The Ladbroke Arms - Wine List

The Ladbroke Wine List
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Wines by the Glass & Sweet Wines
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Sparkling, Champagne & “Organic Wines”
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“Winter Wines” & Rosé
WHITE
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“From Bordeaux to the Pyrenees to the Med...”
“Burgundy & The Loire - France’s Classic Whites”
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“Italian, Portuguese & Spanish Whites”
“The Brave New World – South Africa, South Americas
& New Zealand”
RED
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“Burgundy, Cru Beaujolais & Pinot Noir’’
“South West France: Bordeaux to the Pyrenees”
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“The Flavour of the Med (Languedoc and the Rhone)”
“Italian & Spanish Reds”
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“The Brave New World – South Africa, Americas & NZ”
We are proud of our Wine List. We work closely with our supplier to compile a list that
is diverse yet recognisable with a view to combining familiar wines with some that you
might not recognise. We hope that this might encourage you to experiment
occasionally and to veer away from the tried and tested to venture into new territory.
All of the wines are carefully sourced from small independent growers, many of whom
work sustainably. However, they all have a common objective and that is to produce
wines that are truly representative of the area that they come from – in other words,
wines with a real expression of ‘Terroir’.
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WINES BY THE GLASS
Sparkling
125ml
Prosecco, AA Bellenda - Veneto, Italy
£5.60
White
125ml
250ml
Catani Sicilia Bianco - Sicily, Italy
2011
£3.20
£6.15
Côtes de Gascogne, Le Lesc, Plaimont - SW France
2011
£3.50
£6.35
Savino Pinot Grigio - Veneto, Italy
2011
£3.85
£7.45
Chardonnay, Winery of Good Hope - Stellenbosch, South Africa
2011
£3.90
£7.40
Picpoul de Pinet, Chateau de la Mirande - Languedoc, France
2011
£3.95
£7.65
Sauvignon, Casa Azul - Central Valley, Chile
2011
£3.95
£7.65
Viognier, Reserve de Gassac, VdP de l’Herault - France
2011
£4.30
£8.40
Petit Chablis, Gerard Tremblay - Burgundy, France
2011
£5.45
£10.45
Tempranillo-Garnacha, Alquezar - Somontano, Spain
2011
£4.00
£7.60
Cotes du Provence, "Elegance" - Provence, France
2011
£4.85
£9.40
Piazzi Sicilia Rosso - Sicily, Italy
2011
£3.20
£6.15
Côtes de Gascogne, Tannat/Merlot/ Cabernet, Le Lesc - SW
2011
£3.50
£6.35
Cabernet Merlot, Granite Ridge - Stellenbosch, South Africa
2011
£ 3.95
Rioja Montesc, Bodega Classica - Spain
2009
£4.00
£7.90
Pinot Noir, La Boussole - Languedoc , France
2011
£4.30
£8.40
Côtes-du-Rhône, La Ferme St. Martin - Rhone, France
2011
Corbieres Classique, Château Ollieux Romanis - Languedoc, Fr
2010
£5.50
£10.75
Malbec ‘Sin Sulfito’, Bodegas Cecchin - Mendoza, Argentina
2009
£4.95
£9.50
Chianti Classico, Fattoria Rodano - Tuscany, Italy
2006/7
£5.55
£11.15
Rosé
Red
£4.85
£7.50
£9.75
SWEET
Monbazillac, Domaine de l’Anncienne Cure - SW France (1/2 Bottle)
2009
Glass (125ml)
£17.75
£6.00
Banyuls, Clos de Paulilles, Château de Jau - France
(500ml)
2009
Glass (125ml)
£23.50
£6.70
Sauternes, Chateau Filhot 2eme cru Classé - France
(1/2 Bottle)
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1999/08
£34.50
SPARKLING
Prosecco, AA Bellenda - Veneto, Italy
2011
£31.50
Jean-Paul Deville “Blanc de Blancs” - Reims
NV
£49.00
Ruinart, "R" de Ruinart - Reims
NV
£69.50
Ruinart Rosé - Reims
NV
£83.50
CHAMPAGNE
A selection of our organic and natural wines,
Included on this list are a number of ‘Natural Wines’. These are sourced from small artisan
growers who work sustainably, organically or biodynamically in the vineyard and with minimal
interventions in the winery. Much of the farming is labour-intensive, sometimes done with
horses rather than tractors and all of the picking and selection is by hand. Yields, usually
from old vines, are low. Fermentations tend to be with wild yeasts and most wines are made
with much lower than normal additions of sulphur and many are unfiltered and unfined. In
style the wines tend to be light-to-medium bodied, fresh (even refreshing), savoury,
occasionally challenging, but always delicious to drink – and even more delicious with food.
