wine list

The wine list at the Townhouse consists of around 100 bins including half bottles and
sweet wines. The wine service team and myself have tasted most of the wines that
have been listed, the price ratio has been a key factor in making choices for the list
and we believe that all the wines, regardless of cost, are good value. Our managers
are able to offer advice and recommendations on your choice of wine.
The wine list has been divided by grape type, as opposed to Country of origin
or region, and then listed in order of price, to encourage clients to choose a
wine they may not have otherwise considered.
Michael Caines.
Wine by the glass
Champagne and Sparkling
1.
Michael Caines Blanc de Blancs n/v
bottle
125ml glass
49.95
9.95
2.
Michael Caines Blanc de Blancs n/v
half bottle
28.95
3.
Prosecco Di Conegliano “San Fermo”
bottle
125ml glass
37.00
6.25
4.
Rapeneau Selection Brut Rose n/v
bottle
125ml glass
65.00
11.75
White
5.
Spitting Spider Chardonnay 2013
South Australia
bottle
175 ml glass
19.50
4.75
6.
Casa Azul Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Rapel Valley, Chile
bottle
175 ml glass
20.50
4.95
7.
Mirabello Pinot Grigio 2013
Adria Vini, Veneto, Italy
bottle
175 ml glass
21.50
5.25
8.
Good Hope 'Bush Vine’ Chenin Blanc 2012
Stellenbosch, South Africa
bottle
175 ml glass
23.00
5.50
9.
Clos du Canalet Vieilles Vignes Rosé 2013
Vin de Pays d’Oc, France
bottle
175 ml glass
18.50
4.50
10.
Spitting Spider Shiraz 2013
South Australia
bottle
175 ml glass
19.50
4.75
11.
Klein Steenberg Bordeaux Blend 2012
Constantia, South Africa
bottle
175ml glass
20.50
4.95
12.
Gran Cerdo 2012
Rioja, Spain
bottle
175ml glass
22.50
5.50
13.
La Boussole Pinot Noir 2012
Vin de Pays d’Oc, France
bottle
175 ml glass
24.50
5.95
Rosé
Red
(All wines by the glass are also available in 125 ml measures)
Champagnes
Non-Vintage
14.
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut
65.00
15.
Laurent Perrier Brut
70.00
16.
Louis Roederer Brut Premier
80.00
Vintage
20.
Taittinger Brut Vintage 2010
80.00
21.
Pol Roger 2004
95.00
25.
Pierre Gimmonet Cuvée Rosé de Blanc 1er Cru Brut
70.00
26.
Laurent Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut
87.00
Rosé
Half Bottles
28.
Rapeneau Selection Brut n/v
29.50
29.
Taittinger Brut Reserve n/v
33.00
Prestige Cuvée
Sometimes called ‘Tête de Cuvée’, special or deluxe cuvees, this is a small selection of wines
that are considered to be amongst the very finest examples from some of the top Champagne
houses
32.
Bollinger Grande Année 2002
145.00
33.
Perrier Jouët Belle Epoque 2004
170.00
34.
Dom Perignon 2002
195.00
White Wines
Chardonnay
37.
Henri Nordoc 2013, Vin de Pays d’Oc, France
19.50
38.
Good Hope 2012, Stellenbosch, South Africa
22.00
39.
Chablis, Gérard Tremblay 2013, Burgundy, France
34.50
Sauvignon Blanc
42.
Klein Steenberg 2013, Constantia, South Africa
19.50
43.
Momo 2013, Marlborough, New Zealand
28.00
44.
Sancerre 2013, Domaine Fernand Girard, Loire, France
38.00
Riesling
46.
Weingut Louis Guntrum 2013, Rheinhessen, Germany
24.00
47.
Andre Scherer Réserve 2013, Alsace, France
26.00
48.
Vidal Estate 2013, Marlborough, New Zealand
27.00
Other white wines, blended
50.
Terra Vega 2013, Central Valley, Chile
(Viognier)
19.50
51.
Cape Heights 2013, Western Cape, South Africa
(Chenin Blanc)
22.00
52.
Picpoul de Pinet 2013, Grange des Rocs, Coteaux du Languedoc, France
(Picpoul Blanc)
23.00
53.
