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Bin No.
Champagne
1.
Tanners Brut Extra Réserve
A
superb dry Champagne with an attractive, golden colour and
a fragrant, fruity structure. Wonderful value.
2. Moët
et Chandon Brut Impérial
Perhaps
the best known Champagne. Fairly dry and light,
but without the sharpness of many Champagnes.
Sparkling Wine
3. Rowlands
Brook Brut, Penfolds (Australia)
Excellent
quality Australian sparkler full of fruit and
flavour and very well balanced too.
4. Asti,
Martini, 7% vol (Italy)
Excellent
quality Asti Spumante with a fine mousse and a grapey fruitiness.
White Bordeaux
5. Tanners
White Bordeaux, Sauvignon Sec 1999
Extremely
well made, crisp and aromatic dry white with fresh
fruit flavours and finely balanced acidity.
6. Château
Moulin de Launay, Entre-deux-Mers,
Claude
et Bernard Greffier 1999
A
benchmark white Bordeaux from the lovely Entre-deux-Mers region.
Very fresh with attractively crisp juicy fruit.
White Burgundy
7. Mâcon-Lugny,
Les Genièvres, Louis Latour 1998
A
fine white Mâcon with depth of flavour and a full, round
body.
8. Pouilly
Fuissé Les Vieux Murs, E Loron et Fils 1997
Good
body and flavour in this well constituted Chardonnay which
has both ripeness and balance.
Red Bordeaux
9. Tanners
Claret, Bordeaux
Extremely
reliable and well made claret from Bordeaux. Ripe
and juicy with good balance and length.
10. Saint-Emilion,
Jean-Pierre Moueix 1996
Ripe
and juicy with berry fruit and plenty of length this is as good
an example of generic St-Emilion as exists on the market.
11. Château Goudichaud, Graves de Vayres 1995
This
is a very reliable property from a region near Libourne. Mainly from
Merlot it possesses fine fruit, subtle oak and good length.
Red
Burgundy
12. Beaujolais,
E Loron et Fils 1998
A
light and fruity red made from the juicy Gamay grape.
13. Tanners
Red Burgundy, Bourgogne Pinot Noir 1996
Pale
garnet colour with a wonderfully fragrant nose and a soft,
plummy Pinot Noir taste.
Loire
14. Muscadet,
Les Celliers de la Roche, A Bonhomme 1998/99
A
classic crisp Muscadet with a steely character that will cut
through rich foods.
15. Rosé
d'Anjou, Remy Pannier 1999
Soft,
sweetish rosé that tastes of the summer sun.
Rhône Valley
16. Côtes
du Rhône, Caves des Vignerons à Vacqueyras 1998/99
A
delicious, light, fruity and peppery red from the Southern
Rhône.
17. Châteauneuf-du-Pape,
Domaine du Rempart 1997
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
is probably the best known of all the Rhône wines.
This is full bodied and rich, but lighter than most.
Germany
18. Liebfraumilch
QbA, Cold Fermented, Rudolf Müller 1998
This
well known wine is soft, fruity and medium. It
is attractive and easy to drink.
19. Niersteiner
Gutes Domtal QbA, Bauer & Co. 1998
Well
known medium white wine from the Rheinhessen area of
Germany. It has lovely grapey fruit and good freshness.
20. Piesporter
Michelsberg QbA, Rudolf Müller 1998/99
Classic
Mosel wine, medium with a fresh grapey flavour.
Italy
21. Frascati
Superiore DOC, Cantina Sociale di Frascati 1999
A
dry, broad-flavoured wine from vineyards near to Rome. Fresh
and flavoursome.
22. Valpolicella,
Rocca Merlata 1998
A
light, pleasant, cherry-red wine from the Veneto region in
North Eastern Italy
23. Villa
di Vetrice, Chianti Rúfina DOCG, Fattoria di Vetrice
1997
A
very well made and elegant wine with lots of cherry fruit
and delicious lingering aftertaste.
New World
Australia
24. Rowlands
Brook Semillon/Chardonnay, Penfolds, South Eastern Australia
1999
Delicious
ripe fruit with the fullness of Semillon complemented by the
fruitiness of
Chardonnay. Excellent as an aperitif or with white meats.
25. Rowlands
Brook Shiraz/Cabernet, Penfolds, South Eastern Australia 1999
This
blend has blackcurrant fruit from the Shiraz and leafy flavours
from the Cabernet.
26. Mitchell
Watervale Rhine Riesling, Clare Valley 1999
Intense,
florally aromatic but dry and crisp. An excellent apéritif
or match for highly flavoured foods.
