrel for 12 months. Rich, resonant Pinot Noir that marries the brightness and elegance of the variety with a blackberry depth rarely encountered outside Burgundy. Purity and concentration combine to give a wine of exceptional vividness.

• £60.00

2007 Luce Della Vite, Lucente

Tuscany 50 % Merlot, 35 % Sangiovese, 15 % Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2007 La Vite Lucente is a dark, sensual beauty graced with layers of expressive, perfumed fruit. Soft and generous on the palate, the wine offers notable length and an elegant finish framed by ripe, silky tannins. This is one of the best wines we have tasted in a number of years.

• £62.00

2007 Tignanello, IGT, Antinori(Half Bottle)

Tuscany, Italy

• £67.00

2008 La Serre Nuove, Tenuta dell’Ornellaia

Tuscany

This is the second wine from the above estate, using the same vinification techniques as for Ornellaia. The 2007 is an extraordinary wine, with many of the characteristics of its superior sibling, it is more approachable now; rich and fullbodied with blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, spicy with notes of leather, mint, smoke and tobacco, it is layered and complex with a long, satisfying finish.

• £69.95

2006 Magari, Ca’Marcanda, Angelo Gaja

Tuscany Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot

Notes of cassis and vanilla on the nose, with hints of spice and dill. The palate is tight and mineral with again assertive cassis fruit. Exemplary purity and intensity, there is a structured, sinuous quality to the wine which reflects both its youth but also its potential. Long and refined on the palate, with beautifully dissolved grainy tannins and oak, the acidity and grip give the wine a really vital and racy feel.

• £83.00

2005 Brunello di Montalcino Sesti, Castello Di Argiano

Tuscany (Oaked)

The best internal selection of 100% Sangiovese grapes produced on the estate are dedicated to this wine, the cuttings of which were originally selected from very old neighbouring vineyards. Penetrating ruby, gorgeous nose combines plums, berries, cedar and a scent of pipe tobacco. Full bodied yet refined, sweet tannin extraction, it is all about mineral contrast, depth and constant surprising terroir induced flavours, with a wonderful long finish.

• £98.70

2007 Le Pergole Torte IGT,Motnevertine

Tuscany

This small, high-altitude estate in the Radda microzone is one of the historic names in Tuscany, and it's where the late Sergio Manetti led the Renaissance of Tuscan wine in the 1970s and '80s. Le Pergole Torte is one of the top Supertuscans, and the Montevertine Rosso is one of the most enjoyable Chiantis made today. The removal follows for at least 24 months in small Oak barrels. The wine has a deep-dark ruby colour which reaches a warm garnet tone with increasing age. His Bouquet reminds of violet and raspberries, with marks of spices, vanilla and cinnamon. In the mouth he is dry, warm, full and very rich in body.

• £168.00

2007 Guado Al Tasso, Antinori

Tuscany Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah

Guado al Tasso, meaning literally "Badger's Ford", takes its name from a common sight at the estate of Tenuta Guado al Tasso, Bolgheri, where it is produced. Extraordinary intense ruby red in color. Intensely fruity, more of cherry than cassis, with hints of coffee and dark chocolate. Finely structured and complex; balanced, with soft tannins and a lingering finish. Displays unmistakable varietal flavor while retaining strong regional character.

• £168.00

2003 Guado Al Tasso, Antinori

Tuscany Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah

• £188.00

2002 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido

Tuscany Cabernet Sauvignon

Marchese Incisa della Rocchetta brought cuttings of cabernet sauvignon from Chateau Lafite-Rothschild. The resulting wine became a success and is now acknowledged to be one of the best wines in Italy. The wine has structure and intensity of flavour of the Bordeaux, if only with softer tannins when young. Intense colour, rich concentrated fruit and seductive character, rich plummy flavours with soft supple tannin and a spicy blackcurrant and vanilla aftertaste.

• £197.00

2010 Angelo Rosso

Sicily (Nero d’Avola-Sangiovese)

This wine has a charming deep red colour with sensations of cherry ripe chocolate and savage Plums finished by an array of pretty berry flavours.

• £5.50
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• £17.95

2006 Salice Salentino, Francesco Candido

Puglia

Candido is a company that is producing some of the best and most varied wines in Puglia.The Riserva is made from Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera and shows all the classic attributes of rich, powerful and dense fruit flavours. Dark plums, almond stones, damson, chocolate and figs are to the fore but with a clean, balanced finish and just a hint of acidity to make this shine with rich foods.

• £26.50

2008 Di Majo Norante, Agliancio “Contado” DOC

Molise

Contado is from 100% Aglianico grown on Italy’s south-eastern coast. Contado is ruby red in colour with light garnet reflections. The full and intense bouquet reveals ample amounts of mature fruit. The wine is soft and velvety on the palate and full-bodied, with balanced tannins and hints of almond in the lingering finish. Voted Italy’s best value wine “Tre Bicchieri” this year!

