Fine Dining in Medieval Dunster

Wine List

Whites

1) Reeves House Sec -France -12.5%  £12.50

A blend of Ugnic blanc and Semillon, fresh crisp dry from the

heart of Gascony.

2) Reeves Chardonnay Colombard -Australia-12.5% £12.50

A delightful style from down under. Good fruit with soft overtones.

3) Hacienda del Rey Sauvignon - Chile-13% £15.00

Good style. Soft gooseberry.

4) Millberg Cellars Rose –S. Africa-14.5% £16.95

Medium with ripe fruit, very quaffable.

5) Kreuznacher Kronenberg Kabinett Nahe -Germany- 8% £14.00

Fresh clean medium wine from the Riesling grape.

6) Pouilly Fuissé Caves des Crus Blancs - Burgundy-13% £29.50

Dry, full flavoured and buttery. Classic Fuisse from a top class producer.

7) Sancerre Vacheron Les Roches - Loire-13% £35.00

Rich, full flavoured steely wine from one of the best producers. Top quality.

8) Muscadet Sur Lie Domaine de La Moutonnière - loire-12% £16.00

Nice balance of fruit and refreshing acidity with well developed yeasty

character from the lees.

9) Pouilly Fumé Les Griottes Domaine Bailly - France - 12.5% £28.95

A more delicate style Sauvignon. Steely gooseberry style, elegant and fresh.

10) Chablis Beauroy 1er Cru - France-13% £29.00

Excellent, full flavoured style, steely, long and well balanced.

The Naulin family make correct, stylish wines which deserve praise.

11) Lantana Chardonnay Semillon - Australia - 12.5% £15.50

Fresh zingy fruit lifted by toasty oak, benchmark Chardonnay Semillon.

12) Old Coach Road Sauvignon Blanc - New Zealand -12.4% £23.95

Lovely fresh exuberant Sauvignon with bags of character.

This is so classic New Zealand Sauvignon.

13) Hollicks Chardonnay - South Australia-14% £27.50

Well structured wine with good fruit levels but not overoaked.

Very burgundian and classy.

14) Millberg Cellars Chenin Blanc - South Africa -13% £14.00

From the Franschhoek Cooperative, Millberg produces one of

the best Chenins. Clean, well made with hints of melon and citrus.

15) Pinot Grigio Cantina di Custoza Garda - Italy -12.5% £18.75

Delicious, fresh very well made wine from this exemplary producer.

Floral, elegant, fruity and dry.

16) Gavi DOCG Casa Martelletti -Italy -12% £22.50

Very fresh, complex wine with good weight and extract.

Long clean finish. One of the great white wines of Italy.

17) Brampton Viognier-South Africa-15.5% £22.50

Medium weight, expressive, nervy tasty wine.

Rose

18) St Martin de la Garrigue - Languedoc -13.5% £17.95

Delightful fresh salmon pink wine with plenty of fruit and a crisp finish.

Sparkling

19) Prosecco Colli Trevigiani San Simone -Italy-11% £19.90

Soft dry easy to drink Italian fizz. Very good aperitif wine

Methode Traditionnelle Rose

20) Touraine Traditionnelle James Paget -12% £24.50

Delightful fresh rosé with a taste of fresh strawberries and a long finish.

Champagne

21) Blanche Lepage N.V.-13% £39.00

Clean, fresh lively style with a good fresh bouquet and good mousse.

22) Cuvee de Redempteur Claude Dubois 1993 - £12% £59.00

Fabulous vintage Champagne from an excellent Chateau.

Reds

23) Reeves House Rouge - France - 12.5% £12.50

A blend of Cabernet, Merlot and the native grape Tannat.

Good soft round fruit from the Gers.

24) Reeves Shiraz Cabernet - Australia - 13% £12.50

A good Aussie blend with nice depth and weight.

25) Ch La Tuilerie du Puy Bordeaux Superior - France -13.% £18.50

Tucked away in south Bordeaux this petit Chateau has produced

consistency over the years. A well made, fruity Merlot dominated claret.

26) Ch Clos du Roy Cuvée Arthur, Fronsac - France-12.5% £30.00

This is extremely good quality wine with complex flavours and a long finish.

27) Mount Edward Pinot Noir -New Zealand -13.8% £55.25

Classic super-Burgundian Pinot from this up and coming cold climate region of

New Zealand.

28) Coriole Sangiovese Shiraz McLaren Vale -Western Australia - 14% £23.95

Lovely ripe fruit blend with plenty of astringent Sangiovese showing through.

29) Zinfandel Montevina - USA-14% £18.95

Ripe soft brambly fruit with spice and a good balance of tannins and acidity.

30) Rustenberg John X Merriman Cab Merlot Malbec -Sth Africa-15% £29.95

Big, complex full flavoured wine in the claret style with cedar notes and cassis fruit.

31) Otonal Rioja -Spain-12.5% £15.00

This is Rioja without the oak. However it is exceptionally smooth

and balanced on the finish.

32) Laguna de la Nava Gran Reserva Valdepenas - Spain-12.5% £20.00

Not unlike its great neighbour, Rioja, this region can offer so much more.

Very rich smooth and long with figgy vanilla fruit and good balance of oak.

33) Bentivigolio -Italy-12.5% £23.50

This Super Tuscan is mainly Sangiovese like its Chianti cousin but has

an extra dimension of richness that puts it into another class.

34) Cranefield Borrosa Shiraz - Australia -13.5% £21.50

This is what Shiraz is all about. Packed fuit, flavours and bags of weight,

without it being too heavy. Classic early aussie style.

35) Anakena Pinot Noir - Chile -14% £19.00

Classic Chilean Pinot with soft fruit and mineral character, long soft finish.

36) Neil Joubert Pinotage - South Africa -13.5% £16.95

Crammed with sweet raspberry fruit, with an underlying weight making it more

complex than normal for this type of wine. The finish is long and full.

37) Brampton Shiraz Viognier - South Africa-14% £25.00

Fantastic smooth ripe fruited syrah with the 3% viognier

lifting it into Hermitage territory. A deserved medal winner.

38) Estepa Reserve Malbec - Argentina-14.5% £28.50

Smooth, layered complex wine with oak and fruit in perfect harmony.

This is as fine example of Patagonian winemaking as you could hope to find.

Halve Bottles 

39) Dr L Riesling Qba Dr Loosen Mosel -Germany-9.5% £11.00

Lovely fresh style Mosel.

40) McGuigan Brothers Chardonnay - Australia - 13% £11.00

Not too oaky Hunter Valley Chardonnay.

41) Chablis -France -12.5% £16.50

A good Old world classic.

42) Sancerre Vacheron -France -13% £17.80

Top of its range almost organic Sauvignon.

Red

43) Rioja Anares Crianza - Spain - 12.5% £11.00

Very smooth with a touch of vanilla.

44) McGuigan Brothers Shiraz - Australia - 13.5% £11.00

Good rich not too heavy Shiraz.

45) Clos du Roy Fronsac - France -13% £16.00

Merlot dominated with ripe fruit.

Champagne

46) Claude Dubois Halves NV - France - 12% £20.00

Who could resist a glass of bubbly? Any excuse!

Pudding

47) Muscat de Rivesaltes - France -16% £3.60(100ml) £16.50

A blend of two Muscat grapes that produces a wine that is rich in

fruit and flavour, yet not too sweet. Delicious!