Crathorne Hall Hotel in North Yorkshire - Sample Wine List
White Wine
Villa Lucia Bianco, Tuscany, Italy 2009 - £23.00
Fresh with floral aromas, rounded fruit and a citrus finish
Argento Pinot Grigio, Mendoza, Argentina 2011- £35.00
Light and delicate with chamomile and apple notes
Valdivieso Sauvignon Blanc Chile 2011- £28.00
Herbaceous and mouthwatering with gooseberry fruit
Alamos Chardonnay, Mendoza, Argentina 2011- £32.00
Ripe fruit and mineral with light vanilla touch
Knappstein Hand Picked Riesling, Clare, Australia 2010- £42.00
Off dry with honeyed grapefruit and soft acidity
A20 Albarino Rias Baixas, Galicia, Spain 2010 - £42.00
Dry but rich with apricot fruit and zesty finish
Pouilly Fume Les Berthiers Dm Michot, Loire, France 2011 - £45.00
Pure Sauvignon Blanc with nettle and flint character
Chablis Domaine Les Marronniers Bernard Legland 2010 - £42.00
Light but concentrated with apple, melon and lemon fruit
Pouilly Fuisse Les Reisses Denogent 2008 - £63.00
Creamy soft Chardonnay with racy minerality
Meursault Domaine Michelot, Burgundy, France 2008 - £81.00
Rich and buttery wine with soft spicy vanilla
Rose Wine
Petit Papillon Grenache Rose, Languedoc, France 2011- £29.00
Salmon-pink with aromatic nose of raspberries and spices
Chateau des Sarrins Cotes de Provence Rose, France 2010 - £38.00
Delicate strawberry and raspberry with elegant finish
Red Wine
Raccolto a Mano Rosso, Tuscany, Italy 2009 - £23.00
Soft and juicy with berry fruits
Valdivieso Merlot, Rapel, Chile 2011 - £28.00
Ripe plum fruit backed up with gentle spiciness
Chianti Riserva Villa di Campobello, Tuscany, Italy 2007 - £34.00
Ripe cherry and chocolate with subtle spice
Chateau Malleret Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc, France 2000 - £44.00
Subtle cassis and cedar backed with savoury notes
Dinastia Vivanco Rioja Crianza, Spain 2008 - £39.00
Dark rich and rounded strawberry with smooth vanilla oak
Kloovenburg Shiraz, Riebeek, South Africa 2009 - £41.00
Rich and spicy with leather and vanilla notes
Chateau Villa Bel Air Graves, Bordeaux France 2000 - £49.00
Velvety chocolate and plum with berry character from this stellar vintage
Valdivieso Reserve Pinot Noir, Chile 2011 - £37.00
Intense fruit showing cassis and dark cherry. Round and smooth
Chateauneuf-du-Pape Ch. St Jean, Rhone, France 2009 - £59.00
Redcurrant fruit and white pepper spice
Chateau Cissac Cru Bourgeois Haut Medoc, Bordeaux France 2000 - £55.00
A dense blackcurrant palate which is rounded, fleshy and well balanced
Cote de Beaune Villages Dom de Valliere 2009 - £50.00
Feminine and complex with woodland scents
Chateau Lynch Moussas Pauillac Bordeaux France 2000 - £73.00
Sweet cassis with dried herb and vanilla, silky tannin and spicy finish
Champagne
Pol Roger White Foil Reserve, Epernay NV - £73.00
Feminine with exuberant fruit complexity
Bruno Paillard Brut Premiere Cuvee, Reims NV - £52.00 (Magnum £116.00)
Brioche scented and complex with elegant fruit
Bollinger Grande Annee, Ay, 2002 - £126.00
Intense with firm structure and citrus and nut character
Bruno Paillard Rose, Reims NV - £79.00 (Magnum £170.00)
Pale pink with alluring strawberry fruit and creamy mousse
Laurent Perrier Cuvee Rose Brut, Tour sur Marne NV - £117.00
Bright red fruits with great finesse
Graham Beck Brut, South Africa NV - £37.00
Biscuity aromas with rounded fruit character
Dessert Wine and Port
Chateau Levant, Sauternes, Bordeaux, France 2007 Half - £36.00
Lingering flavours of peach, apricot, grapefruit and ginger
Chateau Coutet 1er Cru Sauternes-Barsac France 2001 Half - £60.00
Creamy vanilla and spice with a delicate richness and sumptuous pineapple
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise Dm Fenouillet 2010 50cl - £35.00
Luscious white with grape and almond character
Warres Otima 10 Year Old Tawny, Douro, Portugal NV 50cl - £46.00
Packed with walnut savouryness, lighter than taditional port
Warres Late Bottled Vintage, Douro, Portugal 2006 75cl - £46.00
Deep and dark with sweet mulberry fruit