Lista de Vinos (Wine list)

Jerez (Sherry)

Sharpen up your appetite and excite your taste buds with a refreshing glass of Spain's archetypal aperitif wine while you choose what you're going to eat

Valdespino Manzanilla Delicosa
Dry, delicate and upbeat with a pronounced salty tang.

Valdespino Fino Inocente
Crisp, bone dry, and exceptionally fragrant

£14.95 per 37.5cl bottle or £3.75 per glass 7.5cl

House wines

We are delighted to offer you Old World and New World: the former straight forwardly European, the latter 'funkier' more obviously fruit driven and from Chile

Santiago Sauvignon Blanc 2009/10
Racy, lemony, zesty with upbeat tropical notes

Santiago Cabernet Sauvignon Rosado 2009/10 Vibrantly fruity and by no means dry

Santiago Merlot 2009
Dark, smooth and plummy with a hint of chocolate

whereas for those with more European tastes…

Navajas Rioja Blanco 2009
Dry, flavoursome, forthwright viura; with a firm lemony, apple character

Navajas Rioja Tinto 2009 Damson coloured and medium intense, with lively dark fruit and just a hint of oak

£15.75 per bottle £3.85 per glass 17.5cl

Vinos Blancos

Torres Viña Esmeralda 2009 (Penedès) £16.75
Lush, grapey, off dry Muscat/gewurztraminer

Navajas Blanco Crianza 2005/7 (Rioja) £18.25
This delicious, characterful, family produced, coconut scented, oak viura continues to hit the spot

Muga Blanco 2009 (Rioja) £20.55
Spare, uncomprimising, bone dry and flinty

Con Class Sauvignon Blanc 2009 (Rueda)£21.95 Richard Sanz continues to prove taht effusive, well made saw from Spain more than vies with the best!

Txomin Etxaniz 2007/8 (Chacolí de Getaria) £22.95
Light straw in colour with green highlights, this is crisp and vibrant with a minerally, citrus, and green apple character, excellent concentration and length

Albariño do Ferreiro Cepas Vellas (Rías Baixas) 2006/7 £25.95
An awesome, mouth-filling wine made by Gerardo Méndez and his daughter Encarna from a single plot of ungrafted vines that are over 200 years old. Broad and potently flavoured with a beautiful pure lemon character, overtones of tingly white pepper and a breathtaking finish

Viña Mein (Ribeiro) 2009 A marvellously fragrant offering made from a plethora of indigenous Galician varieties- Treixadura, Godello, Loureira, Albarino, Albilla and Lado - resulting in a super fragrant wine with the subtlety one would normally expect from Southern Italy or Alsace

Odysseus Garnacha Blanca (Priorato) 2009 £28.95

This full on, big, minerally offering from a producer seriously into Homer and the fortunes and advnetures of dear Ulysses, is a marvelous low-production wine akin to a Southern Rhone. Partner with big flavoured food and relish.

Vino Rosado

Inurrieta Mediodía 2007/8 (Navarra) £16.95
Vibrant, dry, but full-flavoured

Cava

Indigenous Spanish fizz - made from native grapes - by virtue of the warm climate is low in acidity and best drunk young in order to enjoy its freshness and delicacy

Gran Gesta Brut N.V. (Penedès) £18.25
Dry, fresh, and agreeably light

Gran Gesta Brut Rosado N.V. (Penedès) £19.25
Dry but fragrant and mouth filling given the Garnacha/Trepat blend which imbues it with an irrestible strawberry character.

Parxet Brut Reserva N.V. (Alella) £25.30
For those seeking more austerity, this admirable, bone dry offering comes from one of Catalonia's oldest, smallest, and most traditional fizz producers - celebrating its centenary in 2010

Vinos Tintos

La Copa Tempranillo (Campo de Borja) 2007/8 £15.95
Bright, red-fruit scented; lushly medium-bodied

Inurrieta Norte 2006 (Navarra) £16.95
This Cab-Merlot blend with 6 months in French oak oozes opulent black fruits, is elegant and intense

Navajas Crianza 2005/6/7 (Rioja) £19.75
Smooth dark plum and cherry fruits intermingle with gentle, fused chocolatey, vanilla scented oak (the result of some 18 months in new and used Virginia oak)

Blasón de San Juan Roble (Ribera del Duero) 2005/6 £20.50
Fragrant, strawberry-scented Tinto Fino with a pleasing, oaky edge and agreeably tingly finish. Medium intensity.

Tionio Crianza 2005 (Ribera del Duero) £25.50
This imposing, dark, violet-streaked cherry red continues to please: mature, spicy, with nicely integrated fruit, round tannins, good structure and backbone, and impressive length, it is a serious food wine

Navajas Tinto Reserva 2004 (Rioja) £24.95
Altogether more opulent than its younger Crianza brother, the 03 is lush, ripe and open; the follow-on 04 bigger, more concentrated and requiring more serious attention

Pago de Carrovejas Crianza (Ribera del Duero) 2005/6 £39.50
Dancier, and more approachable than its 04 predecessor - purple in colour, with toasty oak, spice box and mineral overtones, layers of black fruit, coffee and chocolate + ample, silky tannins: the imminent 06 is spikier and rather tight, so it will be decanted for you.

Should you be in search of fine and rare wines or older vintages beyond the realms of this list please ask for a copy of our special reserve list.