FRANCE

White Burgundy
BIN 5 Montagny £19.50
Louis Latour 2002
Neat trim wine, mixing smooth butter and lemon tones. A flagship Chardonnay. (2)

BIN 6 Pouilly Fuisse AC £33.00
P.Ferraud et Fils 2003/04
Classic, yet modern, fresh and energetic aromas. Flavours are at once sappy and green, with soft creaminess from a little oak support. Genuine and delicious. (2)

BIN 7 Meursault 1er Cru £58.00
Chateau de Blagny Louis Latour 2001/02
Lemon Clour. Soft, rounded, rich Chardonnay flavours. Pure fruit character for those who are not looking for oak flavours. (2)

BIN 8 Chassagne Montrachet £40.50
Louis Latour 2001/02
Fine, elegant (unoaked) Chassagne (2)

BIN 9 St. Aubin 1er Cru Dents de Chein £42.35
Olivier Leflaive 2002/03
Fine gold. Light spicy oak aroma. Smoothly ripe and full to taste. Long and full in the finish (2)

BIN 10 Puligny Montrachet £63.25
Domaine Carillon 2001
Intensely scented fruit and soft oak nose. Superbly integrated flavours from this top-flight producer, finding lemon dash in the smoothest fruit imaginable (2)

Chablis
BIN 11 Chablis AC £25.70
Le Manoir 2004
Highly regarded as an excellent example of a steely dry
Chardonnay with an authentic flinty character (1)

BIN 12 Chablis Grand Cru Les Blanchots £56.75
Domaine Laroche 2002/03
Pale gold. Grand oak and buttery fruit on the nose. Rich, structured with superb fine flavours, yet maintaining Chablis’ ‘cool’, grows into a long, lingering finish (2)

White Bordeaux
BIN 13 Chateau Pierrail £15.44
Bordeaux Superior 2004
Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris together make an easy lifted style,
delivered with soft breezy freshness (1)

BIN 14 Chateau Smith Haut Lafite £85.75
Graves Pessac Leognan 1998
Delightfully perfumed 100% Sauvignon Blanc from a small annual production (1)

Rhone Valley
BIN 15 Cotes du Rhone Reserve £17.75
Domaine Perrin 2002
This is a scintillating wine with a touch of lemon and a hint of butter to
provide extra lift and elegance (3)

BIN 16 Condrieu 2002/03 £48.05
E. Guigal
Three great words: Condrieu, the place, Viognier, the grape; Guigal, the producer show why the pulses race. Here is an elegantly matured classic to match reputation (2)

Loire Valley
BIN 17 Muscadet de Sevre et Maine Sur Lie £15.15
Chateau L’Oiseliniere de la Ramee, Chereau Carre 2004
Just what a good Muscadet is all about – a combination of sea breeze, smell of new hay, underpinned with mineral cool, and just about the right length too. (1)

BIN 18 Vouvray Domaine de Vaufuget £16.95
Chereau Carre 2004
Perhaps the ultimate aperitif – reminiscent of waterfalls and meadow grasses, with delicate apple sweetness yet fine supporting structure for a long finish. Enchanting (4)

BIN 19 Pouilly Fume Les Logeres £22.50
Guy Saget 2004
A top Sauvignon Blanc from the upper Loire – crisply refreshing (1)

BIN 20 Sancerre Selection Premiere £25.00
Guy Saget 2004
Grassy and gooseberryish bright clean flavours (1)

GERMANY

BIN 21 Piesporter Michelsberg Qba £11.45
Mosel 2004
Refreshing and ripe. Slately flavour and masses of fruit (4)

BIN 22 Reh Kendermann £12.50
Reisling Spatlese 2004/05
Riesling’s unique ‘petroly’ signature. Fresh pretty flavours, true to Moselle delicacy.
Ligh t and clean as a whistle (5)

ITALY

BIN 23 Soave Classico Superiore £18.75
Veneto 2003/04
Fresh appley style teamed with full-flavoured smoothness and spice.
Definitely superior and delicious too (2)

AUSTRALIA

BIN 24 Mad Fish Chardonnay £17.50
2004
In the glass, the wine appears crisp displaying fresh green tinges to the pale straw colour. The nose is typical of cool climate Chardonnay-melons and peach supported by
finer grapefruit and mandarin aromas. Unwooded. (2)

BIN 25 Simon Hackett Riesling £15.50
2003/04
Cool, fine, lime-flavoured, top notch Riesling keeps its power and
drive out of sight – evident but invisible (1)

NEW ZEALAND

BIN 26 Oyster Bay £18.50
Marlborough 2005
Crisp up-front gooseberry fruit. Rounded and expansive in palate, while still zesty and exciting. Long uninterrupted finish. Wonderful clarity of flavour (1)

BIN 27 Gewurztraminer Single Vineyard Reserve £20.25
Whitehaven Marlborough 2004
New Zealand zest and intensity teamed with the exotic spice. Dry, very full, and the best answer to perfecting any culinary fusion (2)

CHILE

BIN 28 Chardonnay Nativa £17.50
Maipo Valley 2001/02
Chile’s shining example and pioneer organic wine from its own vineyard within the company estate. Ripe, elegant and mixing tropical tones (2)

BIN 29 Concha Y Toro £46.50
Amelia 2002/03
Hand picked Chardonnay grapes from the oldest vineyards of the Casablanca Valley.
Powerful concentration of rich exotic fruit and oak (2)

BIN 30 Sauvignon Blanc £12.50
Santa Rita 2005
Attractive ‘lifted’ Sauvignon with soft finish (1)