About Our Wines
In keeping with our frequently changing menus and real ales, we will be updating our list as new seasons and vintages dictate. We are pleased to have our long standing friends at Bianca Trading Company to write and stock our list at the Lamb. Please feel to contact them direct at www.biancatrading.com for more information.Click the tabs below to view our various wines
Champagnes & Sparkling
| BIN | Bottle | ||
| 101 | £33.00 | Ernest Rapaneau, Brut Selection, NV, Epernay, France | |
| 102 | £22.50 | Prosecco Frizzante Biancavigna, NV, Veneto | |
| 103 | £45.00 | Beaumont des Crayeres, Fleur de Rose, 2003, Epernay, France | |
| 104 | £59.00 | Bollinger Special Cuvée, NV, Ay, France | |
| 105 | £120.00 | Dom Pérignon, 2000, Epernay, France |
White Wines
| BIN | 175ml | 250ml | Bottle | |
| 1 | £3.85 | £5.50 | £13.95 | Colle de Gelso, Collinari della Romagna, 2009, Italy |
| Cool, crunchy apple and lime flavours. Really rather lovely too. | ||||
| 2 | £4.25 | £6.00 | £14.95 | E Got Chardonnay & Trebbiano, 2009, Italy |
| Funky labels and funky juice from the hills around Bologna. Delightfully crisp at first but mellowed and rounded from the Chardonnay. | ||||
| 3 | £4.60 | £6.00 | £16.50 | Longbeach Sauvignon Blanc, 2010, S.Africa |
| The perfect halfway house we hear between the crisp ascetic French Sauvignon and the more full throttle new world Sauvignon listed below. | ||||
| 4 | £17.65 | Ochavagia Sauvignon Blanc, 2009, Chile | ||
| Good forward fruited Sauvignon Blanc, not clumsy, full of vigour and very, very clean. | ||||
| 5 | £5.15 | £6.90 | £18.95 | Vivallis Pinot Grigio, 2009, Italy |
| The freshest, crispest and most deliciously refreshing Pinot from the foothills of the Trentino Alps. | ||||
| 6 | £20.50 | 1851 Reserve Chardonnay, 2009, Chile | ||
| You really can't knock the value for money rip roaring flavours of good Chilean chardonnay. | ||||
| 7 | £6.00 | £8.20 | £22.50 | Saigoba Eguren, White Rioja, 2009, Spain |
| Raspingly revitalising White Rioja, just perfect for this delightful corner of Oxfordshire. | ||||
| 8 | £25.00 | Custodi Orvieto, 2009, Italy | ||
| Really stylish Umbrian classic, it has remained above fashion and corruption. | ||||
| 9 | £29.50 | La Mesma Gavi di Gavi, 2009, Italy | ||
| A hint of flint and a ravishing tingle that sends shivers up the spine. Dry and pin-point crispness. | ||||
| 10 | £30.00 | Vina Cartin, Albarino, 2008, Spain | ||
| The best and boldest of Spanish whites, from the windswept northern coasts of Galicia. | ||||
| 11 | £32.00 | Pencarrow Sauvignon Blanc, 2009, N.Zealand | ||
| Now a classic in its own right, grassy rich New Zealand Sauvignon. | ||||
| 12 | £34.00 | Domaine Pisse-Loup Chablis, 2007, France | ||
| The great balance of old school Chablis, clean as a whistle with that background fatness we like. Proper stuff, unfiltered so a small sediment. | ||||
| 13 | £38.50 | Hano Killiken Riesling Kabinett, Saarburger Ruasch, 2008, Germany | ||
| From the great Ruasch vineyard on the Saar, Killiken makes steely soul-searching dry Riesling that should be drunk in far greater quantities than it is. | ||||
| 14 | £39.50 | Vincent Pinard Sancerre, 2008, France | ||
| It is reassuring that even the bold new winemaking things like Vincent Pinard still turn out the classics as they should. | ||||
| 15 | £44.00 | Rully Premier Cru, Eric de Suremain, 2006, France | ||
| Bargains in Burgundy, well it is all relative of course, a little further south to the Cote Chalonnaise we find Monsieur Suremain's truly lovely Rully. |
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| 16 | £65.00 | Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc, 2008, France | ||