White
Vinho Verde, Afros Loureiro - Portugal
(BIODYNAMIC)
Offida Pecorino ‘La Merlattaie’, Ciu Ciu - Marche, Italy (ORGANIC)
Juracon sec, Clos Lapeyre - SW France (ORGANIC)
Bourgogne Aligote, Hugues Goisot - Burgundy, France
2010
£26.25
2011
£26.50
2009/10
(BIODYNAMIC) 2010
St Veran "Les Mandeliers", Domaine Combier - Burgundy
(ORGANIC)
£28.00
£29.50
2010
£35.00
Bergerac “Classique” Merlot Malbec, Tour des Gendres - SW (ORGANIC) 2011
£26.00
Malbec ‘Sin Sulfito’ Bodegas Cecchin - Mendoza, Argentina (ORGANIC)
2009
£28.00
(ORGANIC) 2011
£29.00
2007
£32.50
2006/7
£33.50
Red
Cotes-du-Rhone, Domaine La Ferme Saint-Martin - Rhone
Barbera d'Asti, Trinchero - Piedmont, Italy
Chianti Classico, Rodano - Tuscany, Italy
(ORGANIC)
(ORGANIC)
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WINTER WINES
As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, we naturally gravitate towards typical
seasonal dishes and of course the wines that compliment them so well, which tend to be reds.
Rhone with game. Chianti and Barbera the perfect foil for those rich winter stews. Something from
Bordeaux or the Southwest with the Sunday Roast and a sun-ripened juicy red with duck.
Lurking within this list however are a number of whites that can also hold their own with winter
food. The Bergerac with its ripe fruit and bright acidity is wonderful with belly of pork, whereas
the Limoux puts many a Meursault in the shade and is perfect with chicken, guinea fowl and light
game. The beautifully balanced 1er Cru Chablis is a treat with any fish prepared in a sauce and
the Vinum handles gentle spice very well indeed - tagine or curry perhaps.
WHITE
Chenin Blanc, Vinum - Stellenbosch, South Africa
2010
£26.00
Bergerac "Cuvee des Conti", Chateau Tour des Gendres - SW (ORGANIC) 2011
£27.50
Chardonnay, Toques et Clochers "Haute Vallee" - Languedoc, France
2009
£30.50
Chablis 1er Cru “Fourneaux”, Domaine Colette Gros - Burgundy, France 2010
£47.00
RED
Côtes de Gascogne, Tannat/Merlot/Cabernet, Le Lesc - SW France
2011
£18.50
Cahors, Chateau Paillas - SW France
2002
£27.75
Graves, Château Toulouze - Bordeaux, France
2006
£32.25
2006/7
£32.50
2010
£36.50
Barbera d'Asti, Trinchero - Piedmont, Italy
(ORGANIC)
Crozes-Hermitage, "Les Pierrelles", Albert Belle - Rhone, France
ROSÉ
Although Roses undoubtedly reflect the joy and diversity of summer, they are also wonderfully
versatile wines to drink all the year through. They can vary greatly in style: the Alquezar from the
Spanish Pyrenean foothills is soft, refreshing and full of juicy strawberry fruit, whereas the
Provencale wine is typically pale and floral. They both have the ability to bring sunshine into the
most cloudy day.
Tempranillo-Garnacha, Alquezar - Somontano, Spain
2011
£21.75
Cotes de Provence, Carteron "Elegance" - France
2011
£28.00
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WHITES
From Bordeaux to the Pyrenees to the Med...
