The Wine List – Ongar

WHITE WINES

175ml / 250ml / Bottle
LIGHT DRY AND REFRESHING

1. Costa d’Amalfi Bianco DOC – Marisa Cuomo (Italy) £6.00 / £7.80 / £22.50
2. Pinot Grigio Via Nova (Italy) £6.70 / £8.10 / £23.50
3. Picpoul de Pinet De Languedoc (France) £26.00
4. Muscadet Sevre Et Maine Sur Lie Saget (France) £6.80 / £9.10 / £26.50 (v)
5. Chablis L’onciale (France) £10.00 / £13.40 / £38.00
6. Tempus Two Silver Series Pinot Gris (Australia) £25.00
7. GAVI del Comune di Gavi (Italy) £8.50 / £10.90/  £32.50 (v)
8. Sauvignon Blanc Culemborg (South Africa) £6.80 / £8.10 / £25.00 (v)
9. Chardonnay Tooma River (Australia) £6.20 / £8.00 / £24.00

OFF DRY, FRAGRANT WITH INTENSE FRUIT

10. Torrontes Trapiche (Argentina) £23.00
11. Heredad de Tejada Rioja Blanco (Spain) £6.80 / £8.10 / £25.00
12. Baron Philippe de Rothschild Viognier (France) £25.50 (v)
14. Malvasia Del Salento (Italy) £7.80 / £10.50 / £31.00
15. Petit Chenin Ken Forrester (South Africa) £25.50
16. Vouvray Sec Gaudron (France) £30.00
17. Jonty’s Ducks Pekin Organic White (South Africa) £39.00 (v)
18. Albarino, Veiga da Princesa, Rias do Mar (Spain) £36.50 (v)

DRY , MOUTHWATERING AND FRUIT FORWARD

20. Weka Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough (New Zealand) 2017 £8.90 / £12.00 / £35.00 (v)
21. Lacheteau Boisjoli Sancerre (France) 2017 £11.20 / £14.00 / £42.00
22. Horsmonden Dry White, Organic (United Kingdom) £39.00

SOFT , CREAMY , RICH AND ROUND

23. Bogle Chardonnay  (California) £9.20 / £12.50 / £37.50
24. Pouilly Fuisse David Fagot 2016/17 (France) £49.00 (v)  

FINE , ELEGANT AND CLASSIC COLLECTION

25. Cometa, Planeta (Sicily) 2017 £54.00
Fiano grape variety, a great white wine from southern Italian grapes, able to compare with the world’s great white wines.
26. Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy, Alain Geoffroy – 2016  (France) £55.00
Full and round, a perfect balance between power and finesse, softness and freshness. Rich and persistent finish.
27. Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir Louis Michel  2015/16 (France) £20.00 / £27.00 / £72.00
Crisp and ripe on the palate, fresh-fruit flavours follow the nose, clean and very long. An impressive wine.
28. Meursault Domaine Gaunoux – 2015 (France) £74.00
Well developed with ripe, tropical fruit on the nose and an enticing note of honey leading to an intense and concentrated palate with well balanced acidity and a crisp, clean, lengthy finish.
29. Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatiéres – 2016 (France) £88.00
From Puligny’s finest 1er Cru vineyard, Les Folatières, at once showing richness, depth, intense minerality and acidic structure, tempered by softness and spice from well-judged use of oak
30. Chassagne Montrachet Château De La Maltroye- 2017 (France) £82.00 
Typical Chassagne finesse and freshness, showing flavours of apricots and peaches with hints of white flowers and a mineral finish.

