The River Rat Wine List
Sparkling & Champagne
Prosecco di Conegliano, Azienda Agricola Bellenda NV
clean, fresh & elegant with persistent bubbles
Glass (125ml) £4.75
Bottle £24.95
Jean-Paul Deville Carte Noire NV
lush – a feel-good champagne!
Glass (125ml) £7.95
Bottle £45.95
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs NV
an intense nose with notes of citrus fruits Bottle £120.00
Philipponnat Rosé NV
light, delicate, displaying a charming vibrancy of red fruits
Bottle £90.00
Kir
your choice of white wine by the glass with that special Crème de Cassis twist
Glass (125ml) £4.75
Kir Royale
Crème de Cassis & bubbles. What more is there to say ?!
£8.25
''I am not fond, for every day at least, of racy, heady wines
that diffuse a potent charm and have their own particular
flavour. What I like best is a clean, light, modest country
vintage of no special name. One can carry plenty of it
and it has a good and homely flavour of the land,
the earth, sky and woods.''
(Steppenwolf)
"The barrel can only yield the wine that's in it."
(Corsican Prover)
Rosé Wine
2008 Pinot Grigio Rosa Bianco, Casa Vinicola Botter
pinot grigio plus merlot and there you have it!
Glass (175ml) £4.25
Bottle £16.50
2008 Côtes de Provence Rosé 'Cuveé Elégance', Domaine de Tamary (biodynamic)
a bouquet of red berry fruits, a blend of Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan & Syrah
Bottle £22.95
2008 'Les Galets' Rosé, Château Mourgues du Grès
'les galets' are the large stones on the vineyard slopes that heat up by day & release their heat by night – perfect for ripening
Bottle £22.95
2008 Montepulciano Rosato, Gianni Masciarelli
delicious pearly pink wine, perfect with anti-pasti
Bottle £19.95
Dessert Wine
2006 Monbazillac “Jour de Fruit”(37.5cl)
one of the world's great sweet wines would give top Sauternes a run for
it’s money
Bottle £16.50
2006 Banyuls Rimage “Les Clos de Paulilles” (50cl)
made predominantly from Grenache Noir has summer pudding and mocha flavours
Bottle £24.95
Clarissa was passing me the bottle...a 1987 Daumas Gassac.
This was the moment, this was it. The pinprick on the time map.
(Enduring love – Ian McEwan)
I told my wife that men, like wine, improve with age......
…so she locked me in the cellar
(Rodney Dangerfield)
Red Wine
2007 Le Lesc Rouge, Vin de Pays du Gers
a blend of Tannat, Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon
Glass (175ml) £3.50
Bottle £13.95
2007 Merlot Vin de Pays de l'Hérault, Domaine de Moulines
well- balanced fruity wine with easy tannins & a bright acidity
Glass (175ml) £4.25
Bottle £17.95
2007 Good Hope Shiraz, Stellenbosch, SA
plenty of natural ripeness, refreshing acidity & a lick of spice
Glass (175ml) £3.75
Bottle £15.95
2008 Nordoc Cabernet Sauvignon, Stéphane Vedeau
a touch of clove-edged bitterness & Languedoc herbs
Glass (175ml) £3.75
Bottle £15.95
2005 Promised Land Shiraz Cabernet, Wakefield, Australia
the fruit quality is fully expressed – spectacular value
Bottle £24.95
2007/08 Navajas Tinto, Bodegas Navajas (oaked)
from a small family-run bodega, this is a lively, rosehip scented quaff
Bottle £18.95
2008 Vina Albergada Rioja (unoaked)
really juicy, a cut above Rioja jovens
Glass (175ml) £3.95
Bottle £16.95
2007/08 Carmenere El Grano, Rapel Valley, Chile
the nose expresses greenery in abundance, capsicum, green beans & mint pea
Bottle £18.95
2008 Côtes du Rhone, Domaine de Chapoton
Syrah dominated alongside Grenache & Mourvedre, lively & fruity with silky ripe tannins
Bottle £21.95
Half a Bottle £12.25
2005/06 Lussac St Emilion, Château La Claymore
a highly respected Bordeaux, dark & chunky with a good grip
Bottle £34.00
Half a Bottle £17.95
2006 Chianti dei Colli Senesi, Cantine Vittorio Innocente
a meaty style with spicy red cherry & herby flavours....a little belter!
