FRANCE

Red Bordeaux
BIN 40 Reserve Claret 2003 £10.50
Dulong
Attractive juicy wine with genuine young claret palate (C)

BIN 41 Chateau Clos de La Tour 2004 £15.95
Bordeaux
Classic firm Bordeaux with a slightly new name from a well-run familiar property. As always, makes a serious, satisfying mouthful and can be counted on to mature well (C)

BIN 42 Chateau Pierrail 2002 £14.75
Bordeaux Superieur
Smokey dark wine, stirring and waking. Carries a forest signature of wild berries and
sweetly charred timber. Very rewarding (C)

BIN 43 Chateau Saint Paul 2002 £23.60
Haut Medoc – Cru Bourgeois
Real Cabernet Sauvignon pedigree-glossy, well made, vigorous – for all the world like a champion steeplechaser (D)

BIN 44 Chateau Anthonic 2000 £26.75
Moulis-Medoc
Dark purple/red, big gutsy ripe aromas. Flavours are full of life, plumy with richness. Tannins are big and well covered with excellent fruit. A wine of promise, sure to develop well (D)

BIN 45 Chateau Cissac 2000 £32.45
Haut Medoc
Dark red, youthful and bounding with energy. This wine is well made and built to last, with ripe, generous tannins and lots of dark fruit promising of a glorious future (D)

BIN 46 Chateau Paveil de Luze 2000 £46.50
Margaux
Delicious, plumy, creamy red wine. Lots of deep fruit flavour (D)

BIN 47 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 1988 £118.00
Pauillac – 2nd Growth
Supreme elegance, with aromas and flavours in a silken fabric. Superb! (D)

BIN 48 Chateau La Fleur Petrus 2000 £120.00
Pomerol
This is a really sweet and powerful wine of fine length and great mass worn lightly (D)


BIN 49 Chateau Latour 1983 £226.00
Pauillac – 1st Growth
Needs no explanation – Superb! (D)

BIN 50 Chateau Leoville-Las-Cases 1988 £115.00
St. Julienne – 2nd Growth
Wine from a property of absolute quality, in which all tastes are subtly enhanced. Confident Cabernet, soft oak, multiple flavours, extended youth, elongated finish (D)

Burgundy
BIN 51 Mercurey La Framboisiere 2001/02 £26.75
Faivlely
The name of the vineyard accurately prefigures the gorgeous raspberry flavours found here. Yet this is no trifle of a wine, but a well built concentrated impressive Burgundy worthy of its great domaine and the vintage of its birth. Beautiful and built to last (C)

BIN 52 Aloxe Corton 2001/02 £38.50
Louis Latour
Young juicy Pinot Noir on the palate, very smooth and well mannered (C)

BIN 53 Volnay 2002 £39.25
Vieille Vignes – Domaine Carre Corbin
Dark, gleaming colour. Polished, rich nose. Palate full of good, firm fruit with plenty to chew on. A highly rewarding Volnay from this well respected producer (C)

BIN 54 Beaune ler Cru des Feves 2001 £46.30
Domaine Chanson
Serious dark colour. Instant deep rich aroma. Big, dark, ripe fruit carpet laid out palate with proper tannins for aging. Nice, big, genuine wine! (C)

BIN 55 Fleurie Domaine de la Chapelle des Bois 2004 £19.25
Paul Beaudet
Beaujolais’ most sought after village wine, Fleurie’s style is
rounded and smooth, rather than zippy youthful (C)

BIN 56 Beaujolais Villages AC 2004 £13.50
Vieilles Vignes
Beautiful colour and an aroma of fresh fruit. Round and powerful with a lingering flavour (A)

Rhone
BIN 57 Cotes du Ventoux 2003/04 £11.75
Domaine Perrin
The Perrin family are models of traditional people who understand their land so well they study and draw on the modern techniques that will best assist. The results are deceptively simple natural tasting wines like this, an ideal ripe juicy red – delicious to the last drop (B)

BIN 58 Cotes du Rhone Nature 2003 £15.50
Domaine Perrin
Deep purple, magical supple spicy Syrah style. Such top class fruit made so faultlessly delicious can only be: simply the best! An organic wine (C)

BIN 59 Chateauneuf du Pape 2002 £28.00
Chateau des Fines Roches
The red with everything: the deep dark colour, the intensely spicy yet floral nose, then the mouthful of unctuous fruit, citrus zest, spice, candied peels, bells ringing,
but folding into a velvet finish (D)