• £32.00

2007 Primitivo Gioia del Colle, Fatalone

Puglia (Old barrels)

Made with 100% Primitivo brimming with warm wild brambly, raisined fruit and cinnamon spice. The nose is wonderfully engaging, and the palate full and succulent with roasted black cherry fruit. Enjoy with rich game dishes.

• £35.50

2005 Teresa Manara Cantele Negroamaro

Puglia

Fruit and red flowers give notice to the evolution of smell reflecting the tones of spices dell’Etereo and light mineral. In the mouth the flavour affects the expression typical of the bold and decisive Negroamaro with sensitivity and finesse.

• £39.50

2005 Palari Faro DOC, Azienda Agricola Palari

Sicily Nerello/Mascalese/Nerello Cappuccio/Nocera

The primary wine from Palari is Faro (which means lighthouse) and is a small DOC, almost the smallest in Italy. Sicily's Faro has a ruby colour with a hint of purple. The nose is beautifully knit, black cherry to the fore and lightly smoky nuances shimmering in the background. It is remarkably elegant with a complete lack of over-ripeness that characterises many southern Italian reds. One of Italy’s top wines.

• £86.40

2010 Merlot, Domaine Nordoc

Languedoc (Light body, unoaked)

An enjoyable Merlot oozing bags of mulberry, sweet cherry and plum, rounded off by savoury flavours of black olive, eucalyptus and white pepper.

• £5.50
• £11.00
• £17.50

2009   Cote du Rhone St Esprit, Delas(Half Bottle)

Rhone Valley

• £27.72

2010Cote du Rhône, Domaine de Cristia

Rhone Valley

This wine is deep in colour with an aromatic nose of raspberries cherries and spices. Smooth tannins, concentrated and very long on the palate.

• £27.75

Cote du Rhone Villages, L’Ameillaud Cairanne

Rhone Valley

• £6.50
• £13.00
• £27.75

2010 Brouilly, Domaine Cret des Garanches

Beaujolais (Medium body, light oak)

Classic Brouilly where the ebullient, youthful Gamay fronts a rich, serious wine. Green practices and low yields lend this wine its more mineral whilst the Gamay provides the classic strawberry and raspberry fruit aromas. The palate, marked by suppleness, fleshiness and finesse, has a peppery bite on the finish, this lifts it above the run-of-the-mill Gamay.

• £29.95

2010 Saumur Champigny, Domaine des Roches Neuves, Thierry Germain

Loire Valley

“This is the most accessible cuvée for its suppleness and its silkiness.” Tufa soils give this wine its typicity. Half the wine goes through a pre-fermentation maceration (cold soak) for 5 days to refine the tannins and extract superior fruit characteristics. Look for dark, garnet color with an intense nose of red-berry fruits and a hint of cocoa. Gorgeous! The palate is mouth filling and deliciously accessible, packed with raspberries and chocolate notes.

• £34.40

2004 Chateau Des Annereaux, Lalande de Pomerol

Gironde 65% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon

This red is plush opulent and delicious. Supple fruity and easy to drink it would be easy to dismiss this wine as a lovely round claret. Nuances of spice leather and chocolate combine with lush fruit and silky tannins to provide depth and layers of flavours.

• £48.50

2005 Chateauneuf du Pape, Domaine Condorcet

Southern Rhone

Made from 70-80 year-old vines as well as the 100 year-old vines that would normally go into Renaissance, this has fantastic depth on the nose with wonderfully ripe red fruits and white pepper. The fruit is very generous on the palate, juicy but well structured with very full body and plenty of power.

• £58.25

2001 Hermitage Marquise de la Tourette, Delas

Rhone 100% Syrah

The grapes are hand-picked, picking dates varying according to the ripeness of each individual plot. The nose is powerful and complex, expressing blackberries, smoke, spices, leather and black olives. On the palate, the wine is firm but silky, with full body and a long, elegant finish.

• £62.00

1997 Sarget de Gruaud-Larose

St. Julien

There is a healthy dollop of Merlot (about 30%) in the blend. Traditionally Gruaud has been a rich chunky wine revealing a big mouthful of raw flavours: blackcurrants, plums, tar, leather, smoked beef and herbs. More recently it has become refined and less rustic.

• £64.95

2006 Volnay 1er Cru Rouge, Clos des Chenes, Domaine Rene Monnier

Burgundy

Volnay is an attractive small village in the Côte de Beaune district of Burgundy's Côte d'Or producing elegant red wines from the Pinot Noir grape. René Monnier's red wines are the epitome of fine Burgundy showing integrated oak and firm but fine tannins on the finish, demonstrating the balanced silky style of this house.

• £69.50

2006 Nuits St Georges Aux Saints Juliens, Domaine Guy & Yvan Dufouleur

Burgundy

High toned style of Nuits but with lots of character. Fresh summer fruits and a hint of earthy black cherry, vanilla and minerals. Compact, dry and serious in the mouth with ripeness of fruit but with a firm structure. This Wine has a good ripe length that stretches out the palate.

