Wines by the Glass

Code 33
La Bastille – Rose 2015 – South of France
Light salmon pink in colour with aromas of fresh red fruits. Strawberry & raspberry flavours, zesty, mineral, crisp finish. Well made, refreshing and easy drinking.

Code 36
Bodega Partida Creus, Tarragona 2016 – Spain Organic
Stupendous rose! Made from the rare Cartoixa Vermell grape. Its taken me 3 years of searching for a complex light rose with a sensible price tag!! Light pink, dry with notes of orange peel, cinnamon, wild strawberry with a saline minerality. In a word, beguiling.

Code 100
La Bastille – 2016 – France
Uni Blanc and Colombard blend. Classic southern French wine, fragrant fruit with orange blossom nose. Nice weight of rich fruit, peaches and greengages, lovely acidity with crisp mineral finish.

Code 124
Amalaya – Torrentes Riesling 2017- Chile
Gold Medal Decanter Magazine. The nose offers a beguiling mix of pineapples and grapes. Inviting jasmine and crisp peach flavours meld with an attractive mouthfeel. Superbly made, with splendid varietal characters. One glass of this won’t be enough!

Code 173
Legato, Inzolia 2016 – Sicily
Like Pinot Grigio – try this indigenous Inzolia grape 6from Italy. Lovely fresh aromatic white flowers. Light crisp and fresh on the palate.

Code 138
Crossings Estate-Marlborough-Sauvignon Blanc-New Zealand 2016
A complex wine with an abundance of delicate passion fruit, melon and fruit aromas. Great herbaceous undertones. Rich and full, with flavours of ripe fruits and gooseberry. Very well made, pure and full of finesse.

Code 254
La Bastille – Carignan – Languedoc – 2016 France
Soft & harmonious, medium bodied, classic Carignan grape plummy fruit.

Code 260
Ciello Rosso – 2017 – Sicily. Organic
100% handpicked Nero d’Avola grapes made in modern stainless steel, no oak. Lovely plummy fresh flavors, great perfumed nose, very Italian cherry fruit.

Code 225
DoMoulin de Gassac – Pinot Noir 2016 – France
A brilliantly inexpensive Pinot Noir from an iconic producer.
Complex and delicate nose typical of Pinot noir, full of candied cherry, and an edge of savoury mushroom. Mouthwatering on the palate, deliciously juicy with an abundance of fruit. Beautiful acidity and freshness on the finish mixed with soft tannins

Code 256
Bodegas Benito Urbina, Rioja Crianza 2008
This excellent Crianza is predominantly Tempranillo with a little Graziano and Mazuelo and spends 12 months in used French American oak A dark cherry-red in colour. On the nose scents of blackcurrants and plums with a little leather. On the palate, approachable and well-structured with a smooth texture. The finish is persistent with damson notes and a touch of mint.  Perfect with lamb.

Code 876C
Claus Preisinger, Puszta Libre, Austria 2016
A blend of Zweigelt and Blaufrankisch, reminds me of Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc.

Macerated cherries with cocoa and spice nose – liquid Black Forest gâteau. Floral red fruits. Lip smacking acidity on the palate, as if Morello cherries were sliced with lemon and then dusted in very dark cocoa. Fresh and lightly chewy tannins. Lovely.