From Bordeaux to the foothills of the Pyrenees down the Mediterranean coast France offers an amazing
variety of exciting indigenous grape varieties from the peach and apricot aromatic charms of Viognier to the
dry, but wonderfully opulent and mouth-filling Semillon in the Cuvee de Conti. The Gros Manseng of
Jurançon captures the coolness and freshness of the mountain climate, whilst the Picpoul de Pinet from
vineyards adjacent to the sea has an almost salty-savouriness. Close your eyes and taste the Toques et
Clochers Chardonnay from Limoux – you could well be in heart of Burgundy.
Côtes de Gascogne, Le Lesc, Plaimont - SW France
2011
£18.50
Picpoul de Pinet, Chateau de la Mirande - Languedoc
2011
£22.00
Entre-deux Mers, Château Deville - Bordeaux
2011
£23.75
Viognier Chardonnay, Reserve de Gassac, VdP de l'Hérault - Languedoc
2011
£24.50
Bergerac "Cuvee des Conti", Château Tour des Gendres - SW (ORGANIC) 2011
£27.50
Jurancon sec, Clos Lapeyre - SW (ORGANIC)
£28.00
2009/10
Chardonnay, Toques et Clochers "Haute Vallee" - Languedoc
2009
£30.50
Burgundy & The Loire – France’s Classic White Wine Regions
The Loire is home to the some of the world’s great examples of Sauvignon (such as Sancerre and Pouilly
Fume) whilst Burgundy is all about Chardonnay - from the pure unoaked mineral examples from Chablis in
the north to the more opulent wood-aged wines from the Cote d’Or. The Aligote grape, used in Northern
Burgundy produces wines that are green-gold, nervous and racy. Petit Bourgeois is enormous fun; it is a
“Petit Sancerre”, all flowering currants and elderberry. The St. Veran from a biodynamic estate in conversion
is a very pure style of Chardonnay with delicate nose of green apples releasing into a beautifully crisp
palate with notes of almond-butter and citrus.
Sauvignon, Petit Bourgeois, Henri Bourgeois - Loire
2011
£27.00
Bourgogne Aligote, Hugues Goisot - Burgundy (BIODYNAMIC)
2010
£29.50
Petit Chablis, Gerard Tremblay - Burgundy
2011
£30.00
St Veran "Les Mandeliers", Domaine Combier - Burgundy (ORGANIC)
2011
£35.00
Sancerre, Domaine Gerard Fiou - Loire
2010
£38.00
Pouilly Fume, Domaine des Berthiers, Jean-Claude Dagueneau - Loire
2010
£40.50
Chablis 1er Cru “Fourneaux”, Domaine Colette Gros - Burgundy
2010
£47.00
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru “Les Perrieres” Sylvain Bzikot – Burgundy 2009/10
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£76.00
Italy, Austria, Portugal & Spain
Italian whites from such grapes as Pinot Grigio tend to be very fresh and delicately aromatic. The White
Sicilan blend is wonderfully crisp with some tropical fruit. The suitably named Tremendus is unoaked and
offers an invigorating expression of the Vuira grape with it’s sherbert-lemon nuances. The Pecorino from the
Adriatic Coast is supple, silky and full flavoured. Alternatively, try the joyously zesty, citrus-laden Albarino
from Galicia which is Spain’s noble white grape and the perfect match with all manner of fish and seafood..
The Loureiro is from the other side of the border in Portugal. Again there are strong citric notes, but the wine
is a bit rounder in the mouth. Finally, the white flower and white pepper Gruner is simply a joy.
Catani Sicilia Bianco - Sicily, Italy
2011
£16.50
Savino Pinot Grigio - Veneto, Italy
2011
£20.75
Rioja Blanco, Bodega Rubio “Tremendus” - Rioja, Spain
2011
£20.95
Vinho Verde, Aphros Loureiro - Portugal
2010
£26.25
2011
£27.00
Gruner Veltliner, Rainer Weiss - Wachau, Austria
2011
£28.50
Albarino, Terras Gauda “O Rosal” - Galicia, Spain
2011
£33.50
(BIODYNAMIC)
Offida Pecorino ‘La Merlattaie’, Ciu Ciu - Marche, Italy
(ORGANIC)
The Brave New World – South Africa, New Zealand & South America
Some of the best value wines come from South America and South Africa. Here the focus is on the grape
varietal and expression of clean fruit. Consider the unoaked Good Hope Chardonnay from Stellenbosch –
nice ripe apple-and-pear fruit, clean-as-a-whistle on the finish. Casa Azul shows that quality Sauvignon
doesn’t just grow in France and New Zealand. With pungent elderflower notes dominating on the nose
giving way to riper, more tropical melon, passionfruit and nectarine flavours in the mouth, this delivers great
value. The Vinum takes South African Chenin Blanc to a new level with intense smoky fruit, a touch of
integrated oak and a lively finish. New Zealand’s Marlborough has become the southern hemisphere’s
spiritual home of the Sauvignon grape. The version from Framingham is a super example: crunchy and
minty with hints of passionfruit and white currants.