• £71.95

2004 Segla Margaux

Margaux

This wine is very bright with raspberry, cherry and liquorice; complex and very true gravel edge. It starts off soft, but builds to a gently creamy midpalate of good vinosity and a sappy-savoury edge. The tannins are ripe, well covered, and there is well balanced acidity. On the finish there is a wealth of lovely, vibrant fruit. Elegant and refined.

• £77.80

2005 Morey St Denis 1er Cru “Les Millandes” Domaine Heresztyn

Burgundy 100% Pinot Noir

Plenty of energy, vinosity and concentration here. The Morey-Saint-Denis 1er cru Les Millandes is one of the best we have tasted. This vivid ruby-red wine has a stunning bouquet of myrtle, blackberries, sloes and bramble not to mention floral notes of violets and jasmine, a sustained palate with exquisite finesse and length.

• £135.00

2009 El Tidon, Vino de la Tierra

Toledo, Spain 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Trempanillo

This Spanish Crianza is produced in the Tierra da Castilla in la Mancha region by Casa delle Valle. An outstanding blend of Spains best loved grapes produces this smooth, lightly oaked wine, typical of the region and what it is most loved for. The Wine has full fruit flavours of blackberry and vanilla with a soft and round finish.

• £19.70

2010 Malbec “Coleccion”, Michel Torino

Cafayate Valley, Argentina (Oaked)

Deeply purple in colour characterized by hints of plums, liquorice and pepper – nicely complements rich meat dishes. In fact, Malbec has become one of the 21st century’s “it” wines, so popular that it makes up about half of all wine made in Argentina.

• £23.95

2008 Klein Steenberg

Edoardo Villa, Western Cape, South Africa 60% merlot, 29% Cabernet Franc, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon

This easy drinking red wine is medium bodied with distinct ripe berry aromas, complemented by vanilla and gentle oaky tones. These aromas are carried through onto the palate creating a well-balanced, structured and rewarding wine.

• £29.95

2008 Dowie Doole Reserve Shiraz

McLaren Vale, Australia

Dowie Doole produces some of the highest quality Shiraz in Australia. The palate reveals excellent integration of fruit and cherry oak, full-bodied, mouthfilling flavours. Excellent structure with flavours of sweet plums, spice box and liquorice lingering on the long palate, leading to a smooth finish.

• £54.00

2009 Bladen Merlot/Malbec

Marlborough, New Zealand (Sustainable Wine) 50% Merlot, 50% Malbec

Bladen Wines has an exceptionally well regarded, talented and experienced winemaking team. Simon Waghorn and then Sam Smail along with Peter Jackson and Rowan Langdon have been hand crafting Bladen wines since the first vintage. The nose has Blackcurrant, cassis and cedar aromas with charry oak spice in the background. A full-bodied wine layered with a plump, fleshy structure. Dark berry fruit and spicy oak flavours.

• £55.50

2006 Prophets Rock Pinot Noir

Central Otago, New Zealand (Oaked)

A very successful newcomer to the burgeoning Central Otago wine scene. Rich boysenberry, dark cherry, floral and spice aromas give way to a smooth, dense, well structured palate. Here the rich aromatics are enhanced by its silky texture and fresh acidity adding structure before leading on to a long rich finish.

• £60.00

2000 La Rioja Alta, Viña Ardanza – Reserva

Labastida, Spain 80% Trempanillo, 20% Garnacha

The 30-year old Viña Ardanza estate, where most of the Tempranillo comes from, is in Fuenmayor, in the Rioja Alta district. This wine displays intense Flavours and is complex to the nose. Wild berry aromas predominate, full-bodied and well-structured to the palate, with silky and enveloping tannins. Long after-taste acquired from its lengthy time in bottle, where its elegant bouquet gains in intensity. This Viña Ardanza continues to evolve without losing its traditional qualities.

• £63.95

2009 Neudorf Nelson Pinot Noir

Nelson, New Zealand (Sustainable Wine)

One of New Zealand’s best value examples of Pinot Noir is Neudorf’s Tom’s Block 08. Bright crystal cut red in the glass. A generous wine with a deep complex nose of brambles and mocha. The tannins are fine and rich and spread through the wine. Oodles of flavour, a drop dead gorgeous texture and a slightly rustic edge to help it stand out in a crowd.

• £88.00

2006 Antica, Antinori

Napa Valley, California 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Piero Antinori's Napa Valley Cabernet project is definitely gaining steam with its latest release of the 2006 Cabernet. 100% Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon from Atlas Peak's 24-acre Townsend Vineyard, planted at an elevation of 1460 feet in the volcanic soil and its aged in new French oak barrels. The 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon offers pure, ripe Cabernet Sauvignon fruit centered on currant and unfolding to blackberry and black cherry flavors. The palate offers full bodied richness and power, with a persistent display of freshness in the smooth and lingering finish. An amazing Cab Sav.!

• £98.00