A GLASS OF CAVA, GIN & TONIC OR SHERRY IS A GRET WAY TO START…

6 O’clock gin & tonic, perfectly balanced for a moment of ‘ginspiration’ £4.50

 

SPARKLING / ESPUMOSO:

Cava Brut Nature NV Dominio de Tharsys (Valencia) – gls £3.95 / btl £21

Grapes: Macabeo/Parellada

Fresh with fine bubbles, clean floral notes and nice grassy aroma

 

2007 Cava Recaredo Brut Nature Gran Reserva (Alt Penedés) Biodynamic – btl £45

Grapes: 50% Xarel-lo, 38% Macabeo, 12% Parellada

One of the best Cavas made, Biodynamic, very focused & terroir driven

 

SHERRY / XERES:

Argueso, Las Medallas, Manzanilla, 75ml gls £3.50 / 375ml btl £15

Grapes: Palomino

A dry sherry and great food wine with nuts, olives and shellfish

 

Gutierrez Colosia, Fino, 75ml gls £4.50

Grapes: Palomino

Delicate almondy aroma, dry and light on the palate

 

Gobernador, Emilio Hidalgo, Oloroso, 75ml gls £4.50

Grapes: Palomino

Oloroso means fragrant. Dry, rich & complex. Great with Manchego

 

NPU, Romate, Amontillado, 75ml gls £5

Tawney brown, completely dry with a rich nutty flavour. Lovely with Jamon

 

2011 Casa Maria Verdejo (VdlT Castilla-León) – gls £4.20 / btl £15.95

Grapes: 100% Verdejo

A grape grown almost exclusively in the Rueda region. Delicately fragrant with hints of green apple and fennel

 

2010 Alquezar Blanco (D.O. Somontano) – gls £4.75 / btl £19

Grapes: Macabeo/Chardonnay/Gewurztraminer

Dry, smooth & fresh with well balanced fruit to acidity and a

surprisingly long finish with a background of aromatic herbs

 

2011 Fuenteseca (D.O. Utiel-Requena) Organic – gls £5.50 btl £22

Grapes: Macabeo / Sauvignon Blanc

Fresh, dry white, crisp and clean with some tropical fruit

 

2010 Brezo Blanco, Bodegas Mengoba (D.O. Bierzo) Organic – btl £23

Grapes: Doña Blanca / Godello

Soft textured with good body, baked apple with a long honey finish

 

2008 A & A Blanco, Bodegas Martinez Laorden (D.O. Rioja) – btl £29

Grapes: 80% Viura / 15% Malvasia / 5% Garnacha

Vibrant passion fruit & pineapple followed by a dry finish with subtle oak

 

2009 Blancas Nobles, Bodegas Barranco Oscuro (Granada) Organic / Natural – btl £31

Grapes: 80% Vigiriega, remainder made up of Riesling, Albariño, Viognier, Verdhelo

A natural wine from the highest vineyard in mainland Europe. The unique conditions give the wine good acidity, minerality and character

 

2011 O Rosal, Bodegas Terras Gauda (D.O. Rías Baixas) – btl £32

Grapes: Albariño / Caiño Blanco / Loureiro

Bracing aromatic nose suggestive of citrus fruits, lovely bright attack in the mouth, very fresh, broadening out into peach kernel, apple and pink grapefruit with a clean persistent medium-bodied finish

 

ROSE / ROSADO:

2010 Vacceos Rosado, Agrícola Castellana (D.O. Rueda) – gls £4.25 / btl £17

Grapes: 100% Tempranillo

Great value for a Rueda wine. Modern & fruity

 

2011 Tremendus Rioja Clarete, Bodegas Honorio Rubio (D.O.C. Rioja) – btl £21

Grapes: 50% Garnacha, 50% Viura

Bone dry and fresh with subtle red fruit flavours and a pleasant creaminess from lees ageing. A sort of Spanish equivalent to Provence pink

 

REDS / TINTOS:

2010 Albizu Tempranillo – Spain – gls £4.20 / £15.95

Grapes: 100% Tempranillo

Soft, juicy & gluggable

 

2010 Gran Cerdo, Gonzalo Gonzalo (Fuenmayor) Biodynamic – btl £19

Grapes: Tempranillo with a little Graciano

With it’s cherry-red, purplish, brilliant colour Gran Cerdo reveals primary notes of fresh fruit, strawberries, raspberries cherries & violets with clean mineral tones

 

2008 Moristel, Bodegas Pirineos (D.O. Somontano) – gls £5.25 / btl £21

Grapes: 100% Moristel

The only 100% Moristel wine in the world, similar in style and body to a Beaujolais with ripe peach, cherry jam, toast, plums, cinnamon and balsamic notes

 

2007 Bodegas Pittacum Mencía (D.O. Bierzo) – btl £29

Grapes: 100% Mencía

8 months on oak giving smokiness with hints of coffee. Awesome!

 

2000 Partal, Bodegas Balcona (D.O. Bullas) Organic – btl £38

Grapes: 65% Monastrel with some Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Tempranillo and Merlot

Complex nose of red fruits combined with herby notes, forest floor, mushrooms, pepper and prunes

 

2009 Algueira Merenzao (D.O. Ribeira Sacra) – btl £48

Grapes: 100% Merenzao

Tastes like great pinot noir. Savoury, truffles

 

RIOJAS:

2009 Montesc, Bodega Classica (Rioja Alta) – gls £5.25 / btl £22

Grapes: Tempranillo (with a little Graciano)

All the silky softness you would expect from a Crianza but much juicier and with more red fruit flavour. A perfect introduction to the reds from Rioja

 

2009 Hacienda Grimon, Crianza (D.O.C. Rioja) Organic – btl £30

Grapes: 85% Tempranillo / 10% Garnacha / 5% Graciano

Ripe tannins & fresh acidity balance the richness of the fruit which result in an elegant & classy Rioja, a serious Crianza & a cut above most others

 

1998 Urbina Reserva Especial (D.O.C. Rioja) Organic – btl £50

An old style classic Rioja. Light in colour, delicate, almost like tasting old red Burgundy. Old vines & long aging give this wine a long, long finish

 

BEERS:

Estrella Damm (4.6%) half £1.95, continental 330ml £2.30, pint £3.90

Alhambra Reserva (6.4%) 330ml £3.90

Bristol Beer Factory Milk Stout (4.5%) 500ml £3.90

Bristol Beer Factory Southville Hop (6.5%) 500ml £3.90

Camden Town Brewery Wheat (5%) 330ml £3.90

Camden Town Brewery American Pale Ale (4.9%) 330ml £3.90

Estrella Damm Inedit by Ferran Adrià & El Bulli (4.8%) 750ml £12

Astton Press Cider (4.8%) 500ml £3.90

 

SOFT DRINKS:

Cola / Diet / Lemonade £1.50

Hill Farm Cloudy Apple Juice, £2.50

Fever Tree Ginger Ale, £2.50

Fever Tree Lemonade £2.50

Belu Sparkling Water, £2.50

Orchard Pig Deeply Rooted, £2.90

Big Tom, £2.90

Elderflower Cordial, £1.50

 

COFFEE: / CAFÉ

Con leche £2.20

Cortado £2

Americano £1.80

Solo £1.80

 

WE HAVE A GREAT RANGE OF BRANDY, WHISKEY OR RUM TO FINISH…