The Tufton Arms Hotel
Wine List
Nigel’s Selections
White
1Colombard, Domaine de Papolle, £15.75
The best Papolle ever made. We are justly proud of our house white. Medium dry with great fruit, a lovely freshness and surprising length. Tremendous quality at the price.
872010 Botromagno, Greco, Murgia Bianco £17.95
The wine is blended from the indigenous grapes greco and fiano. Aromatic with a rich structure
a great accompaniment to fish and Mediterranean dishes
149 2013 Greywacke, Marlborough, Sauvignon Blanc £27.95
‘Like opening a bag of tree ripened nectarines’Kevin Judd of CloudyBay fame on his award winning sauvignon.
892007 Ronco di Corte, Le Vigne Di Zamo £36.95
We have cellared this exceptional wine deliberately until now to allow the complexity of the wine to develop. A mix of Chardonnay 40%, Sauvignon 40%, Riesling 20% just made in exceptional years that won Italies best white wine award in 2002. Sensations of apple, banana, elderflower and peach veined with chamomile sage on the nose. Rondo di Corte is fresh and mouthfilling, with very well balanced acidity, intense minerality and a long-lingering after-aroma.
Red
622011 Brouilly, Louis Tete £24.95
Juicy, lip-smacking Gamay from the largest of the 10 crus of Beaujolais. A great example, fruity,
round and refreshing
1032010 Los Condes, Crianza, Catalunya £16.95
Fantastic Crianza. Everything you want from Tempranillo, fresh cherry fruit harmonises with oak to
give delicious vanilla overtones
158 2012 Carmenere, Reserva, De Gras £19.95
A full bouquet of spice, oak and black fruit and a firm but juicy palate. Offers plum, damson and curranty characters alongside well integrated toasty oak and layers of vanilla. A good example of Carmenere that will please all Merlot lovers.
1632013 Malbec, Santa Ana, Reserve, Mendoza £21.25
Intense colour with sweet aromas of blackberries and plums. 12 months in oak casks give hint of vanilla with soft tannins that follow through into a lengthy finish.
Sparkling
20Prosecco, Fontessa Brut Spumante £21.95
Delicate and elegant with clean and fresh apple flavours with a fine creamy mousse. A popular Italian alternative to champagne that rarely gives heartburn.
22Claude Cazals, Brut, Carte Blanche £37.95
Classic yeasty biscuit flavours we are proud of our house champagne. Highly recommended.
Country Wines
Dry White
1Colombard, Domaine de Papolle, £15.75
The best Papolle ever made. We are justly proud of our house white. Medium dry with great fruit, a lovely freshness and surprising length. Tremendous quality at the price.
4Chardonnay, de Gras, Colchagua Valley, Chile £17.45
This soft chardonnay with a light yellow colour has good balanced acidity and good length. Coming from the renowned “Antinori” stable it also offers good value and is recommended.
5Sauvignon Blanc, de Gras, Colchagua Valley, Chile £17.45
Good value dry, grassy, fresh gulpable, refreshing Chilean Sauvignon
6Domaine de la Cessane, Marsanne/Viognier £19.50
Fresh and fragrant with a lip smacking feel. Try this with spicy food like our Gumbo’s or Goan Style Curries
Rosé
9Zinfandel Rose De Gras £17.45
A full palate of pomegranite, grapefruit. and honey with a trace of spicyness.
Red
10Cabernet Sauvignon, de Gras, Colchagua Valley, Chile £16.45
Bright ruby cherry red in colour and a bouquet of spicy wild morello cherry aromas and brambly fruits.
The palate is deliciously fresh, lively fruit bursting with wild cherry and summer berry flavours,
finishing with zippy, spicy, clean acidity.
12Merlot, de Gras, Colchagua Valley, Chile £15.75
Our house Merlot that I am quite delighted with. Plums and damsons with a suggestion of spice combine in a wine of a surprising length and power. Delicous on its own or with food, take your choice!
Sparkling Wines & Champagne
Methode Traditionnelle
20Prosecco, Fontessa Brut Spumante £21.95
Delicate and elegant with clean and fresh appley flavours with a fine creamy mousse. A popular Italian alternative to champagne that rarely gives heartburn.
Champagne
22Claude Cazals, Brut, Carte Blanche £37.95
Classic yeasty biscuit flavours we are proud of our house champagne. Highly recommended.
24Moutard Pere et Fils, Rose Champagne, Prestige £42.50
Simply lovely rose champagne!.
25Bollinger, Special Cuvée £64.95
Dry and full flavoured. Fine wine.
271997 Louis Roederer Brut £89.75
Mid straw in appearance, with a fine bead evident. There is an admirable sense of richness here and a high class mousse, which together create a luxuriant, fine palate. Roederer is certainly on form in this vintage.
