House White - House Red - White Wines - Red Wines - Champagnes and Sparking Wines - Bistro Cellar

House Whites

The Lizard Sauvignon Blanc, 2006/07      
Classic Sauvignon nose with ripe gooseberry characters yet with added roundness and ripeness from these Vin de Pays d'Oc sourced grapes.Crisp and dry with a lovely finish. From Paul Boutinot, Languedoc-Roussillon

Orange Street Chenin Blanc 2006/7, South Africa     
A fresh, dry and crisp wine. Youthful with balanced light acidity, soft melon and peach flavours and a background of citrus fruits

The Lizard Chardonnay, 2006/07     
A fine example of a French, full bodied and rich unoaked chardonnay, with zingy tropical fruit characters and a creamy, well balanced, rounded texture.

House Reds

The Lizard Shiraz, 2006/07     
A delicious full bodied red from the parched slopes of the Languedoc where the coolest (and hottest) lizards in France bask in the sun between Syrah vines. Red berries, a touch of spice and supple tannins.

Orange Street Cabernet/Merlot 2005, South Africa     
Deep ruby and dark red, soft and rounded flavours with individuality and good depth. Soft black cherry with a hint of plum and red berries. Balanced finnish with a hint of tannin.

The Lizard Pink Shiraz, 2006/07     
A lively wine with fresh, red fruit flavours, lingering floral and berry aromas and a lip smacking-dry finish. Lovely with fish and summer salads.

White Wines

Brampton Un-oaked Chardonnay 2006, South Africa     £18.50
Typical aromas are poached pears, white peach, melon and ginger spice. These are complimented by a well constructed palate which is rich and full flavoured.

Domaine Roc de Chateauvieux Touraine Sauvignon Blanc, 2006     £18.90
Lovely aromas of gooseberry with citrus notes, the palate is floral with citrus fruits and clean refreshing acidity on the finish.

Muscadet de Sevre et Maine Sur lie 2007 – Domaine Brouardiere     £16.60
Dry and yeasty with a creamy softness and just a slight prickle on the tongue. Delicious with seafood

D'Arenberg Hermit Crab Marsanne Viognier 2005/6 - McLaren Vale , Australian     £24.20
The Hermit Crab exhibits fresh and tropical fruit with, pineapple, mango and honeysuckle The youthful palate is immediately luscious with those tropical fruits, honeysuckle and stone fruit flavours balanced by fresh grapefruit and light butter tastes.

Pinot Grigio 2006 Botegga Vinai, Trentino, Italy.     £21.50
This straw-coloured Pinot Grigio is rich and round with distinct floral notes on the nose. On the palate it shows honeyed, nutty flavours balanced by crisp, lemony acidity. A top-notch Pinot Grigio.

Sancerre Les Comtesse Chavignol 2006     £29.50
This wine is produced from one of the best villages in Sancerre. A typical pungent nose of gooseberry and fresh fruit, with clean well defined flavours that linger on the palate.

Saint-Aubin Ier Cru 2003 Murges des Dents de Chein Gerard Thomas     £38.60
Little known neighbour of Chassagne Montrachet. This premier cru is deliciously full flavoured and rich from the wonderful 2002 vintage. Nutty and complex this wine is the equal to many of its more expensive neighbours.

Chablis Simmont-Febvre 2005/06      £27.90
Classical Chablis, from this highly respected producer(owned by Louis Latour). A little fuller than some Chablis, dry- medium bodied, fresh and flinty with citrus fruit. Clean and refreshing.

Pinot Bianco Alois Lageder 2006/7, Alto Adige, Italy     £23.75
Brilliant straw yellow colour with a green tint. Very fine, fruity (apples, peaches), forward varietal aroma. Pronounced, clean, elegant, grapey flavour, light to medium-bodied with a fresh mouth-watering finish

Red wines

Coriole Shiraz Sangiovese 2003/4, Australia     £22.50
Lovely ruby red hues and a nose with liquorice, molasses and distinct sweet red cherry. Black cherry/berry show up on the front of the palate and then the wine gets dark and savoury with delicious chocolate and earthy flavours highlighted with cedar notes. A lovely, long, lingering finish.