BIN 60 Hermitage La Chapelle 1997 £98.95
Paul Jaboulet Aine
Deep and dark in colour, aroma and richly deep flavours. A great classic (D)

ITALY

BIN 61 Chianti Classico DOCG 2003 £19.75
Tenuta di Lilliano
A wonderfully concentrated and complex wine from Tuscany. Soft and flavoursome.
Utterly removed from standard Chiantis – this is a delight (D)

BIN 62 Barolo Revello 2001 £27.00
Araldica
The Nebbiolo grape variety’s special hints of tar and roses seem to be tucked in here. The roses are the top aroma notes on the dark fruits, spice and dried orange peel,
tar gives the trademark bite (D)

BIN 63 Valpolicella Ca’Fiui 2004 £17.75
Corte Sant’Alda
Gorgeous new wave Valpolicella. Dark, ripe, supple and richly flavoured, with soft tannins and a lavender bouquet. A real star, and a million miles from “light industrial” Valpol (D)

ARGENTINA

BIN 64 Malbec, Cabernet, Merlot 2003/03 £14.25
Carrascal Mendoza
Dark red, ripe and juicy on the nose, tasty and honest in the mouth. Quite a treat! (D)

BIN 65 Malbec Pedro del Castillo 2004 £12.75
Weinert
Characteristic Malbec dark colour and forward aroma are followed by a wrap around mouthful of soft, smooth, evenly-aged fruit. Very rewarding (C)

CHILE

BIN 66 Petite Syrah Reserve 2002 £19.00
Vina Carmen (D)
Still a deep purple. Intense plumy fruit on the nose, flavours are opulent, coating the mouth and velvety all the way to a long aftertaste. Just fabulous to drink

BIN 67 Cabernet Sauvignon 2003/04 £17.75
Santa Rita (D)
Velvety smooth with great staying power. Oaked with a deep, balanced flavour

SPAIN

BIN 68 Vina Ardanza Reserva 1999 £32.50
Rioja
One of Rioja’s greatest names in Rioja’s most famous recent vintage. Oaked with a fine full flavour with plenty of fruit. The flavour lingers and the enjoyment seems endless! (D)

BIN 69 Tempranillo 2003 £14.25
Navarra
Dark red and bright with fruit. A little age softens the whole at the finish (C)

BIN 70 Azabache Graciano Reserva 2001 £20.50
Rioja
Deep dark red, with an intense aroma of fine fruit. Richly confident fruit fills the palate, while carefully balanced oak carries the flavours to the finish (D)

AUSTRALIA

BIN 71 Old Vine Grenache 2004 £14.25
Simon Hackett – McLaren Vale
Old Grenache vines sometimes deliver intense summer fruit characters.
Flavours are smoothly ripe and spicy in this extra special red (D)

BIN 72 Tarrango 2004 £12.50
Brown Brothers – Victoria
Light juicy cherry red, Tarrango is always delicious and welcomed. A 1960s bred grape variety. It is different from anything else and would appear to be
Brown Brothers particular gift to the world (B)

BIN 73 Pinot Noir 2003/04 £23.25
Stonier – Victoria
Light modern style of Pinot Noir displays fruit purity and majors on the strawberry aspect of the grape variety’s character. An almost ethereal wine, but its fine and persistent flavour makes it an ideal choice for fine days and gentle reflection (C)

BIN 74 Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 2000/02 £29.95
Penfolds – South Australia
389 is one of Penfolds’ most sought after bins, now having to be rationed out. Can also be known as the “mini grange”. A glass of this super ripe wine shows why. Flavours range in scale from the highest fruit tone to the richest depths and are
perfectly calibrated to blend into harmonious whole (D)

BIN 75 Memise Shiraz, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 £19.75
Water Wheel, Victoria
Dark juicy pleasing wine with ripe soft flavours (C)

BIN 85 Grange Shiraz 1997 £200.00
Penolds - South Australia
Australia’s top icon wine from a fine vintage.
Robert Parker gave it a highly-appreciative score of 94. It’s a beauty (D)

NEW ZEALAND

BIN 76 Merlot 2004 £16.50
Oyster Bay – Hawkes Bay
Rich red magnificent Merlot, super ripe, spicy, yet cleancut.
Edged with a whiff of oak but ripe to the last note (D)

BIN 77 Pinot Noir 2004 £21.50
Oyster Bay – Marlborough
Light, ripe, accurate Pinot Noir and elegant oak. Instantly delicious (C)