Good wine in Moffat......
The Annandale Wine List
As with the menus a lot of care has been spent sourcing different wines from slightly out of the way vineyards so hopefully you will not find any of these on the supermarket shelves. But where the Annandale leads others follow......
A dozen years ago the hotel had just two bins one was marked red and one marked white. Things have moved on a bit since then and listed here are some of our present stock. It is not all here but it gives a taste of the range.
We use a number of merchants such as Corneys, Justerinis as well as some local suppliers sadly Tony at the Moffat Wine Shop, in Well Street Moffat, has now retired and his shop is now closed. Generally we have tried to give a wide range at very reasonable prices where possible keeping below thirty pounds mark.
Vintages and prices will be subject to change and availability. Prices are current at May 2010
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WHITE WINES
Burgundy
Chablis 2007 Domaine Servin
One of the oldest domaine's in Chablis with a reputation for pure, fruity wines with a hefty minerality. The rocky soil means the vines have to go deep in search of water which produces strong vines with excellent grapes.
£23.50
Chablis Domaine Servin 2006(half bottle)
£14.25
Montagny 1er Cru "Bonnevaux" 2006
Pure, tropical ripeness. Flamboyant with a fresh nutty mineral layer providing greater definition - stylish.
£25.00
Bordeaux
La Combe de Grinou 2008
A blend of fresh citrus, vibrant fruits and creamy rich structure
£17.25
Loire
Vouvray, La Cuvee des Fondraux 2005
Made in the classic off-dry style,silky smooth with honey and ripe apple aromas
£18.95
Sancerre, "Domaine de la Grande Maison" 2007
Chaumeau Balland
Sauvignon Blanc grown on limestone makes for a very fresh, pure, intensity, good gooseberried elegance.
£22.50
Sancerre "Domaine de la Grande Maison" 2007
Half Bottle
£11.95
French Country
Marquis de Lissac Sauvignon Blanc 2007 Vin de Pays Cotes de Thongue
This shows straightforward fresh fruit character refreshed with delicate mineral notes.
£14.95
Viognier 2002, Domaine de Ciffre
WHITE WINES (cont'd)
Italy
Soave Classico DOC "Brognoligo" 2007
A stunning wine showing what yardstick Soave is all about - ripe, warm, semi tropical fruit, bone dry and truly satisfying
£17.50
Pinot Grigio "Grigio Luna" IGT Venezia 2008
Cecillia Beretta
Exceptional - a hitherto unknown balance of grilled almonds with gooseberries, citrus fruits and a subtle underlying minerality. Excellent single vineyard wine.
£16.95
Germany
Schloss Schonborn Estate Riesling 2006
A greatRheingau Estate excellent with fish such as trout.
£15.95
Spain
Ganadero Blanco 2004
Rueda DO
This wine has an interesting clean fruit aroma scented and perfumed with full fresh citrus fruit and a nutty minerally flavour.
£15.95
Veigadares Albarino 2002, Adegas Galegas
Galicia recently voted by the International Wine Challenge as the finest Albarino on the market.
From Galicia in NW Spain - wonderfully stony, minerally fruit of terrific elegance. Considered to one of the greatest wine partners for fish.
£28.00
Gallocanto Blanco 2003, Benjamin Romeo (Riojo)
Arguably the rarest white Rioja to be found on the market here or in any other country, as miniscule amounts of this wine are made. Romeo is probably the most specialist Rioja producer, whose great reds command huge prices.
Rich and finely balanced, this oaked rioja is stunning and a must for those who love their Riojas.
£37.50
WHITE WINES (cont'd)
Australia
The Gatekeeper/ Simon Hackett Chardonnay 2006
Barossa Valley
This is luscious and full bodied, a combination of fresh citrus, exotic fruit with a creamy rich texture, emphasised by lightly handled oak
£18.95
Voyager Estate Semillon 2001
Margaret River
A refreshing, clean classically Margaret River style, with crisp, zesty citrus and plenty of complex rich fruit. Well-balanced.
£21.50
New Zealand
Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc 2007
We have been very lucky to obtain a supply of this famous wine about which much has been written since it was first released onto the market. Pale straw green in colour and piercingly aromatic it shows all the characteristics of an excellent Marlborough season.