RED WINES

175ml / 250ml / Bottle

YOUTHFUL , LIVELY AND FRUIT DRIVEN

31. Costa d’Amalfi Rosso – Marisa Cuomo (Italy) £6.00 / £7.80 / £22.50 (v)
32. Bellefontaine Merlot (France) £7.00 / £9.50 / £26.00 (v)
33. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC Colle Sori, Botter Spa (Italy) £24.50
34. Pinot Noir Jean Balmont (France) £26.00
35. (Organic) El Abuelo Tempranillo Monastrell Almansa (Spain) £29.00
36. Fleurie, Cave du Château de Chenas 2016 (France) £42.00

MEDIUM BODIED, JUICY, ROUND AND SMOOTH

37. Baron D’Arignac Cabernet Sauvignon (France) £26.00
38. Pinot Noir Yealands Estate (New Zealand) £9.00 / £13.00 / £34.00
39. Rioja Edicion Limitada Ramon Bilbao (Spain) £9.00 / £13.00 / £34.00
40. Rogues and Rascals Great Southern Shiraz (Australia) £9.50 / £13.50 / £38.00 (v)
41. Pinotage Bosstock (South Africa) £25.00
42. Bordeaux Supérieur, Château Argadens (France) £28.00
43. Jonty’s Ducks Pekin Syrah (South Africa) £40.00 (v)
44. Domaine de la Janasse, Côtes du Rhône Rouge (France) £9.00 / £13.00  /£35.00

ROBUST, POWERFUL AND FULL BODIED

45. Primitivo ‘Era’ IGT, Cantine Volpi (Italy) £26.50
46. Malbec Vina Falernia (Chile) £9.00 / £12.00 / £32.00
47. Zinfandel Old Vines Bogle (California) £9.50 / £13.00 / £36.00
48. Papale Oro Primitivo Di Manduria (Italy) £47.00
49. Bogle Petite Sirah (California) £40.00
50. Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso £49.00

FINE, ELEGANT AND CLASSIC

51. The Mint Cabernet, Thelema (South Africa) 2014 £49.50
Ripe red berry, cassis and dark chocolate flavours are complimented by hints of mint and on the palate. The wine has fine tannins with a long, mocha finish.
52. Rioja Soligamar Reserva – 2011 (Spain) £52.00 (v)
Dried fruits and currant cake on the nose; and to taste soft tannins are complimented by red cherries, plums and a fleck of spice.
53. Chateauneuf du Pape Chateau Beauchene
– 2014/15 (France) £15.00 / £19.50 / £57.00
On the nose raspberries, spices, vanilla and a hint of violet. A strong structure with well-blended tannins and flavours of jammy red fruit with a touch of vanilla and developing earthy notes and hints of truffles.
54. Barolo Serralunga D’ Alba Fontanafredda – 2014 (Italy) £59.00
Blood red with ruby highlights, it has a clear-cut, intense nose with overtones of vanilla, spices, withered roses and underbrush. The palate is dry, but soft, full bodied, velvety and well balanced, and is engagingly complex throughout the lengthy finish.
55. Famiglia Pasqua Amarone della Valpolicella – 2013 (Italy) £16.00 / £22.50 / £66.00
Ripe dark-skinned berry, cedar and vanilla lead the nose. The savory, full-bodied palate offers blackberry jam, tobacco and star anise alongside firm, fine-grained tannins.
56. Keyneton Estate Euphonium, Henschke (Australia) 2014 £84.00
Primarily a Syrah with the addition of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Aromas of baked strawberries, raspberries and blackcurrants, alongside complex nuances of roasted red peppers, spicy, resinous oak character and curry spice.  The texture on the palate is super-soft and succulent, with blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, eucalyptus, sun-dried tomato, rosemary, lavender and toasty, piney oak.  The tannins are ripe, rounded and velvet-textured.
57. Chateau Grand Ducasse Lacoste 5eme Cru Classe Pauillac – 2011/12 (France) £104.00 
With so much spicy fruit, intensely ripe blackberry flavours and solid tannins, all the elements of excellence are here, and powered by a firm structure. This wine has weight and a fine Cabernet concentration. 
58. Chateau Talbot 4eme Cru Classe St Julien – 2011/13 (France) £125.00
Intense flavours of ripe dark cherry and black currant with thick tannins which provide the wine with a beautiful structure. Finish is long and strong, with mature wooden notes. A beautiful and typical well-made, high-class Saint-Julien.