Unoaked Chardonnay, Good Hope - Stellenbosch, South Africa
2011
£20.50
Sauvignon, Casa Azul - Rapel Valley, Chile
2011
£21.00
Chenin Blanc, Vinum - Stellenbosch, South Africa
2010
£20.00
Framingham Sauvignon Blanc - Marlborough, New Zealand
2011
£30.50
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REDS
Burgundy, Cru Beaujolais & Loire
The wines of the Beaujolais (from the much under-rated Gamay grape) are marvelously juicy and fruity.
The Fleurie is fresh and lively with engaging, slithery fruit texture, whilst the Beaujolais Villages is pure,
lively berry fruit. Burgundy is the spiritual home of Pinot Noir that most seductive and eloquent of grape
varieties, although it also grows in the eastern Loire around Sancerre, in Alsace and small pockets of the
Languedoc. The Sancerre Baronnes is pleasingly fragrant with notes of wild roses and raspberries. The
Salvard is a blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay which combines the best of both grapes with it’s slightly earthy
intrigue. Each of the Burgundies is an eloquent testament to this wonderful grape, ranging from the simple,
cherry-fruited Bourgogne Rouge to the earthy, beetrooty Saint-Aubin from Miolane, to the richness and
elegance of the Savigny-les-Beaunes and finally an opulent Gevrey from a great vintage displaying a
beautiful range of aromas and flavours.
Beaujolais-Villages, Domaine de la Plaigne - Beaujolais
2010
£26.50
Cheverny Rouge, Domaine Salvard - Loire
2011
£26.50
Fleurie "Grille Midi", Château de Raousset - Beaujolais
2011
£32.00
Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Domaine Remoissenet - Burgundy
2007
£32.50
Sancerre rouge "Les Baronnes", Henri Bourgeois - Loire
2008
£37.00
St-Aubin 1er cru “Les Perrieres, Domaine Miolane - Burgundy
2008
£43.50
Savigny-les-Beaunes 1er Cru ‘Les Fourneaux’, Girard - Burgundy
2009
£52.50
Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru “La Perriere”, Heresztyn - Burgundy
2005
£86.00
South West France: Bordeaux to the Pyrenees
These are wines of ‘Terroir’ and structure and should definitely be drunk with food. Ranging from the
fennel-and-tea scented Cahors (from a blend of Malbec and Merlot) to the cassis and cedar notes of the
Bergerac, to fruity, but structured Tannat based Lesc from the hills of Gascony. The Chateau Deville has
good bottle age and is perfect as a “house Claret”, as has the Toulouze with it’s more mineral notes. The
Saint-Emilion has more structure than most; the vineyards are adjacent to Pomerol and the wine always has
an iron core to its fruit which makes it great with lamb or steak. The Segla is the second wine of the famous
and rather wonderful Rausan-Segla. Very bright and elegant red fruits in evidence, raspberry, cherry and
liquorice, with a complex and very true gravel edge.
