Reserve list - ( this is a sample, elements change frequently)
Cellar Reserve
Champagne and Sparkling Wines
Vintage Champagne Brut AOC
Fleury, France, 1995 (bio) (v)
Gold medal at the Decanter world wine awards Stunning, savoury, complex with long lasting fruits.
Vintage Champagne Extra Brut AOC
Fleury, France, 1995 (bio) (v)
90%% Pinot Nior 10% chardonnay
This no-dosage Champagne lives up to its Extra Brut label, beautifully crisp and dry with lively citrus peel and ripe yellow apple flavours with a very long finish. This is definitely for those who like it very dry, not a champagne for the faint-hearted.
Biodynamic Trophy International Wine Challenge 2011
Albet i Noya, Brut 21, Cava DO
Spain (v) magnum only
This is the estates top cuvee offering a fresh and silky texture that sets
it apart from traditional Cava’s.
White Wines
Chenin Blanc, Te Arai, Milton
Gisborne, New Zealand, 2009/10 (bio)
A flagship wine from one of our favourite makers ,fresh pineapple and
honey aromas excellent balance and a refreshing intensity , with a soft lingering finish
Grüner Veltliner, Fumberg Reserve
Soellner, Wagram, Austria, 2009 (v)
A lavish ripe style, with a good minerality, zesty, spicy and a
refreshing fruit complexity. Perfect food wine, with a concentrated finesse
Pouilly Fume - Domaine du Bouchot
Loire, France, 2010 (v)
Intense concentrated flavours, world class Sauvignon.
DOC Soave Superiore - Pieve Vecchia
Fasoli Gino, Veneto, Italy, 2010 (v)
Not your usual Soave, oak aged, very rich. Flavours of ripe apricots and
toasted pannetone but very balanced.
St-Joseph Blanc - Les Granits, M.Chapoutier,
N. Rhone France, 2006 (bio) (v)
Old Marsanne vines from very steep granite slopes .. Golden yellow in colour with touches of honeysuckle and lily on the nose. A well balanced, very harmonious wine with hints of spice developing into mellowed honey. With low acidity it’s all about the texture.
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Cellar Reserve
Red Wines
AOC Morgon- Cru Beaujolais ‘Les Charmes’ Chasselay,
France, 2009 (v)
Top of the range barrel aged Gamay, with deep black cherry and raspberry flavours.
Made by new wave winemakers from an excellent vintage.
Chateauneuf du Papes AC Pierre Andre
Rhône, France, 2005(v)
Mourvèdre, Grenache, Syrah from very old vines, a great vintage packed with
intense ripe fruit.
Côtes de Bourg AOC, Chateau La Grolet,
Bordeaux, France, 2009 (bio) (v)
Predominantly Merlot, smidgeon of Cabernet Sauvignon. Rich without heaviness.
Coyam- Emiliana Organico, Colhagua Valley
Chile, 2007 (bio) (v)
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot, Carmenère, Syrah and Mourvèdre Great depth and breadth of flavour, with blackberry and dark cherry fruit aromas, a powerful wine but with the freshness to balance
Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG,
Tenuta La Gabbiola, Fattoria San Michele a Torri, Italy 2007 (v)
Top of the range Chianti, intense plum, prune and black cherry Sangiovese and
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pinot Noir Milton Clos St Anne,
Gisborne, New Zealand, 2007/09/10 (v) (bio)
An elegant style of pinot with real complexity , lovely nose of cherry , herb and spice
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