| Rarely seen outside the southern Rhone, white Chateauneuf is a wonderfully intoxicating mix of apricot scents and rich spicy finish. |
Red Wines
| BIN | 175ml | 250ml | Bottle | |
| 21 | £3.85 | £5.50 | £13.95 | Colle de Gelso, Collinari della Romagna, 2009, Italy |
| Honest raspberry fruit, so easy, so ready for the quaffing. | ||||
| 22 | £4.25 | £6.00 | £14.95 | Cevico Merlot/Sangiovese, Italy |
| Crunchy fruit, a light wine in terms of style but not of flavour, cherry and plums. | ||||
| 23 | £4.60 | £6.00 | £16.50 | Welmoed Pinotage, 2008, S.Africa |
| Spicy, smoky, sultry Pinotage. Good hearty stuff. | ||||
| 24 | £17.65 | Vivallis Merlot, 2009, Italy | ||
| Really rather smart, slightly ethereal Merlot, plumy fruit and good balance. | ||||
| 25 | £19.00 | Domaine Montrose Cabernet/Syrah, 2009, France | ||
| Great new world combination rarely seen in France. | ||||
| 26 | £5.80 | £7.95 | £21.00 | Moon Harvest Shiraz, 2009, Australia |
| It does the fruit, it does the depth. Good, decent, full-on Shiraz. | ||||
| 27 | £22.50 | Mi Villa Rioja, 2009, Spain | ||
| New wave of Rioja winemaking has accentuated the positive fruit of the region. Mi Villa gets this but adds a subtle oak and clove finish. | ||||
| 28 | £6.35 | £8.75 | £24.00 | Marciano Chianti Colli Senesi Bio, 2006, Italy |
| Bio-dynamic and organic, but what matters are the cherry flavours and cedar scents. | ||||
| 29 | £25.50 | Comte de Lauze, Cotes du Rhône, 2008, France | ||
| Real Shiraz, aka Syrah, very ripe and fruity, but with a proper beginning, middle and end. | ||||
| 31 | £29.00 | La Florencia Malbec, 2008, Argentina | ||
| Malbec in Argentina is this thing of depth and class, wonderfully accessible. | ||||
| 32 | £30.50 | Alessandro di Camporeali, Nero d’Avola, 2008, Italy | ||
| Something of the night here, something unnerving, maybe the thought of Sicilian debt collectors, or just maybe that fat thick scent of mulberries and rosemary. | ||||
| 33 | £32.00 | Chateau Peyral, Cotes de Castillon, 2005, France | ||
| Poised with enough fruit and a little tobacco scent to make a delightful Claret. | ||||
| 34 | £35.00 | Crozes Hermitage, Dom. Pinchon, 2007, France | ||
| Northern Rhone perfection, lots of spice, bushels of fruit and acres of class. Pinchon is a true Crozes specialist. | ||||
| 35 | £38.00 | Bodegas Perica Rioja Reserva, 2004, Spain | ||
| Nothing but quality in terms of balanced oak ageing and delicate Tempranillo fruit. | ||||
| 36 | £44.00 | Chateau Beaumont Haut Medoc Cru Borgeois, 2004, France | ||
| The unflappable and infallible combination, enough age, enough fruit, and a good tannic rasp to cleanse the palate and the soul. | ||||
| 37 | £72.00 | Emilie Gentet Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, 2006, France | ||
| Emilie has taken over her father’s holding in the last few years, this is her finest wine and shows why she is amongst Burgundy’s hot rising stars. |
Rosé Wines
| BIN | 175ml | 250ml | Bottle | |
| 41 | £4.50 | £6.50 | £16.50 | E’Got, Rosé, Trebbiano, Italy |
| Dashing and so chock full of strawberry fruit to make the summer last all year long, classy mind, nothing flash, dapper dan style. | ||||
| 42 | £21.50 | Ochavagia Cabernet Sauvigon Rosé, Chile | ||
| All the way from Chile to light up our taste-buds tonight, a little darker, a little more brooding and serious than our delicate pink E Got, but hey, it is still a Rose! |
Dessert Wines
| BIN | 100ml | Half Bottle | |
| 51 | £4.00 | £16.50 | Muscat de Rivesaltes, 2005, Ch. De Rombeau, France |
| Currant, citrus marmalade and candied richness, balanced by a big lick of acidity | |||
| Mulderbosch Noble Late Harvest Sauvignon, 2007, S.Africa | |||
| 52 | £7.50 | £33.00 | Glistening gold, tropical honey and pineapple nose. Intense sweetness with zesty acid |