Côtes de Gascogne, Tannat/Merlot/Cabernet, Le Lesc - SW
2011
£18.50
Château Deville, Premieres Côtes de Bordeaux - Bordeaux
2006
£26.00
Bergerac “Classique” Merlot Malbec, Tour des Gendres - SW (ORGANIC) 2011
£26.00
Cahors, Chateau Paillas - SW France
2002
£27.75
Graves, Château Toulouze - Bordeaux
2006
£32.25
Saint-Emilion grand cru, Chateau La Croix Chantecaille - Bordeaux
2006
£44.50
Margaux, Chateau Segla - Bordeaux
2007
£73.50
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The Flavour of the Mediterranean (Languedoc and the Rhone)
Warm and expansive, sun-baked and herbal the Rhone wines contain a large proportion of Grenache and
Syrah whilst those from the Languedoc feature the earthy Carignan grape in their blends and occasionally
Pinot Noir as in the ‘summer-pudding-fruited’ Boussole. The Corbieres yields ripe red fruits with a fair
spattering of herbaceous ‘garrigue’ notes. The Ferme St. Martin is darker and more intense with some
tobacco and spice The Crozes-Hermitage, like all northern Rhone reds, is pure Syrah – think currants,
plums, pepper and woodsmoke, whilst the Chateauneuf, conversely, majors on the sweet, ripe Grenache
grape redolent of confit cherries, caramelised oranges and roasted garrigue herbs.
Pinot Noir, Domaine La Bousolle - Languedoc
2011
£24.50
Corbieres Classique, Château Ollieux Romanis - Languedoc, France
2010
£28.00
Cotes-du-Rhone, Domaine La Ferme Saint-Martin - Rhone (ORGANIC)
2011
£29.00
Crozes-Hermitage, "Les Pierrelles", Albert Belle - Rhone
2010
£36.50
Chateauneuf-du-Pape “Terroir”, Domaine La Barroche - Rhone (ORG)
2008
£52.00
Italian & Spanish Reds
Spanish wines tend to be juicy or rich and oaky The Montesc manages to be a balnced blend of both with
soft, red fruits and a silky roundness from some oak aging. There is also the Bierzo from the wilds of Galicia
which has some brooding, dark fruit and is fantastic with any game. The organic Barbera d’Asti is really
wild; this unfiltered red is gamey and leathery oozing with dark red cherry fruit. Perfect with pork. The
Shiraz based Piazzi from Sicily has ripe, dark fruit flavours, but retains freshness and levity. The 2 Tuscan
offerings, both based on the Sangiovese grape, have similarities in that they both share the cherry and
almond fruit that the grape always offers, but whereas the ‘Bellamarsilia’ is bright, vibrant and youthful, the
Rodano is more brooding with overtones of leather and cinnamon.
Piazzi Sicilia Rosso - Sicily, Italy
2011
£16.50
Rioja Montesc, Bodega Classica - Rioja
2009
£22.75
Sangiovese, Morellino di Scansano "Bellamarsilia" - Tuscany, Italy
2011
£27.25
Pittacum Bierzo - Bierzo, La Galicia, Spain
2007
£32.50
Barbera d'Asti, Trinchero - Piedmont, Italy
(ORGANIC)
2006/7
£32.50
Chianti Classico, Rodano - Tuscany, Italy
(ORGANIC)
2006/7
£33.50
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The Brave New World - South Africa, New Zealand & South America
New Zealand with its relatively cool maritime climate seems to one of the best countries or regions outside
Burgundy for growing Pinot Noir. The version from Clos Henri is delicately oaked and shows true Pinot Noir
with notes of strawberries, plums and cherries and a hint of white pepper. Chile is a melting pot for so many
grapes; The Merlot offers immense drinkability with some dark plum fruit with hints of spice and liquorice,
whereas The Carmenere from De Martino is farmed organically and is a great example of this local grape
with mint and blackcurrant aromas and a rich, silky texture on the palate. The Cecchin Malbec, which is
bottled without sulphur and is unoaked demonstrates that not all Malbecs need to be big, heavy, alcoholic
bruisers and has some ripe fig notes with gamey overtones. The Granite Ridge is an enjoyable burst of
natural ripeness with blue and blackberry fruit, refreshing acidity and a lick of spice.
Merlot Casa Azul - Rapel Valley, Chile
2011
£19.50
Cabernet Merlot, Granite Ridge - Stellenbosch, South Africa
2011
£22.00
Carmenere De Martino - Maipo Valley, Chile
2010
£24.00
Malbec ‘Sin Sulfito’ Bodegas Cecchin - Mendoza, Argentina (ORGANIC)
2009
£28.00
Petit Clos Pinot Noir (Clos Henri) - Marlborough, New Zealand
2011
£33.50
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