Wine List - Bicester Hotel, Golf and Spa

BottleSPARKLING WINE & Champagne1 Prosecco, Sant’ Orsola - Italy £24.00Light and lively, with ripe pears and lemons rounded offwith a hint of sweetness.2 Berri Estates Cuvée Brut - Australia £22.00Soft and sparkling with a lively effervescence and hints ofapple and pear flavours. Approachable and easy-drinkingwith a good length.3 Berri Estates Brut Rosé - Australia £24.00A delightful harmony of red berry freshness and luscious tropicalfruit flavours. Hints of sweet ripeness yet a clear crispness.4 Louis Dornier et Fils Brut - Champagne £36.95Upfront biscuity elegance blends with a respectful ageing in bottle.Altogether a very stylish wine.5 Duval-Leroy Brut - Champagne £44.75A fresh, modern style and the only Champagne selected by the WineSpectator in its ‘100 Most Exciting Wines of 2008’.6 Piper-Heidsieck Brut (Baby Piper) £14.50Young, lively fruit flavours, a fresh, vivid aroma and assertivecrispness characterise this vivacious Champagne.white wine7 Tierra Sauvignon Blanc, Maule Valley,** ** £17.75b ChilePale yellow with fresh fruit, citrus and mineral notes and aclean finish.8 Berri Estates Unoaked Chardonnay,** ** £18.95c SE Australia, AustraliaA crisp style with a fresh, yet ripe lemon character with nooak ageing.9 Pinot Grigio di Pavia, Collezione Marchesini** ** £19.95a ItalyLovely buttery, crisp and dry style with typical pear fruitfrom this area of central northern Italy in the southernsection of Lombardy.10 Kleine Zalze Bush Vines Chenin Blanc, Stellenbosch £19.90c South AfricaSoft and creamy, a hint of ripe exotic fruit and a deliciousvanilla sweetness.11 Mâcon-Lugny Les Petites Pierres, Louis Jadot £28.95c FranceA stylish white with a floral, fruity aroma and fresh, lemonypalate. From one of the most popular villages of the CôteMâconnais, noted for the excellence of its wines.12 Sancerre, La Fuzelle, Adrien Maréchal £28.95b FranceDistinctively elegant. Laden with racy crispness and abundantgooseberry crunch.14 Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc, £26.95b Marlborough, New ZealandHerbaceous and flavoursome from this world-renowned estate.The palate is lively and intense, with mouth-filling, tropical fruit flavours.15 La Campagne Viognier, Pays d’Oc,** ** £17.75b FranceDry with all the classic characteristics of the Viognier grape,exhibiting peaches, dried apricots and floral aromas.16 Château Montcabrier Sauvignon Blanc-Sémillon, £28.95b Bordeaux SupérieurFranceVibrant lemon and lime aromas balanced by a herbaceous finish.17 Villa Maria Private Bin Riesling, Marlborough £26.95b New ZealandFresh uplifted aromas of lemon and lime, with floral influences.These follow through onto the palate, where they areaccentuated and balanced by the sweetness of the fruit acidity.Bottlerosé wine18 Pinot Grigio Rosato del Veneto,** ** £19.95i Collezione Marchesini, ItalyDry and subtly flavoured raspberry and apple-scented roséfrom the north-east of Italy.19 Kleine Zalze Gamay Noir Rosé, Coastal Region £21.50i South AfricaSalmon coloured rosé, bursting with strawberry and raspberryfruit flavours.red wine20 Ravenswood Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi County £28.95g USAPowerful and spicy with typical black pepper, plum andberry-fruit aromas and flavour. A very full-bodied palate butwith ripe, velvety tannins giving a smooth, rounded finish.21 Côte de Brouilly Domaine Balloquet, Louis Jadot £28.95e FranceAbundantly generous layers of intense black cherry richnessbalance a vigorous character to leave a long impression,hallmark Jadot.22 Tierra Merlot, Maule Valley** ** £17.75f ChileRipe blackberry aromas and a subtle underlay of oak withbright, ripe berry flavours and smooth tannins.23 Berri Estates Shiraz, SE Australia** ** £18.95g AustraliaMedium-bodied and fruity with raspberry, cherry and plum,complemented by vanilla spices.24 Etchart Privado Malbec-Cabernet Sauvignon, Salta £21.90f ArgentinaFull-bodied, combining the spicy, roasted character typical ofthe Malbec, with the strong blackcurrant flavour ofthe Cabernet.25 Faustino VII Rioja Tinto £20.95f SpainA ‘sin crianza’ Rioja with just a touch of soft oak on the palateto balance the lively fresh fruit of the Tempranillo grape.26 Kleine Zalze Vineyard Selection Pinot Noir, £26.95h Western CapeSouth AfricaTangy currant and minerally fruit flavours, backed by a wellintegrated, elegant, yet quite firm finish.27 Villa Maria Private Bin Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon, £26.95h East CoastNew ZealandThe New Zealand climate brings out the typical varietalblackcurrant aroma and flavour of the Cabernet Sauvignon,softened by the Merlot. Aged in both French and Americanoak for twelve months, this approachable, smooth, ripe redwine is ready for drinking.28 Château Montcabrier, Bordeaux Supérieur £28.95f FranceA supple Merlot-dominated Claret, with a rich smoky bouquetand elegant, soft fruit on the palate.29 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Collezione Marchesini £19.95e ItalyGrown on the eastern Adriatic coastline giving an intensity ofcolour and heady bouquet of violets and oranges.Wines By the Glass125ml £3.95 175ml £14.85 250ml £6.95(All available wines marked with **)