85, Church Street, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2AE.
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winelist
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Here are our red wines:
AUSTRALIA. JACOB'S CREEK CAB/SHIRAZ. 11.50
Britain’s top-selling red wine - very smooth.
SUTTER HOME MERLOT 2004. 12.00
Softly fruity, rather than weighty; a California success.
NORTON MALBEC 2004. 12.00
Nice bit of fruit and weight together here, and value too. The top grape from Argentina.
BEELGARA SHIRAZ 2004. 12.50
Typically bold structured Aussie. But the character shouts fresh fruitiness too.
SANTA CRISTINA 2004. (ANTINORI) 12.50HALF: 6.80
Nice, structured Tuscan red from a top Italian name.
LOS VASCOS CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2004. 14.00
Clean, dry fruity claret style, coming from the Lafite-Rothschild estate in Chile.
MOUNTADAM BAROSSA SHIRAZ 2003. 14.50
Deep-flavoured dry red that is typical Oz value. A new venture by this Western Australia star.
PATA NEGRA GR. RESERVA 1997. 14.50
With Riojas getting more expensive, this award-winning wine, from Valdepeñas in Central Spain, is a bargain for a traditional, ripe, mature, oaky red. A long-time regular on this list.
MONTEVINA ZINFANDEL 2000. 15.00
The native grape of California giving a strong wine but with a characteristic bright berry fruitiness; goes well with spices.
ERRAZURIZ CABERNET SAUVIGNON2002. 15.00HALF: 8.00
Smooth dry claret style from Chile.
COTES-DU-RHONE 2003. (VIDAL-FLEURY) 16.00 HALF: 8.50
Fruity, but solid, showing the quality of a famous grower, Marcel Guigal, who owns the Vidal-Fleury estates.
PALO ALTO MERLOT 2003. HALF: 8.00
Another smooth red from Chile’s top grape.
WOLF BLASS CABERNET SAUVIGNON2004. 15.50
Well-known Aussie. Quality red, smooth and oozy.
RED PADDOCK SHIRAZ 2003. 16.00HALF: 8.50
Lovely spicy varietal character from South Australia.
MARQUES DE CACERES RIOJA TINTO2003. 16.50HALF: 8.80
Gently oaky, modern Spanish rioja, but with a distinct Bordeaux style. The bodega is French owned.
LUIGI BOSCA MERLOT 2000. 17.00
Argentina is the world’s fourth largest wine producer. We should drink more. Big, fruity character with the meaty quality you would expect from one of the great carnivorous nations.
DROMANA ESTATE PINOT NOIR 2002. 18.50
Bright, soft and fruity wine from Victoria, Australia. Really tasting of the grape.
IRONSTONE ZINFANDEL 2002. 18.50
One of Australia’s few zin’s is extraordinarily powerful with over 15 degrees alcohol. If you like a really meaty red, this is it.
GROVER VINEYARDS “LA RESERVE” 2002. 19.00
Michel Rollin, a famous French wine-maker, supervises here, making a lovely rich-flavoured shiraz/cabernet red. It comes from Bangalore. But its on the list for quality, not just novelty!
CHATEAU LA TOUR ST.-BONNET 1998. 19.50
Smooth quality claret from this respected Crû Bourgeois. Not expensive for the quality.
MERCUREY PREMIER CRU 2002(MARECHEL). 22.00
Soft fruit, flavoursome red burgundy from the Côtes Chalonnaise.
PENNY’S HILL McLAREN VALE SHIRAZ 2000. 25.00
Big, meaty, and very fine; won a GOLD medal in the WINE Challenge. The shiraz grape (a.k.a. syrah) gives Australia's best reds. Note how they imitated our logo style!
CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE DOMAINE GRAND TINEL 1998. 26.00
This Châteauneuf-du-Pape estate is a real star. Softly mature, but plenty of body.
