Hans Commends

WHITE WINE
1 germany Riesling 2007
Weingut Klein & Sohn
Apple, peach and apricot flavours. Clean, crisp and oyster dry.
€24.50
2 germany Rivaner 2006/07
Weingut Klein & Sohn
Cold fermentation. Natural grape flavours, melon aromas.
€24.00
3 argentina Bodega Lurton Pinot Gris 2006/07
Jacques & Francois Lurton, Mendoza
Full-bodied style, big weight of fruit, creamy vanilla complements rather than overpowers, long mellow finish.
€28.00
4 s. africa Springfield Estate Special Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc 2006
One of South Africa's great Sauvignon Blancs, intense gooseberries, brilliant length and finish.
€38.00
5 italy Le Rime Pinot Grigio/Chardonnay 2007
Castello Banfi, Tuscany
An unusual combination of the aromatic Pinot Grigio and full-bodied Chardonnay.
€28.00
6 france Chardonnay Domaine Peirière 2007
A superb unoaked Chardonnay, full of buttery overtones, stacks of fruit and a very balanced finish.
€25.50
7 usa Parducci Sauvignon Blanc 2006
A bright, fresh, zesty dry white wine with flavours of grapefruit, figs and herbs.
€30.00
8 s. africa Ingelwood Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Neil Ellis
Tropical fruit aromas, lively and crisp.
€27.00
9 austria Sepp Grüner Veltliner ORGANIC 2006
Sepp Moser, Rohrendorf
Austrian authenticity with a modern feel. A powerful and elegant wine.
€28.00
10 n. zealand Lawsons's Dry Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2006/07
Wairu Valley Vineyard, New Zealand
Lovely nose with exotic fruit aromas, a very clean and refreshing wine from a gem of an Estate with a tiny production.
€32.00
RED
11 germany Dornfelder 2007
Weingut Klein & Sohn
A smooth young soft red wine with the flavour of cassis and cherries.
€24.50
12 s. africa Fleur du Cap Merlot 2004/05
South African Wine Cellars, Stellenbosch
A mouth filling Cape wine, 100% Merlot with a fine aromatic nose.
€26.50
13 chile De Martino Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2005/06
An excellent wine with plenty of ripe blueberry and blackcurrant on the palate and nose.
€25.50
14 s. africa Ingelwood Shiraz 2007
Neil Ellis
Good colour with spicy fruit aromas, medium to full-bodied with fine length.
€26.00
15 burgundy Bourgogne Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes 2006
Antonin Rodet, Mercurey
Typical bouquet of red fruits, and characteristic Burgundy Pinot Noir tastes.
€29.00
16 italy Montepuciano d'Abruzzi DOC ORGANIC 2006
Donatello Jasci
A velvety, concentrated wine with fleshy dark ripe fruit.
€27.50
17 s. africa Bradgate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2005
Jordan Estate, Stellenbosch
Ripe blackberry Cabernet Sauvignon flavours blend with velvety-rich plummy Merlot fruit.
€38.00
18 usa Big Yellow Cab 2005
Big Yellow Cab Mendocino Wine Company
A super-premium North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon. Smooth, rich and flavourful. Black fruit aromas of plum and berry, toasty oak and just a suggestion of cedar.
€34.00
19 s. africa Springfield Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
Elegance and finesse are the two words that jump to mind, natural fermentation is the order of the day here. Minimal interference leads to a naturally tasting, sumptuous Cabernet to be enjoyed with any dish.
€38.00
MÉDOC
20 red Château Le Vivier 2001/02 - 2nd wine of Château Ramafort
An elegant wine from a good year with red/dark berry fruit and oak age knitting well together.
€31.50
21 red Château Patache d'Aux 1999/01
Ripe berry fruit on the nose, silky tannins on the palate. Well structured.
€32.00
SAINT-ESTÈPHE
22 red Château le Prieuré Saint-Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2002
Made from 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernets planted on limestone-clay soil, this vintage has produced a fine wine whose lightness of concentration is well balanced by its subtlety and elegance. The round, well-blended silky tannins leave an impression of harmony with aromas of red fruits, floral scents of violets, fresh floor of the forest notes and hints of vanilla.
€75.00
24 red Château Cloître Lescours 2001 Grand cru Saint-Émilion
GFA Héritiers Escure
Supple, concentrated, elegant and full-bodied with good typicity and a long silky finish.
€62.00