Reserve de Gassac 2013, Vin de Pays de L’Herault, France
(Viognier, Marsanne)
25.00
54.
Muscadet de Sevre et Maine sur lie 2013, Ch de la Placelière, France
(Melon de Bourgogne)
26.00
55.
Birgit Eichinger 2013, Weingut Eichinger, Kamptal, Austria
(Grüner Veltliner)
33.00
White Wine Half Bottles
57.
Sauvignon du Touraine, Domaine Guy Allion 2013, Loire, France
(Sauvignon Blanc)
15.00
58.
Jurançon Sec ‘Clos Lapeyre’ 2012, Aquitaine, France
(Gros Manseng)
18.50
59.
Abadia de San Campio 2012, Bodegas Terras Gauda, Rías Baixas, Spain
(Albariño)
19.75
Dessert Wines
61.
Domaine l’Ancienne Cure ‘Jour de Fruit’ 2009,
Monbazillac, South West France, France
37.5cl
125ml glass
20.75
6.95
62.
Banyuls Rimage 2009, Domaine Clos de Paulilles,
50cl
Languedoc-Roussillon, France
125ml glass
32.00
8.00
63.
Château Petit Védrines 2010, Sauternes,
Bordeaux, France
37.5cl
125ml glass
29.50
9.95
Rosé Wines
65.
Réserve de Gassac 2013, Pays de l’Hérault, France
22.00
66.
Pinot Grigio Rosa Bianca 2013, Cantina Rosa Bianca, Veneto, Italy
24.00
Ports & Sherries
69.
Dow's Fine Tawny Port
bottle
100ml glass
29.75
3.95
70.
Dow’s Late Bottled Vintage Port
bottle
100ml glass
39.75
5.50
71.
La Gitana Manzanilla, Hildalgo
50cl bottle
100ml glass
26.50
5.30
72.
Triana Pedro Ximénez, Hildalgo
50cl bottle
100ml glass
38.00
7.60
Red Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
74.
Casa Azul 2013, Rapel Valley, Chile
19.75
75.
La Belle Maison 2012, VdeP d'Oc, France
21.00
76.
Vinum 2011, Stellenbosch, South Africa
29.50
78.
Henri Nordoc 2013, Vin de Pays d’Oc, France
19.50
79.
Santa Alba 2013, Curico Valley, Chile
22.50
80.
Cadet du Château Claymore 2010, Lussac Saint-Emilion, France
35.00
82.
Portillo 2012, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina
24.75
83.
Waipara Hills 2012, Central Otago, New Zealand
29.50
84.
Givry ‘Vieilles Vignes’ 2012, Domaine Parize, Burgundy France
39.50
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Syrah
86.
De Martino Estate 2012, Choapa Valley, Chile
22.50
87.
Soldiers Block 2012, McLaren Vale, South Australia
25.50
88.
Les Collines de Laure 2012, VdP des Collines Rhodaniennes
Jean-Luc Colombo, Northern Rhône Valley, France
27.75
Other Red wines, blended
90.
Albizu 2012, Vina Albergada, Rioja Alavesa, Spain
(Tempranillo)
91.
Cotes du Rhone “Terre de Mistral” 2013, Vignerons d’Estézargues, France 23.00
(Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah)
92.
Santa Julia Organica 2013, Mendoza, Argentina
(Malbec)
24.00
93.
Quinta da Falorca 2008
(Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro, Tinta Roriz and Jaen)
25.50
94.
Heritage du Cèdre 2011, Cahors, France
(Malbec, Merlot)
26.00
95.
Chianti Podere Gamba 2011, San Ferdinando, Tuscany, Italy
(Sangiovese)
27.50
96.
Fleurie Les Muriennes 2013, Thorin, Beaujolais, France
(Gamay)
30.50
97.
Faithful Hound 2011, Mulderbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
(Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec)
32.50
19.50
Red Wine Half Bottles
99.
Beaujolais-Villages Combe aux Jacques, Louis Jadot, France
(Gamay)
15.50
100.
Viña Arana Reserva 2005, Rioja, Spain
(Tempranillo)
16.00
101.
Côtes-du-Rhône 2011, Domaine de Chapoton, Rhone, France
(Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre)
16.75
102.