28Krug Grande Cuvée £149.75
Exquisite quality. A blend of several vintages which has length, depth, elegance and a beautiful bouquet.
Claret
302010 Chateau Nicot £18.95
Rich, ruby red with an inviting nose of black cherries and vanilla with a well balanced structure. Great value, very easy drinking and a reminder of why so much Claret is drunk!
312005 Chateau de Sipian, Bourdeaux Superior £26.95
Spice and cassis on the nose. There is weight and depth on this wine made from 60%Cabernet Sauvignon with 40% Merlot to flesh it out giving hints of blueberry, blackcurrant, tobacco and leather on a long, lingering finish
322004 Chateau Malescasse, Haut-Medoc £27.25
Owned by Alcatel this newly renovated Chateau offers supple, good value, accessible claret.
332006 Chateau Cissac, £31.50
Always reliable, Cissac has now become a little more supple. Classic cassis based flavours from the predominate 75% Cabernet Sauvignon grape allied with firm tannins result in a satisfying proper claret.
342000 Chateau La Clotte, St Emillion Grande CruClasse £49.75
An great year for the Chateau. Beautiful. fine, elegant perfumed wine. Silky notes with black cherries and mineral overtones
351995 Château Grande-Pontet, Grand Cru Classé, £44.95
Deep ruby colour with a purple rim. Plump, succently styled claret with spice and black cherries offering great value.
361983 Chateau Palmer, Cru Classe, Margaux £395.00
Wonderful Palmer, good depth of colour with seductive, rich cedary nose and well defined mature fruit characters on the palate. A wine of great elegance as well as power. £500 a bottle in Majestic!!!!
White Bordeaux
Dry
412002 Château Brown, Blanc £24.95
Classic white graves. An assemblage of 70% sauvignon and 30% semillion gives a rich and creamy feel but still with a balancing acidity.
Red Burgundy
42 2006 Savigny Les Beaune, Les Planchots, Domaine Lois Dufouleur £34.95
Wonderful soft juicy fruit. Enchanting with good structure and a certain richness.
432005 Cote de Beaune, Les Longes, Dufouleur £32.95
Classic Gevrey from an outstanding year.
451993 Beaune, Champs Pimont, Domaine Lois Dufoulour £34.95
A rare chance to drink some fully mature burgundy at a sensible price. Still with surprising fruit
allied with a touch of farmyard!
462003 Le Cents Vigne, Beaune, Lois Dufouleur £48.45
One of my favourite wines which I have secured every year since 1997. A tiny production of just 3432 bottles and 60 magnums. Wonderful up front fruit now maturing with hints of farmyard.
472001 Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru, Les Faconnieres, Lignier-Michelot £54.95
A silky and seductive example of Pinot Noir with a broad fruit character, and underlying strength with supple tannins.
481998 Beaune, Le Clos du Roi, Dufouleur £58.95
Just 1262 bottles made this year of Phillipe’s premier wine. Now beautifully aged, elegant refined burgundy.
White Burgundy
492011 Mâcon-Villages, Domaine des Vercheres £20.95
Creamy, flowery Macon. Rich but fresh. Just how Macon should be but rarely is!
502010Bourgogne Chardonnay, Cave D’Aze £18.50
Beautifully made wine full but refreshing and perfectly in its drinking window. Exceptional value.
512012 Chablis, Domaine Hamelin £23.75
Delightful mineral character here, combined with clean soft attractive fruit on the palate.
53Saint Veran, Domaine Paquet £24.95
Tropical fruits that you expect from chardonnay with the added typical mineral and high acidity you would expect from Saint Veran
552011 Chablis Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Hamelin £29.95
Classic stylish Chablis at a great price, on the palate there is a lovely balance between richness and elegance with a fine, complex finish.
562012 Montagny 1er Cru, Les Coeres, Domaine Bernollin £28.75
Brilliant gold with a hint of green. At first it shows crisp mineral notes on the nose, but after aeration it gains complexity and exotic fruit characteristics. A powerful, elegant and rich wine with bagfuls of character.
572008 Meursault, Les Grands Charrons, Chaeteau de Citeaux, Bouzereau £59.95
Ripe acidity freshens flavours of buttered toast with traces of honey, nuts and tropical fruit. High class burgundy .
Beaujolais
602012 Beaujolais Villages, Louis Tete £17.95
A real mouthful of ripe, juicy, succulent fruit offering everything one expects from Beaujolais at its best.
622012 Brouilly, Louis Tete £24.95
Juicy, lip-smacking Gamay from the largest of the 10 crus of Beaujolais. A great example, fruity,
round and refreshing
642012 Fluerie “La Bonne Dame” Louis Tete £25.95
Bright brick red in the glass, with attractive ruby highlights. The nose is overflowing cranberry and raspberry fruits. The palate is medium bodied, soft and supple, with good acidity supporting vivid forest fruit flavours. Lovely wine.