27. Sunnycliff
Chardonnay, Victoria 1999
Ripe
fruit and subtle oak in this wine from Victoria. Fresh, dry
and easy to drink.
28. Sunnycliff
Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra 1998
Soft,
easy drinking and fruity, from the prime Cabernet growing
area in Australia.
USA
29. Sutter
Home Cabernet Sauvignon, California 1996
Well-balanced,
fruity red with pleasant cassis flavour. Not too heavy.
30. Sutter
Home Chardonnay, California 1998
A
medium bodied Chardonnay with lemon flavours, this is good
value for money.
South
Africa
31. Cape
Peak Red, Drostdy Wines 1999
With
plenty of fruit on the nose and palate, this light red is
excellent value.
32. Cape
Peak Chenin Blanc, Drostdy Wines 1999/2000
So
difficult to ripen well in its native Loire Valley, Chenin
Blanc excels in the
warmer South African climate. Fresh, lemony fruit, good balance
and length.
New
Zealand
33. Montana
Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough 1999
A
text-book New Zealand Sauvignon - gooseberry nose and a powerful,
grassy taste.
34. C
J Pask Cabernet Sauvignon, Hawke's Bay 1998
Blackcurrant
scented with concentrated fruit on the palate and a rich long
finish.
Chile
35. Los
Vilos Cabernet Sauvignon, Concha y Toro, Central Valley 1998/99
Mellow,
easy drinking and well made.
Argentina
36. Norton
Barbera, Mendoza 1997/99
Fruity,
soft balanced red with rich fruit character. Barbera is the
name of the grape variety originally from Italy.
House Wine Red
37. Sautarel
Red
Soft,
fruity, easy drinking red.
House Wine Dry White
38. Sautarel
Dry White
Dry
and fruity with good crispness.
House Wine Medium White
39. Sautarel
Medium White
Excellent
value, medium dry white.
House Wine Sweet
40. Premières
Côtes de Bordeaux, Peter A Sichel
Medium
sweet white in the style of Sauternes with fresh
fruit flavours and balanced style.
Our
House Wines are also available by the half carafe and by the
glass
Please ask to see our Special Reserve Selection.
Vintage change from time to time and, therefore, cannot be guaranteed,
although every effort will be made to supply the stated or the
next best vintage.
Wines
supplied by Tanners
Wines Ltd, Shrewsbury
 Special
Cellar Selection
White
Wines
41. Jim
Barry Watervale Riesling, Clare Valley 1998
Full
of flavour, with soft fruit and plenty of taste. An excellent
Australian Riesling.
42. Mitchell's
Growers Semillon, Clare Valley 1998
A
full dry white with wonderful concentration from husband & wife
team Andrew & Jane Mitchell based in the Clare Valley.
43. Churton
Sauvignon, Marlborough 1999
A
delicious grassy, nettley, gooseberry flavoured Sauvignon,
extremely
well balanced and excellent value for money
44. Lurton
Pinot Gris, Mendoza 1998
Rare
in Argentina, this grape variety is harvested first each year
to retain the delicate
bouquet and the rich complex flavours of peaches, apricots
and raisins.
45. Cépage
Viognier, Domaine La Condamine L'Evêque, VdP des Côtes
de Thongues 1999
A
simply stunning dry white from the Viognier grape. All the
sumptuous peach and
apricot flavours are perfectly captured where so many others
seem to fail.
46. Saint-Véran,
Christian Collovray et Jean-Luc Terrier 1998
Quite
similar to Pouilly Fuissé, this is rich with subtle
touch of
oak and very good value.
47. Muscat
de Saint-Jean-de- Minervois, Les Vignerons de Septimanie - Half
A
delightfully soft, grapey dessert wine, highly aromatic and
sweet but not cloying.
Red
Wines
48. Conde
de Valdemar Reserva, Rioja, Martinez-Bujanda 1994
If
you find Riojas too oaky, try this. The fruit overrides the
wood
in this full, fruity wine.
49. Viña
Salceda Crianza, Rioja 1996
Oak
gives a vanilla taste to this dry, smooth, fruity red with
great elegance.
50. Dolcetto
d'Alba DOC, Luciano Sandrone 1998
Ripe
textured red that is smooth and accessible. Dolcetto means
'little sweet one'.
51. CJ
Pask Merlot, Hawke's Bay 1998
A
delicious soft fruity red wine with lovely concentrated plummy
fruit and an elegant structure.
A real example of the excellent reds now coming from New Zealand.
52. Mitchell
Peppertree Vineyard Shiraz, Clare Valley 1998
Big,
full flavoured red with a softness that makes this very easy
drinking.
 
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