EXCLUSIVE FINE WINES

25 red Château Pavie 1982 AOC ST. ÉMILION Grand Cru Contrôlée €445.00
26 red Cakebread Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Cakebread Cellars, Rutherford €120.00
27 red Château Lynch-Bages 2004 AOC PAULLIAC Grnd Cru Contrôlée €120.00
28 red Château Lafleur-Pétrus Pomerol 2002 €160.00

Region: LOIRE VALLEY

29 rosé Cabernet d'Anjou Rosé Domaine des Nouelles 2006
Chéreau Carré, St-Fiacre
A delicious, full flavoured mellow roseate wine.
€24.50
30 white Muscadet La Griffe Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie 2006
Chéreau Carré, St-Fiacre
A fine dry, fresh and appetising white wine.
€24.00
31 white Sancerre Domaine Vacheron 2007
A perfectly structured wine, elegant, with a finely shaded bouquet, full round flavours of fruit with pleasing touches of flint and spice.
€37.00
32 white Pouilly Fumé Château de Tracy 2005/06
Comtesse d'Estutt d'Assay
Clear gold in colour, good intense nose, harmonious and supremely elegant.
€40.00

Region: BURGUNDY WHITE

33 white Chablis Domaine Le Verger 2006
A. Geoffroy, Chablis
A really fine Chablis from a top grower.
€30.00
34 white Chablis Premier Cru Beaurov 2004/05
Alain Geoffroy
Good intensity of fruit on the nose and on the palate. Great balacce, incredible length.
€38.00
35 white Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Perrières 2004
Antonin Rodet
Lovely Scent with a little hint of toasted vanilla. A masterpice.
€86.00

Region: BURGUNDY RED

Beaujolais
36 red Cru Beaujolais Fleurie Domaine des Marrans 2006
Pierre Ferraud & Fils, Belleville
Spicy fruits of the forest. Soft tannins. Excellent fruit. Good length.
€50.00
CÔTE DE BEAUNE
37 red Santenay Premier Cru Clos Faubard 2004
Domain Lucien Muzard et Fils
A very intense, elegant fruity wine with very suble use of oak and remarkable complexity
€50.00
38 red Savigny-les-Beaune Premier Cru Les Grevains 2003
Antonin Rodet
An elegant and fruity wine.
€37.00
CÔTE DE NUITS
39 red Gevrey Chambertin 2001/02
Domaine Rossignol-Trapet
Subtle soft fruit. Nice texture, great length.
€60.00
40 red Chambolle-Musigny Caves Privée 1995
Antonin Rodet
Rich and attractive with ripe tannins with subtle blackcurrant undertones.
€75.00

Region: CÔTE DU RHÔNE

41 red Côtes du Rhône-Villages Château d'Aigueville 2005
Caves Saint-Pierre
Lovely flavours of spice and fruit, perfect balance and good length.
€25.00
42 red Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine Duclaux 2004
Jérôme Quiot
A full-bodied palate of ripe blackberries and kirsch, with a powerful tannin finish.
€ 42.00
43 red Gigondas Vieilles Vignes 2006
Domaine de Boissan, Sablet
Spice, coffee mocha and very vinous, a fine generous wine.
€32.50

Region: ALSACE

44 white Riesling 2004
F.E. Hugel et Fils
This wine is dry, with a firm flavour, yet very elegant.
€25.00

ITALY

45 red Domini Veneti Amarone della Valpolicalle Classico 2004
Dominio Veneti
Aromas of asphalt, chocolate, dried black cherry fruit in a full-bodied, dense, chewy, earthy style with outstanding intensity as well as purity.
€55.00
46 red Rosso di Montalcino DOC 2004/05
Castello Banvi
Smooth robust red with soft ripe tannin.
€43.00

SPAIN

47 white Enate Chardonnay 234 2006
Vinedos y Crianzas del Alto Aragon
Intense bouquet with hints of exotic fruit with a discrete mineral background. Complex palate with mouthfilling fruit and a long, crisp and clean finish.
€28.00
48 rosé Enate Rosado Cabernet-Sauvignon 2005/06
Vinedos y Crianzas del Alto Aragon
Hand picked and fermented on the skins until correct colour is obtained and then fermented as a white wine. Silky smooth on the palate, an up front wine.
€28.00
49 red Conde de Valdemar Rioja Reserva D.O.Ca 2001/02
Bodegas Martínez Bujanda, Oyón
Deep ruby red colour with cherry overtones combined with vanilla, velvety palate, silky aftertaste
€32.00