White Rhône
652005 Cotes du Rhone, Phillipe Plantevin’ £19.95
A lovely aromatic wine. Viognier, Grenache and Marsanne combine to create a full round wine with hints of exotic fruits. Great as an aperitif or with goat’s cheese, fish or chicken, A worthy wine that might surprise.
Red Rhône
672011Cotes-Du-Rhone Villlages, Les Coteaux £21.95
A classicRhoneblend of Grenache and Syrah. Very forward fruit allied with a warming spicyness make this an attractive wine and a good complement to lamb
682007 Crozes-Hermitage, Cave de Clairmont £27.95
A complex nose of spice and savoury bacon aromas mingled with a dark fruit character, leads into a
rich palate with depth and a touch of coffee and chocolate on the finish. A fine structure lends a finesse
and elegance to the wine.
691995 Cote Rotie, Les Jumelles, Paul Jaboulet Aine £69.95
Classic mature Cote Rotie from a top producer
702011 Chateau Fargueirol, Chateauneuf-du-Pape £35.95
Soft, fruity, accessible forward Neuf-du-Pape. A blend of 70% Grenache, 20% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre Complex nose of black fruits, sweet cinnamon and nutmeg spice and touches of leather from one of the oldest estates. Brilliant match with red meats.
712002 Hermitage La Chapelle, Paul Jaboulet Aine £97.50
A chance to drink one of the Rhones most famous wines.
731996 Barbe Rac, Chateauneuf du Pape, Chapoutier £88.50
The world famous Barbe Rac in a great year.
Alsace
762010 Gewurztraminer Reserve des Chevaliers, Marcel Hugg £25.95
Top notch Gewurztramine. Hints of exotic fruits combine with spicy notes. The nicely-balanced richness is offset by ripe acidity, beautifull wine.
772010 Pinot Blanc, Albrecht £19.45
Deliciously fresh, fruity Pinot Blanc. A wine which illustrates the full value of Alsace wines.
782009 Riesling, Cuvee Jean-Charles, Ruhlmann £24.95
Aromas reveal lifted citrus fruit, slightly blossomy with background notes of slate and mineral. The fruit here is pristine and pure, with finely-tuned lime/citrus fruit. A precise, lingering, dry Riesling with plenty of life appeal.
Loire
802011 Tourraine, Domaine Octavie, Sauvignon £18.95
Pale yellow with lime flecks. Soft and elegant, the nose is floral, with jasmine tones and a touch of greengages. The flavours start soft, fresh and fruity with a touch of apricot and lovely balanced acidity, then the delightful tang of cooked rhubarb in the mid-palate takes over
812011 Cheverny, Pascal Bellier £19.45
Cheverny is the only AOC appellation that permits the blending of Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay making it quite a distinctive style. From Jane MacQuitty “Any of you who want to branch out from Loire sauvignon to a more complex white wine should have a crack at this mouthwatering, zesty, lime peel-spiked white."
822012 Pouilly-Fume, Chateau Favray £26.95
Fresh, aromatic fruit on the nose with soft, lively depth of fruit on the palate. Really good
Pouilly-Fume
83 2012 Sancerre, Domaine De Vieux Pruniers, Thirot-Fournier £26.95
Crisp, enticing and refreshing Sancerre as it should be!
Italy
Whites
84Angimbe Chardonnay, Cusumano, Sicilia £19.95
Good freshness with pineapple and citrus. Well worth a try
86Pinot Grigio, Conviviale £16.95
Refreshing, well made Pinot Grigio
872010 Botromagno, Greco, Murgia Bianco £17.95
The wine is blended from the indigenous grapes greco and fiano. Aromatic with a rich structure
a great accompaniment to fish and Mediterranean dishes
892007 Ronco di Corte, Le Vigne Di Zamo £36.95
We have cellared this exceptional wine deliberately until now to allow the complexity of the wine to develop. A mix of Chardonnay 40%, Sauvignon 40%, Riesling 20% just made in exceptional years that won Italies best white wine award in 2002. Sensations of apple, banana, elderflower and peach veined with chamomile sage on the nose. Rondo di Corte is fresh and mouthfilling, with very well balanced acidity, intense minerality and a long-lingering after-aroma.
Reds
95Montepulciano d’ Abruzzo, Sentito £16.95
Great value, full flavoured red wine
971999 Ronco Dei Roseti, Le Vigne Di Zamo £29.95
The flagship wine of Pierluigi an assemblage of merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, schioppettino. All the grapes are vinified separately and matured for some 18 months then blended and matured for a further 5 months. A veritable spectrum of aromatics and flavours unfold with a persistence and intensity on the palate.
982010 Chianti Classico, Borga Salecetino, Radda £20.95
Great chianti from the lovely village of Radda. A soft Sangiovese fruit driven wine.