Wild Rock Gravel Pit 2005, New Zealand     £24.50
An unashamedly gutsy, earthly, crow-black blend of Merlot, Cabernet and Cabernet Franc with masses of minerally extract, dark, forthright fruit and extruded, clarety tannins. Fine stuff from the highly-flavoured Hawke’s Bay Gravel. Rich, warm and flavoured red.

Cotes de Beaune Village Louis Jadot 2005/6     £31.00
The Côte de Beaune Villages is a good intermediary between regional Burgundy and Crus wines. The Louis Jadot cuvee is mainly from Chorey les Beaune and Ladoix. Offering bright red berry fruits and cherries, the 1999 vintage is drinking superbly.

Fleurie 2006/7 Cuvee L'Ancienne     £21.90
Extremely versatile red wine - will go with spicy dishes, like curry or with gamey meat dishes. Even goes well with plain grilled white fish Ripe red fruit flavours with hints of strawberry and morello cherries. Full and firm grip on finish.

Vega del Rayo Rioja Seleccionada 2005/6, Spain     £15.90
A delicious modern Rioja with a deep colour and ripe plum and cherry fruit aromas. Richly flavoured and substantial with fruit dominant and a smoky, spicy dimension from six months in oak. Brilliant quality and exceptional value.

Montepulciano D’Abruzzo 2003 Conviviale      £17.50
A deeply coloured and robust red with warm, spicy aromas and hints of plum and dried fruits.The palate is richly flavoured with dry, lightly smokey notes at the beginning followed by concentrated dark and red cherry fruit, coffee and bitter chocolate and a complex, savoury finish.

Rustenberg John X Merriman 2004/5, South Africa     £28.90
Well rounded wine which will increase in complexity and character with bottle age as is customary of Rustenberg's red wines. Aromas of spice and red fruit balanced by fine, elegant tannins - a combination which is indicative of well managed vineyards and mature fruit.

Crozes Hermitage 2004/5 Cave Tain l' Hermitage     £22.90
This wine has lovely aromatic, spicy fruit on the nose and in the mouth, reminiscent of raspberries, liquorice and pepper; medium bodied and rounded but quite soft, just a tad of dry grip to finish.

Champagnes and Sparking Wines

Drappier Carte D'Or Brut Champagne     £6.95 per 125ml glass £39.95
Consistently voted one of the best non vintage Champagnes, creamy and soft with a fine persistent mousse. Delicious.

Veuve Clicquot “Yellow Label” Brut N.V     £54.95
A medium-dry, full-bodied champagne that is rich in fruit with good body and length.

Louis Roederer Brut Premier N.V.     £59.95
A very fine, very complex, constantly evolving bouquet.

Veuve Clicquot Vintage Reserve 1998/1999     £69.95
Richer and fuller than Yellow label. Firm and with great finesse. ’95, ’96, ’98, all score above 95, well recommended.

Bollinger Grand Annee Vintage     £79.95
Aged for a minimum of five years producing a fine dry, fuller wine than non-vintage.

Dom Perignon 1999     £119.95
Exquisitely rich, sumptuous, yeast-complexed fruit, dusted with vanilla aromas. This will age for decades to come but it already has such fabulous finesse that you should not deny yourself the experience of enjoying at least one bottle of this in its first youthful flush of beauty. A hedonists dream-feast!

Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 1999     £164.95
Medium weight. Very rich and quite forward with fine toasty aromas to build in the beguiling, yeast-complexed fruit. Lovely, seductive soft mousse, and the most amazing finesse for a 1997.

Bistro Cellar

WATER - Voss - £2.50 375ml - £4.75 800ml     
Still or Sparkling - Artesian water from Norway, the purest water on the planet

Sparkling Pinot Grigio     £19.95
An easy drinking, dry sparkling wine. Ideal with fish.

Camel Valley Brut     £39.95
Traditional Method Quality Sparkling WineGold Medal Winner. Served in all of Cornwall's Michelin Starred Restaurants

Drappier Brut Rose     £47.95
Beautifully fresh with a long, elegant fruit flavour

Laurent-Perrier Brut 1996 Millésime     £89.95
A crisp, clean, dry vintage, ideal with seafood

Dom Perignon 1990 Oenotheque     £174.95
A pure creamy fruit with toasty aromas, indisputably a great wine

Chateau Musar 1998     £29.95
This wine is known for its complexity and maturity being made from a blend of different grape varieties, mainly: Cabernet Sauvignon Cinsault and Carignan

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