£36.50
South Africa
Old Vines Chenin Blanc 2004
Stellenbosch WO
The refined balance of ripe fruit, crisp vitality and background honey, quince and spice complement lightly spiced dishes beautifully.
£16.50
South America
Mendoza Pinot Gris 2007
Bodega Lurton, Argentina
A wine of real character, rich in stone fruit, fresh, with delicate raisin notes
£16.50
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ROSE
Borgogne Rose Cuvee Margoton 2007, Olivier Leflaive
named after Olivier's daughter brightly fruited it combiens roses and sweet spices exuberant
£19.50
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RED WINES
Bordeaux
Chateau Mayne-Graves 2005
Superior merlot blend. Dry medium bodied wine with good rich colour and red fruit flavours
£16.95
Chateau La Courolle 2005 Cracking good year
Wonderfully supple, sappy cherry-rich blend which coats the palate. Very keenly balanced, it has a sensual, silky texture.
£19.95
Chateau La Courolle 2006
Half Bottles £10.95
L'Hospitalet de Gazin 2003 Pomerol
"Second wine of Gazin immediate neibour of Petrus Nose is lovely, rich in sweet,gamy, toasty red fruit..." C&B
£39.00
L'Orangie de Carignan 2004
Premiere Cotes de Bordeaux
From the estate's younger vines givin spicy top notes on ripe blackcurrent and rasberry under tone. A very good value PC de B ready to drink now.
£20.95
Half bottles
£12.50
Chateau La Grande Maye 2005
A blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes, the wine spends a year in new oak barrels and with its ripeness of fruit, grainy texture and complexity of tastes offers excellent value for money.
£21.00
Chateau La Grande Maye 2002
Half Bottle £11.00
Chateau La Tour St. Bonnet, Medoc, 2005
Cabernet Sauvignon, full bodied wine benefiting from a medium aging time in wood which softens the tannins and adds complexity.
£22.50
RED WINES (cont'd)
Bordeaux (cont'd)
Chateau Potensac 2005
A first class wine from a first class vintage.Ch. Potensac comes from the same stable as Ch. Leoville Las Cases and Ch. Nenin as they are all owned by the Delon Family. Deeply coloured, plenty of body, attractive blackcurrant flavours, earthy nose, classically structured with a long finish. At its peak for drinking now.
£45.00
Burgundy
Bourgogne Pinot Noir Domaine Cyrot-Buthiau 2007
Planted on clay-limestone. Elegant lengthy palate with mature Pinot-Noir fruits. A soft tannic backbone with herb and leather note on the tongue.
£19.25
Bourgogne Pinot Noir Cuvee Voltaire 2006
Half Bottle
£11.50
Gevrey Chambertin Clos du Meix des Ouches 2001 Domaine des Varoilles
Medium red from hand picked grapes, lovely high toned nose over sweet red cherry. Good,smooth finish wonderful with venison and game
£39.50
Rhone
Crozes Hermitage 2005, Etienne Pochon
Elegant, full bodied red with generous black hedgerow fruits with spices to finish
£26.50
RED WINES (cont'd)
Spain
Laguna de la Nava Reserva 2003
Rioja style, tempranillo, Rich garnet in colour, this presents a blend of autumnal fruit, leather notes and vanilla cream.
£19.50
Bodegas Duron Crianza 2005
Ribera del Duero DO
Rich plum in colour with black cherries and vanilla on the nose, a full bodied, rich palate with a long finish.
£25.00
Rioja Gran Reserva 2001, Solar de Samenigo
When many of the Rioja producers changed their style in the 1980s a few of the best retained their traditional style, much prized in the Rioja region. An elegant, reserved style, achieved by extended oak ageing.
£36.00
Saigoba Tinto Crianza Rioja 2006
This crianza is bottled after 3 years ageing in the barrel and the oak character combines well with aromas of dark forest fruit
£17.50
Italy
Valpolicella Superiore Zenato 2003
Corvina and rondinella grapes from Verona.
Deep ruby red, with fine cherry fruit, soft and ripe with a nicely concentrated long finish - a very good wine.
£16.95
Chianti Classico DOCG "Terre di Prenzano" 2006
Vignamaggio
Modern and freshly fruited this 100% Sangiovese offers plump cherries and plums laced with vanilla.