991995 Barbaresco, Gaja £139.95
Simply stellar Barbaresco from the legendary Angelo Gaja. A saturated deep ruby red this is a brooding, structured yet sensual wine for the connoisseur at a very fair price.
Spain
White
1022009 Rueda, Marques de Riscal £18.25
Innovative wine making from Spains oldest Rioja house. Made from the flowery herbaceous
Vedejo grape. Fresh and aromatic with notes of citrus and fennel. Well worth a try!
103Bodago Navajas, Rioja, Blanco, Cosecha £17.95
Straw coloured and crystal clear, a delicate, light, fresh well made wine with an intense dry finish
which will accompany many different fish dishes
Red
1032010 Los Condes, Crianza, Catalunya £16.95
Fantastic Crianza. Everything you want from Tempranillo, fresh cherry fruit harmonises with oak to
give delicious vanilla overtones
1052009 Rioja Reserva, Marques de Riscal, £27.95
The nose is ultra ripe, with plums, prunes and a complex of gamy notes. Palate is smooth and harmonious with a sweet-tasting finish.
1062005 Marques de Riscal, Rioja, Gran Riserva £44.95
Marqués de Riscal 150 Aniversario is a dark-cherry coloured wine with brick red hues. Its aroma is complex and balsamic, with burnt wood and hints of spices such as black pepper and cinnamon. It has an oily mouth-feel, with good backbone and concentration of tannins, round and supple with a long, silky finish
1071995 Baron de Chirel, RIOJA RESERVA, Marques de Riscal £87.50
Luxurious and spohisticated, with excellent fruit and oak, a definite mineral note with a touch of smokiness. Great structure and balance almost like a great Pauillac!
108 Abadal 5 Merlot, Pla de Bages £26.95
A wine for Merlot lovers. A blend of 5 old Merlot clones on different plots. Aromas of red berries on a
background of spicy, mineral and balsamic notes. Fleshy and powerful with real length, impressive
wine making.
Germany
1102012 Johannishof Riesling, Trocken, Pfalz, Weingut Knipser £19.75
Lemon and crushed stone aromas, with a firm palate, moderate alcohol. A refreshing pleasing wine with enough acidity to cut through belly pork
.
Australia
White
120Semillion/Chardonnay, Marktree, South Eastern Australia £16.95
Ripe and luscious. Soft but generous.
1222009 Little Yerring Chardonnay, YarraValley £19.75
This elegant Aussie Chardonnay has lovely citrus qualities. Judicious use of oak gives some spice and charcater. Ideal with a range of seafood, poultry and vegetarian dishes.
Red
126Murphy Vineyards, Big River Shiraz, New South Wales £17.95
Tell-tale Australian traits in the glass - inviting, warm and spicy, this Shiraz delivers on all points.
127Little Yerring Pinot Noir £19.85
Lovely black cherry sensations with hints of spice with a perfumed bouquet from one of Australia’s oldest
wineries. Surprisingly good at the price!
1281998 Wynns Michael Shiraz £68.95
Iconic Coonawarra **** estate with very long living Shiraz. I have cellared this wine and it is now approachable.
An opulent nose of heady spices and ripe fruit: blackberries and mulberry. Wonderful intensity and complexity it
was the star of a recent tasting. Good value.
1301996 Hill of Grace Shiraz, Henschke, Barossa £375.00
Hill of Grace is a unique delineated single historic vineyard. Planted in the 1860s by an ancestor, Nicolaus Stanitzki. This is probably the best Hill of Grace produced to date. Opaque crimson mauve colour. The nose displays aromas of dusty mint, spice and a touch of leather. The palate is filled with superb ripe fruit. Raspberries, blueberries, vanilla, confectionary and spice fill every corner of the mouth and are amplified by fine, dry tannins, followed by a very long lingering, blackberry, liquorice, spice aftertaste. Bought direct from the Henschke cellars you cannot buy this wine cheaper in a shop!
California
Red
1352011Cabernet Sauvignon, PainterBridge £19.95
Deep ruby hue with aromas of blackcurrents and woodsmoke.
1362011 Zinfandel, PainterBridge £20.75
A wine of rich plum and bramble fruit with hints of thyme and chocolate.
South Africa
White
1422012 Chenin Blanc/Sauvignon Blanc, Rooiberg Winery, South Africa £18.95
A very refreshing combination of grapes that works
Red
145Reserve Shiraz, ToomaRiver, Warburn Estate £18.95
Inviting warm and spicy
146Pinot Noir, Mad Fish £21.95
An soft wine with black cherry fruits and suple tannins.
1472009 Pinotage, Drostdy-Hof £18.95
Medium to full-bodied red with an approachable earthy berry fruit and ripe damson aromas lead to a soft styled palate full of character.