red wine at barnacles

french

cuvee traditional £12.50

long established as Barnacles house wine

resplandy merlot £12.50

a fine fruity french regional, smooth and dry with a soft finish

pinot noir domaine de valmoisine £17.75

a medium bodied pinot noir with soft tannins and good crisp acidity

st emillion lussac chateau tabuteau £21.50

predominatly merlot based this wine comes from 35 year old vines giving a succulent cassis and red cherry flavour

crozes hermitage j.c.boisset £25.95

a dry, richly-flavoured wine from the northern rhone with good colour and fruit

chateauneuf du pape g liogier £32.00

fine classic rhone wine - dry deeply red and full-bodied with a deicious warm spiciness

fleurie chateau de fleurie £22.75

a most luscious beaujolais cru, fruity, silky and brilliantly transluscent

haute cote de beaune les forges £21.50

a deliciously smooth, medium-bodied wine, with a long, rounded finish

australian

thomson estate old pumphouse shiraz £17.25

ripe plum and berry fruit combine with spicy oak in this full fleshy australian

brown bros tarrango £15.95

delicious flavours of ripe berries with a fresh lively finish

point hicks cabernet shiraz £15.95

full of dark berry fruit and spice, well balanced with an exceptionally long smooth finish

mchenry hohnen magaret river shiraz £18.95

from the margaret river in western australia, a delicious dry wine displaying intensity, good palate weight and grainy tannins

spain

faustino rivero rioja tinto £14.50

a well flavoured, richly coloured wine from the most respected wine region in spain

el coto rioja crianza £18.95

a fruity well balanced spanish red with good oaking

italy

primitivo di puglia canaletto £14.50

made from the primitivo grape the forerunner of the zinfandel, this lush rich wine is smooth and layered with red berry fruit and a hint of spice

chianti classico villa cafaggio £26.95

an elegant 'single vineyard' chianti with good depth and much finesse

chile

santa digna cabernet sauvignon £16.50

a soft rich, ripe wine with full, rounded complex plum fruit flavours

concha y toro explorer pinot noir £15.50

a full bodied rich chilean with a velvety smooth palate

south africa

cape bay pinotage £14.95

a medium bodied red, lightly wooded with a fruity palate

simonsig cabernet sauvignon/merlot £16.95

ripe blackberry and raspberry fruit aromas with a delicious spicy vanilla backdrop. sweet, smooth and easy drinking with soft tannins