Château La Claymore 2010, Lussac Saint-Emilion, Bordeaux, France
(Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec)
22.50
Fine wines
Whites
105.
Chablis 1er Cru ‘Beauroy’ 2010
47.00
Domine La Motte, Burgundy, France
this is perhaps one of the most expressive of the premier Cru but it requires
the most time to open up in the glass letting the myriad levels of flavour
slowly unfold on the palate. This wine has great balance and purity of fruit.
106.
Pouilly Fumé ‘La Damoiselle de Bourgeois’ 2012
55.00
Domaine Henri Bourgeois, Chavignol, France
Aged in the Bourgeois cellars in Sancerre, this is a wine of rare complexity
and interest. A pale gold/green colour, it displays appealing ripe apple and
nougat flavours with an amazing textural feel and tight mineral core holding
the myriad of flavours in focus.
107.
Pouilly Fuissé En Vergisson 2009
60.00
Maison Deux Montille, Burgundy, France
One of the finest examples in the appellation this has a lovely aroma and
great balance between ripe fruit and cool acidity. Intense yellow in colour
with ripe but restrained fruit and a long nutty finish.
108.
Chassagne-Montrachet “Blanchots Dessous” 2012
80.00
Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay, Burgundy, France
The nose is dominated with white fruits like pears and apples and has a floral
overtone. The palate is intense with its apple and mineral acidity, peaches
and toasty layers that last into the finish and lend a creamy softness at the
end.
109.
Meursault 2010
90.00
Vallet Frères, Burgundy, France
Pale gold in colour. Very fine bouquet with aromas of young fruit and citrus.
This wine is very mineral for a Meursault and shows good acidity before the
fresh finish.
110.
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Garenne" 2010
95.00
Domaine Larue, Burgundy, France
A dry, flinty nose with notes of mineral in the mouth and subtle white peach
fruit. Lovely energy and zest with crispness, weight and texture. Very
pleasing citric and stony character with a fine dry stonefruit finish.
Fine wines
Reds
112.
Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2010
65.00
Chante Cigale, Rhône Valley, France
Intense, deep coloured wine with lively ripe fruit on the nose with the Syrah
adding a touch of spice. Rich and powerful with excellent structure and
supple tannins to complement ripe fruit character. Long and spicy on the
finish.
113.
Amarone della Valpolicella 2010
68.00
Cantine di Negrar, Veneto, Italy
Deep and intense on the nose with perfumes of dried cherries and
blueberries, with notes of spiced autumn fruit compote. On the palate it is
powerful but modern, with a lovely balance of ripe tannins and spiced,
concentrated savoury cherry fruit character. A touch of wood smoke
completes the long finish.
114.
Barolo 2010
70.00
Giacomo Fenocchio, Piemonte, Italy
Ruby in colour, with a lovely forward perfume of autumn fruit, plums and
prunes with a touch of pine and a floral note. On the palate, it has great
intensity, with evolved fruit characters, powerful tannins and a long, smoky
finish.
115.
Gevrey-Chambertin 2008
75.00
Pierre Bourée, Burgundy, France
Medium bodied, exceptionally complex with aromas of black cherries,
liquorice, raspberry jam, On the palate a balanced acidity, integrated oak,
modest tannins and some mushroom, plum flavours jam, lovely lomg finish.
116.
Château Plince 2009
80.00
Pomerol, Bordeaux, France
Deep purple colour is followed by abundant notes of graphite, cassis and
blueberry liqueur offered in an opaque, full-bodied, layered, structured
wine. This prodigious Pauillac may be the finest wine ever produced at this
estate, undeniably a sleeper of the vintage.
117.
Beaune 1er Cru Les Eponettes
85.00
Vallet Frères, Burgundy, France
This Pinot Noir has excellent varietal character, great complexity, mineral
nuances and a soft, seductive and velvety texture. A full, rich and dense
wine with aromas and flavours of black fruit and flowers.
118.
Château Batailley 2007
95.00
Pauillac, Bordeaux, France
Very pure lifted bouquet with fine delineation. It is very feminine with hints
of blueberry and cassis just in the background, but there is nice minerality
coming through. The palate is rounded on the entry with crisp acidity, hints
of black fruit with a seam of graphite on the finish.