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Ocean Bay Wine List
Taste Guide (1) (B) White wines are numbered 1-9 with 1 being the driest and 9 the sweetest Red wines are lettered A-E with A being the lightest and E the fullest. All Vintage Wine will be served at the current vintage available.

House Wine - White

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1	Oliver & Greg’s Pinot Grigio Italy (2) Refreshing, light & crisp. With an aromatic nose, this is a light and lively white wine 175 ml £3.75 250ml £4.75	£14	2	Ropiteau L’Emage Sauvignon Blanc Vin de Pays de Cotes de Gascogne – France (2) Delicious gooseberry notes and a crisp dry finish 175 ml £3.75 250ml £4.75	£14
House Wine - Red

3	Oliver & Greg’s Shiraz Australia (B) Evocative, sumptuous and big. Packed full of blackberry fruits – smooth and juicy. 175 ml £3.75 250ml £4.75	£14	4	Ropiteau L’Emage Cabernet Sauvignon Vin de Pays d’Oc – France (C) Silky smooth red with irresistible blackcurrant aromas. 175 ml £3.75 250ml £4.75	£14
House Wine - Rose

5	Pinot Grigio Blush Sartori – Italy (3) Elegant and crisp. With clean summer fruit flavours and just a hint of sweetness. 175 ml £3.75 250ml £4.75	£15
White Wines

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6	Lamberts Bay Colombard Chenin Dry White South Africa (2) Aromatic tropical and citrus fruit characters combine to give an appealing, fruit driven style. Crisp floral finish.	£16	7	Otra Viognier Mendoza – Argentina (3) Brimming with apricot and honey aromas. A lively fresh flavour with a delicious tropical fruit finish.	£17
8	Isabelo Semilon (FAIRTRADE) South Africa (2) A refreshing wine, full of citrus fruit aromas and flavours.	£18	9	Macon Villages Patriarche France Burgundy (1) Textbook Macon with lemon zest great with fish, beautiful rounded finish.	£18
10	Marani Sartori – Italy (2) Intense fruit characters of peach, melon, butterscotch and honey combine with flinty spiced notes. International Wine challenge Seal of Approval 2005.	£19	11	Matua Fernwood North Island Chardonnay New Zealand (2) A lightly oaked Chardonnay with soft creamy vanilla flavours. Well balanced.	£20
12	Campillo Rioja Blanco Spain An elegant nose with intense floral aromas and tropical fruit with a long dry fruit pallet.	£22	13	Chablis. 1er Cru ‘Vaillons’ Ropiteau – Burgundy – France (2) Creamy Chardonnay with mineral and flint flavours, well balanced acidity with hints of acacia and honeysuckle.	£28
Something Special - White

14	Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru ‘Les vergers’ Domaine Colin Deleger – Burgundy – France (2) Rich, powerful and long lasting toasted oak flavours. Generous and mouthfilling.	£50	15	Mersault 1er Cru ‘Les Perrieres’ Ropiteau – Burgundy – France (2) Huge fruit concentration in this top Meursault. Full intense ripe fruit flavours and impressive structure. Great wine indeed.	£60
16	Chablis Grand Cru ‘Les Clos’ Domaine Jean Durup – Burgundy – France Power and elegance are the passwords for this Chablis. Huge, firm Chardonnay fruit with great structure and staying power.	£55
Rose Wines

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17	Santiano Rose Chile (2) A hint of sweetness and bags of fruit, really easy-drinking and approachable rose wine.	£16	18	Campillo Rioja Rosado Just wait and see, absolutely delicious (3)	£22
Red Wines