£21.95
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Vigneti Casterna 2001, Pasqua
From the Veneto region of Italy close to Lake Garda. The dried raisin like grapes make this an intensely fruited, multi-layered, spicy rich wine. Very fine vintage.
£38.00
Barolo Classico 2000, Prunotto
One of the great producers of this exquisite wine from the hills of Piedmont in NW Italy. Produced from the Nebbiolo grape this is a big rich savoury wine. Superb vintage.
£45.00
RED WINES (cont'd)
Australia
The Gatekeeper Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
McLaren Valley
A Bordeaux grape producing a robust Australian wine with both depth and sweetness of fruit - perfect with stews, casseroles and spicy foods.
£18.95
Eagle Vale Shiraz 2004
Margaret River
Rich plum in colour this is a very refined, elegant Shiraz, very aromatic with floral notes and rich black cherries complemented by a heady dash of pepper.
£27.50
RED WINE (cont'd)
New Zealand
Babich, Gimblett Gravels Cabernet Merlot 2005
Hawkes Bay
A deep coloured red wine with full, elegant flavour.
£18.50
Muddy Water Pinot Noir 2006
Richly coloured, ripe fruit character, concentrated flavours of plums and toasted oak, complex and rounded.
£29.50
Eradus Pinot Noir 2007
The Berloft vineyard Marlborough is situated between the Southern Alps and the Pacific Ocean giving a warm growing season. This wine has hints of black cherry, strawberry and plum flavours that combine with fine grain tannins to produce a wine of exceptional palate lentgh.
£22.95
South Africa
Bainskloof Merlot 2007
Breede River
Ripe cherries and cassis, laced with pepper - really attractive, effortless drinking.
£16.95
RED WINES (cont'd)
Americas
Malbec 2005
Bodega Ruca Malen, Mendoza, Argentina
10 months in oak adds weight and complexity to this blackfruited, richly concentrated Malbec, intense and very fine.
£19.95
Beaulieu Vinyards, California, Pinot Noir 2003
Red cherry berry and spices, light excellent to accompany salmon or cheese
£21.50
Edmeades Zinfandel 2004
Mendocino, California
This is a big, full-bodied wine, with concentrated ripe, soft berry fruit, a touch of spice and oak and a lovely light tannic structure.
£27.50
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CHAMPAGNE/SPARKLING WINES
Corney & Barrow's Sparkling Blanc de Blancs
Varichon et Clerc, Methode Traditionelle
Bottle-fermented in the traditional fashion this is a rather stylish, crisp wine with delicate biscuit notes.
£18.50
Pelorus
The sparkling wine from Cloudy Bay with the light green colour and fresh aromatic taste
£24.50
Moet & Chandon
N.V. Brut Imperial
Golden in colour, fruit and honysuckle aromas complex champagne with great depth
£37.50
Pelourus Pinot Noir Vitage 2002
Probably the best sparkling wine of the NewWorld. Mellow, satisfying, deliciously complex and biscuity.
£28.50
Guy de Chassey Champagne Brut NV
A rich,rounded style, benefitting from a blend of old and young vine fruit. An attractive harmony of apple freshness and warm biscuity notes
£32.00
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PORT
Pudding and Port
Chateau Petit Vedrines Sauternes 2001
"A glorious nose of marmalade with with a hint of smokiness..." BB&R
£24.60
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise Dom Perrin 2005
£13.50 Half bottle
Taylor's Quita De Vargells 1998
Mature port bottled as a "single quinta" vintage. Deep colour big broad palate reminiscent of blackcurrent and rasberries.
£45.50
Croft LBV 2003 Good value late bottle vintage port
£18.75
Grahams LBV Port 1997
Excellent value large glass of port preserved in a handy bottle. Traditional accompaniment of strong blue cheese such as Lanark Blue or just round off a good evening
200ml bottle £9.20
Please see our malts page
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BRANDY
Hine Rare and delicate champagne Cognac VSOP
£4.00 (25ml)
Remy Martin Fine champagne Cognac XO
£7.00 (25ml)
Janneau Grand Armagnac VSOP
£2.50 (25ml)
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