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Fine Wines at the Norway |
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The Norway Inn
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Fine Red Wines 14 Grenache 2004/05 Peter Lehmann (Barossa), Australia 14.0% C £13.95 Soft easy drinking with raspberry fruit flavours. Fresh youthful and flavoursome with a firm dry finish. 15 Shiraz “Weighbridge” 2004/05 P Lehmann, Australia 14.5% C £14.95 Grapes picked at optimum ripeness. Good colour with attractive berry fruit aromas and a soft, well structured finish 16 Cabernet Sauvignon 2004/05 Vina Carmen,
Chile 13.5% D £15.45 Per ½ bot £8.45. 17 Pinotage Reserve Riebeek 2005/06, South Africa 14.5% C £17.95 Purple hues, red berry flavours with streaks of spiced cigar boxes and gun flint 18 Malbec “Oak aged” Reserve 2004/05 Montes, Chile 14.5% D £18.75 Delicious – velvety, rich, touched with the finest oak! 19 Merlot Cabernet 2005/06 Montana, New Zealand 12.5% B £19.95 Super blackcurrant Cabernet style – ripe and intense. 20 Valmoissine Pinot Noir 2004/05 Louis Latour, France 13.0% B £19.95 A quality pinot noir, the proof being its fresh strawberry aroma, lack of astringent tannins, producing a wine with softness and ripeness 21 Zinfandel 2004/05 R H Philips, California 13.5% C £19.95 Big and beautiful, classic ‘original Zin’. Delivers a rich blackberry character with panache, power and a touch of oak 22 Valpolicella Classico Superiore 2005/06, Tommasi, Italy 12.00% D £20.95 Dark cherry character and good meaty flavours. Very attractive and no lightweight 23 Fleurie “Domaine de la Chapelle des Bois” 2005/06, France 12.5% C £26.45 Beaujolais’ most sought after village wine. Fleurie’s style is rounded and smooth rather than zippily youthful.
Per ½ bottle £13.75
Fine White Wines
24 Sauvignon Blanc 2005/06 Santa Helena, Chile 12.5% 2 £13.95 Chilean sauvignon hitting the lively ‘lifted’ aromatic style of Sauvignon in the bulls eye. Very good value 25 Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie 2005/06, France 12.0% 1 £14.45 A combination of sea breeze, smell of new hay, underpinned with mineral cool and the right length too! 26 Chardonnay “Weighbridge” 2005/06 P Lehmma Australia 13.0% 2 £14.95 Well made Chardonnay wins again. Here is an Australian champion on top sunny form, full of flavour, uncomplicated, utterly tasty with a touch of oak to firm the style. 27 Chenin Blanc Reserve 2006 Riebeck South Africa 12.5% 2 £15.25 Full of vitality with a tropical lime scented bouquet. Super, fresh & rewarding 28 Dart Valley Reserve 2005/06 Sharpham Vineyard, Devon, England 11.00% 1 £17.95 Super full flavoured, zippy, dry estate wine. Energetic and with all The structure for along and useful life 29 Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Montana, Marlborough New Zealand 13.0% 1 £18. Crisp, vividly appetising aroma of tropical limes and gooseberries. Flavours intensely fruit driven, always fresh,with a long staying finish. 30 Petit Chablis 2005/06 Laroche, France 12.5% 1 £22.45 Pale lemon-green. Full smooth aroma and full rounded flavour that makes a good finish.Very good quality for Petit Chablis. Per ½ bottle £13.75 31 Sancerre “Selection Premier”2004/05 Guy Saget, France 12.5% 1 £25.45 Grassy and gooseberry bright clean flavours. The Wines of Spain White Wines
S1 Chardonnay Nuviana Valle de Cinca 13.5% 2 £13.25 Straw coloured with a golden glint. Intense aroma with hints of fleshy fruits such as peaches and passion fruit. This is a young, well-balanced wine that is easy to drink and unpretentious, however it retains a hint of rebelliousness as a consequence of its youth. S2 Marqués de Cáceres Rioja 12.5% 2 £14.25 Very clear and bright straw colour, Aromas of pears, white flowers and mineral notes come through on the nose. Very delicious in the mouth where flavours of pears and apples blend with finesse with this wines fresh and racy character. Very good length S3 Albariño Rias Baixas 12.5% 2 £24.95 Grown in the warm but wet climes of North-Eastern Spain around Santiago. It resembles viognier in style; full-bodied yet with very fresh acidity, showing full, rich flavours of peach and stone fruit with hints of honey. A wonderful match with seafood and shellfish of all types. A superb wine, my favourite Spanish white! Red Wines
4 Don Placero Rioja 13.00% B £13.45 Nicely aged red colour. Softly oaky smooth style. S4 Tempranillo/Cabernet Sauvignon Nuviana 12.5% C £13.45 Deep cherry colour, with slight hints of crimson. Intense aroma of red berries. Spicy, toasted characters. Red and black fruit flavours together with a hint of oak. S5 Señorío de los Llanos Reserva Valdepeñas 12.5% C £14.75 Deep red colour, with complex bouquet of fruits and delicate toasted overtones of coffee and cocoa. Clear, tasty, a great wine. Again one of my favourites S6 Azabache Crianza Rioja 13.5% C £17.95 Instantly attractive combination of vital strawberry fruit and soft oak flavours that are the hallmark of Rioja and its universal appeal. Very satisfying S7 Riberal Crianza Ribera del Duero 13.5% D £25.95 This is an excellent Crianza wine made from 100% Tinto Fino. It comes from Bodegas Santa Eulalia in La Horra, Burgos . Nice maturity with notes of tobacco, plum and coffee. Warm mellow style with good length. S8 Viña Ardanza Reserva La Rioja Alta 1998/99 D £34.95 One of Rioja’s greatest bodegas. This is a classic wine - dark red with an intense aroma of fine fruit, just one of the best Champagne & Sparkling Wines34 Richmond Royal Brut NV, Australia 12.0% 2 £15.95 Adds an ultra-refreshing lemony zip to any celebration! 35 Freixinet Cordon Negro Cava Spain 12.0% 2 £20.45 Sunny, generous, zippy “sparkler” from Spain! Per ¼ bottle £6.25 36 Camel Valley Brut NV Camel Valley Vineyard, Cornwall 12.0% 1 £28.45
Superb golden sparkler, with elegant fizz and full ripe 37 Joseph Perrier Cuvee Royale Brut France 12.0% 1 £33.45 Fresh appley well integrated style. The champagne expert Tom Stevenson is fan and remarks that the wines are “made in a relaxed style and are very easy to drink”. 38 Veuve Cliquot Yellow Label Brut France 12.0% 1 £39.95 Pale gold confident full aroma and flavour, mouth-filling and satisfying!
Vintages & Alcohol by volume may change according to availability
Wines supplied by Walter Hicks Fine Wine Merchants, St Austell, Cornwall
Wine Guide White and Rose wines are designated numbers 1 to 9 with 1 being the driest and 9 being the sweetest
Red wines are designated letters A to E with A being the lightest and softest and E being the deepest and fullest with a concentrated flavour .
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