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19	Lamberts Bay Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Australia (B) Red berry fruit aromas and delightful soft flavours in an easy drinking style.	£16	20	Cape Promise Winemakers Selection Pinotage South Africa (C) Bursting with damsons and spice flavours with a delicious. Lasting finish.	£17
21	Laurent Perrier Ultra NV India (C) Light to medium body. A velvety structure with flavours of jam, dark fruit and spice.	£17.50	22	Dancing Bull Zinfandel Lodi – California (D) Lots of ripe dark fruit flavours, complemented by bright raspberry and strawberry notes, black pepper and vanilla adding complexity.	£19
23	Regalo IGT Sartori – Italy (C) A Ripasso style wine that has a superb rich aroma, deep concentrated fruit and a long, lingering finish.	£21	24	Fleurie ‘Chateau du Fleurie’ Domaine Loron et Fils – Beaujolais – France (B) A wonderful, rich, elegant bouquet, especially powerful and stylish.	£26
25	Campillo Reserve Rioja Spain (C) From our private bins number 31 in the cellars of Campillo a fantastic full bodied, plumy red, with good age and good oak.	£30	26	Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge ‘Clos de I’Oratoire’ Ogier – Rhone – France (D) Seductive aromas of spice and almost sweet, mature fruit, and the most rounded , generous palate lifted by the warmth of a good vintage.	£39
27	ustino Portia Prima Duro – Spain (B) The newest addition from the Faustino family, complex ruby red with a rich cherry nose, well integrated with oak and spice, 17 months ageing in new French oak, rich powerful finish.	£16	28	Santiano Merlot Chile (B) Plummy fruit aromas and black fruit flavours combine with a hint of spice to produce this very inviting ripe Merlot.	£16
29	Ropiteau Pinot Noir Vin de Pays d’Oc – France (B) Subtle, yet spicy with notes of morello cherries and blackcurrant.	£19
Something Special - Red

30	Chateau la Croix Bonnelle St. Emillion – Bordeaux – France (C) A well-defined bouquet of dense ripe fruit leads to an elegant palate of soft Merlot flavours, delicate and long.	£45	31	Meursault Rouge Classic Pinot Noir with elegance and style. Excellent value. (C)	£48
32	Campillo Gran Reserva, 1994 From Campillo bin 31 fabulously made specialist rioja with a rewarding end. You wont be disappointed.	£60
Fine and Rare

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34	34. Chateau La Lagune 3eme Cru Classe 1985 France High quality rich red wine with fascinating flavour from Bordeaux 3rd growth.	£140	35	Chateau Lascombes 2eme Cru Classe 1986 France Classy wine with intriguing three dimensional flavours, developing into a fantastic claret.	£140
36	Chateau Lynch Bages 5eme Cru Classe 1978 France A regular star, rich and robust and full of character from a good year, perfect red wine today.	£170	37	Hermitage, La Chapelle, Jaboulet 1994 France Thrilling wine, something to savour. Dark, powerful and profound. From a famous producer and vineyard.	£190
Bubbles and Champagne

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38	Oliver and Greg’s Cava Spain (2) Sparkling, irresistible and fun. Light, appley and refreshing with an exciting mouthful of bubbles.	£17	39	Cattier Champagne Excellent house. Used at the Ritz.	£35
40	Laurent Perrier Ultra Brut (1) The ultimate in style, perfect as an aperitif. Light and delicate yet intense and refined.	£55	41	Laurent Perrier Rose (1) Complex, soft and full flavoured with a rich, raspberry-blackcurrant nose and palate.	£65
42	Dom Perignon (1) The flagship wine from the house of Moet et Chandon. Rich, full flavoured, with great elegance and style.	£120	43	Krug Grande Cuvee (1) Rich, seductive biscuity bouquet with a fine mousse and complex flavour.	£140
Desert Wines

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44	Nederburg Noble Late Harvest South Africa (9) (37.5 cl) Aromas of dried apricots and raisins. Overtones of vanilla on the palate. A great dessert wine! IWSC 2005 Gold medal and trophy, Best Botrytis Wine.	£18	45	De Bortoli VAT 5 Botrytis Semillion Australia (8) (37.5 cl) A luscious sweet wine possessing heady apricot and orange peel flavours with subtle hints of almond and honey.	£35
Port

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46	Taylor’s LBV 50 ml glass £4	£20	47	Warre’s Otima 10YO Tawny Port A rich colour with a nose of nuts and hints of mature fruit. Light and delicate, rounded with hints of dried fruits and a long elegant finish.	£28
48	Warre’s Otima Tawny port Translucent copper coloured, soft nutty aromas, rich and delicate, but never cloying, the tannins and acidity ensure balance and perfect length.	£45	49	Taylors’ Quinta de Vargellas 1995	£75