SOUTH AFRICA

50 white Fleur du Cap Chardonnay 2005/06
Distell, Stellenbosch
Ripe lemon/lime flavours to first-class fruit, well supported by fine oak. Excellent concentration seen in lengthy finish.
€28.50
51 red Meerlust Rubicon 2003
Hannes Myburg, Meerlust Estate, Stellenbosch
Full, rich fruit and spice with an harmonious and creamy middle palate. Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Trophy for Best Blended Red Wine - IWSC 2006
€52.00
52 white Meerlust Chardonnay 2006
With burgundy as a benchmark, and more than a decade of experimentation prior to the first 1995, the latest vintage as 'classic French' as always. Neither 'bold butter' nor 'zesty lime' chardonnay, rather 'fine dry white' made for table. Sumptuous hazelnut aromas, trademark apple-pie richness controlled by intense minerality.
€40.00
53 white Hamilton Russell Estate Chardonnay 2003/04
Hamilton Russell Vineyards, Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
A tight, minerally wine with length and complexity. A stand-out core of intense grapefruit and pear aromas and flavours are brought beautifully into focus. An elegant yet textured wine with a strong personality.
€47.00

AUSTRALIA

54 white Deen de Bortoli Vat 7 Chardonnay 2004/06
De Bortoli Wines, New South Wales
Medium bodied, showing ripe peach/melon aromas supporting a palate of strong fruit flavours.
€29.00
55 red Windy Peak Cabernet Merlot 2005
De Bortoli Wines, New South Wales
The full fruit palate is enhanced by complex tannins and supple earthy fruit flavours.
€30.00
56 red De Bortoli Yarra Valley Shiraz 2003
De Bortoli Wines, New South Wales
Black plum, berries, peppery spice and oak are all there in pleasant harmony.
€44.00

NEW ZEALAND

57 red Craggy Range Te Muna Pinot Noir 2006
Smooth, beautifully defined, broad Pinot fruit - dark cherries with a gamey touch and some smoky oak combine to give a volumptuous, silky, toothsome wine of real quality.
 

NORTH AMERICA

58 red Benziger Cabernet Sauvignon 1998/2004
Benziger Family Winery, Sonoma County
A ripe wine with powerful and mature fruit.
€46.00

CHAMPAGNE

59   Champagne Deutz Brut Classic N.V.
Clean with apples and pears on the palate, lemony finish, very fine mousse, vibrant, very dry and silky in texture. Made of one third each of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay the wine is long and elegant.
€58.00
60   Michel Gonet Champagne Brut Réserve
Floral style, well-balanced and finde.
€58.00
61   Champage Deutz Brut Classic N.V. Half Bottle
Clean with apples and pears on the palate, lemony finish, very fine mousse, vibrant, very dry and a silky in texture.
€32.00
62   Champagne Taittinger Brut Vintage 2000
50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir. Pale yellow in colour, and bright with fine bubbles. Elegant, fresh and light on the nose, with fruity flavours of white peaches, kiwi and mango. On the finish, it has great finesse an
€90.00

SPARKLING WINES

63   Pongrácz Cape Sparkling N.V.
South African Wine Cellars, Stellenbosch
Pongracz is produced by the champagne method, known in South Africa as the méthode classique. A blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, it is a crisp creamy mouthful of fine bubbles with good varietal definition and much finesse.
€42.00

WHITE HALF BOTTLE SELECTION

64   Muscadet La Griffe Sèvre & Maine Sur Lie
Chéreau Carré, St. Fiacre
€11.00
65   Chablis Domaine le Verger
Alain Geoffroy, Chablis
€16.00
66   Le Rime Pinot Grigio/Chardonnay
Castello Banfi, Montalcino, Tuscany
€13.50
67   Chardonnay Domaine Peirière
Paul Sapin, Domaine Peirière, Southern France
€13.50

RED HALF BOTTLE SELECTION

68   Château Franc Perat Ières Côtes de Bordeaux
J.L. Despagne
€13.00
69   Crozes Hermitage Les Launes
Castello Banfi, Montalcino, Tuscany
€15.50
70   Centine Toscana Banfi
Castello Banfi, Montalcino, Tuscany
€14.50

DESSERT WINE SELECTION

FRANCE
71 dessert Dom Brial Muscat de Rivesaltes
Les Vignerons de Baixas
A well balanced uncloying dessert wine, with fine fresh fruit flavours, rich but not oversweet
37.5cl Bottle €25.00
By the Glass €7.00
HUNGARY
72 dessert Aszu 4 Puttonyos
Tokaj Disznoko
Golden orange in color with plenty of botrytis on the nose but little on  the palate, this full bodied wine shows appealing layers of spices and honeyed sweetness along with apricots, white peaches an citrus flavours.
50cl Bottle €38.00


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