Bottle £24.95
2007 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Frentano, Cantina Sociale Frentana
bold, fruity with an all-over chocolatey finish
Bottle £17.95
Hidden Treasures
2008 Fleurie, Domaine du Calvaire
floral aromas – perfect with bird of any feather!
Bottle £29.95
2003 Châteauneuf du Pape, Cuvée des Sommeliers, Domaine Jacques
Mestre, a superlative vintage with a mahogany smoothness derived from maturity
Bottle £49.95
2002 Graves Chateau Trebiac
from an estate located in a forest, this is a piney wine! a blend of Merlot,
Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc
Bottle £27.95
2006 Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Domaine Heresztyn
'the first duty of wine is to be red...the second is to be a Burgundy!'
Bottle £36.95
2006 Waipara Pinot Noir, Danny Schuster, NZ (organic)
generous, sweet-fruited & savoury from Danny Schuster, the Godfather of Pinot Noir!
Bottle £49.95
2008 Malbec La Secreto, Colchagua, Chile
christmas cake & leather – honestly!!!
Bottle £24.95
White Wine
2008 Le Lesc Blanc, Vin de Pays du Gers
light, extremely fruity & refreshing
Glass (175ml) £3.50
Bottle £13.95
2008 Good Hope Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch, SA
rich, spicy & honeyed
Glass (175ml) £3.75
Bottle £15.95
2008 Sauvignon de Touraine, Domaine Guy Allion
the palate is filled with gooseberry fool infused with elderflower & hints of summer fruit
Glass (175ml) £4.75
Bottle £19.95
2008 Chardonnay, Casa Azul Rapel Valley, Chile
hints of apricot, melon & nectarine, soft & round in the mouth
Glass (175ml) £3.50
Bottle £14.50
2008 Pinot Grigio, Trefili, Casa Vinicola Botter
really fruity & does the job!
Glass (175ml) £4.25
Bottle £16.50
2008 Chablis, Gérard Tremblay
unoaked from 10-30 year old vines, a fine wine with a profound mineral nose
Bottle £27.95
Half Bottle £15.50
2007/08 Framingham Sauvignon Blanc, NZ
a dry wine with refreshing acidity, has pungent passionfruit & grapefruit aromas
Bottle £24.95
2008 Albarino, Abadia San Campio, Bodegas Terras Gauda
100% Albarino with citrus, grapefruit, pineapple & mandarin flavours
Bottle £29.95
2007 Sancerre Gérard Fiou
very crisp, clean & racy on the palate
Bottle £29.95
2008 Gavi Di Tassarolo, 'La Fornace' Azienda Bergaglio
really fresh & floral, great with a sea food dish
Bottle £23.95
2008 Réserve de Gassac Blanc, Domaine Mas Daumas Gassac
the primary pearfruit Viognier aromas melt into the wine, treat it with reverence
Bottle £19.95
Hidden Treasures
2006 Puligny-Montrachet, Domaine Patrick Miolane
this wine dances on the palate with amazing acidity
Bottle £62.00
2006/07 Pouilly Fumé, Domaine des Berthiers
rich & fruity with a touch of grapefruit & red apple
Bottle £35.95
2008 Riesling, Albert Mann (organic)
a musky taste of apple, pear & mandarin – a 'vin de fruit'
Bottle £29.95
NV Evolution 12th Edition, Sokol Blosser, Oregon (organic)
a blend of nine grape varieties – with snap, spice & zing!
Bottle £29.95
2001 Webbsland, Hampshire, England
a dry, clean & crisp blend of bacchus, wurtzer & reichensteiner grapes
Bottle £19.95
2008 Webbsland Fumé, Hampshire, England
a blended, medium body wine with a subtle creamy oak character
Bottle £25.95
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