SHOWCASING DORSET WINES
SPARKLING WINE
Langhams Culver Classic Cuvee NV £75.00
A pale gold colour with aromas of red apple, plum, strawberries, yoghurt and toasted brown bread
The palate has a fine Mousse with orchard and stone fruit flavours, zesty acidity with a long finish
Blanc de Blanc 2018, Bride Valley Vineyard £73.00
A beautifully vibrant, pale lemon appearance with a persistent stream of tiny bubbles. The nose is fine and elegant with layers of cream, citrus fruits and points of toasted brioche, supported with notes of green apple and stone fruit. The palate is immediately crisp and fresh but leads to ripe, broad citrus fruit with a luxurious texture, balanced by sherbet acidity.
Furleigh Estate Everdene £71.00
An off dry English sparkling wine. Keynotes include honeysuckle, shortbread and almond. Floral aromas are joined by the taste of honeyed fruit, sweet apple Compote as well as hints of Frangipane and Bakewell tart. Perfect for celebrations or simply enjoy as an aperitif
WHITE WINE
Bacchus Dry, Furleigh Estate, Dorset £45.00
A wonderfully refreshing, crisp dry white wine with zesty fruit appeal. Brilliantly aromatic with floral scents of elderflower and apple blossom combined with gooseberry and greengage plus hints of Sicillian lemon. It also has herbaceous notes of freshly cut grass and wild nettles on the nose and a touch of salty minerality on the finish. It is beautifully balanced with uplifting lime acidity and nice length.
Bacchus Fume, Furleigh Estate, Dorset £45.00
A multi-vintage white wine with a blend of 90% Bacchus and 10% Chardonnay. This aromatic and dry white wine has hints of tropical and ripe stone fruits, with passion flower and exotic mandarin. Subtle oak integration gives a hint of vanilla and coconut on the finish. A delicious and refreshing local white.
2019 Dorset Chardonnay, Bride Valley Vineyard £37.50
This beautiful wine is light lemon yellow in colour with spring and early summer flowers on the nose. It has well-expressed white, rather than yellow summer fruits on the palate with breadth and length lifted by natural ‘Granny Smith’ acidity which lifts the length and refreshes the finish.
ROSE WINE
2019 Dorset Pinot Noir Rose, Bride Valley Vineyard £36.50
Aromas of delicious red summer fruits of raspberry, redcurrant and a pinch of spicy dried tangerine. The palate is broad and ripe with notes of cranberry, tayberry and strawberry.
Furleigh Estate Sea Pink £40.00
This vibrant dry rose is bursting with notes of red summer berries. A heady sense of hibiscus and wild rose mingle with ripe strawberry, red cherry and watermelon, which delivers a fruity punch full of flavour.
Yalbury Cottage Wine List
Our award winning restaurant offers the finest of locally sourced produce from the surrounding area, in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. We have a small but interesting cellar of wines, which will please even the most discerning of wine connoisseurs.
SPARKLING WINE
NV Prosecco Brut, Terre dei Buth £35.00
125ml Glass £8.00
This delightful, certified organic Prosecco is wonderfully elegant with delicate green apple fruit and gently floral aromatics leading to a dry, fresh palate and a pleasantly fruity finish.
Blanc de Blanc 2018, Bride Valley Vineyard £64.50
A beautifully vibrant, pale lemon appearance with a persistent stream of tiny bubbles. The nose is fine and elegant with layers of cream, citrus fruits and points of toasted brioche, supported with notes of green apple and stone fruit. The palate is immediately crisp and fresh but leads to ripe, broad citrus fruit with a luxurious texture, balanced by sherbet acidity.
CHAMPAGNE
Gallimard Cuvée Reserve, Blanc de Noirs £75.00
125ml Glass £13.50
A lovely deep golden colour with pinky tinges, our House Champagne comes from a family-owned house now in its 6th generation. It has a fruity nose with aromas of exotic fruit. In the mouth it is supple, soft and creamy with gentle aromatics.
NV Bollinger Special Cuvée, Aÿ £115.00
Bollinger’s trademark rich and biscuity style is unmistakeable, their consistency making them one of the finest producers in Champagne.
WHITE WINES
1. 2023/24 Sensale Organic Grillo, Vini Sibiliani, DOC Sicilia, Italy £26.50
125ml Glass £6.50 175ml Glass £8.25 250mlGlass £10.00
Savoury yet fruity, this delicious, certified Organic white from Sicily has fresh citrus fruits, floral hints and a touch of exotic ginger spice on the finish.
2. 2020 Rioja Blanco, Bodegas Navajas, Spain £28.50
125ml Glass £7.50 175ml Glass £9.25 250ml Glass £11.00
Light, fruity and floral with a zesty edge. This unoaked white Rioja is made from 100% Viura and is delightful.
3. 2024 Cap a l’Ouest Sauvignon, Dom. La Bretonniere, Loire, France £29.00
125ml Glass £8.00 175ml Glass £10.25 250ml Glass £12.00
From the western Loire this is a delicious blend of Sauvignons Blanc and Gris that is crisp and refreshing with an enticing aromatic edge. A great aperitif or match to Seafood dishes.
4. 2024 Mont Rocher Vielle Vignes, Pays d’Oc, France £31.00
Delicious honeysuckle and apricot fruit with the typical texture of Viognier complimented with fresh acidity.
5. 2022/23 Pinot Grigio delle Venezie, Terre dei Buth, DOC, Italy £32.00
This wonderful organic Pinot Grigio comes from the same producer as our delicious House Prosecco. Lively and fresh with a terrific purity of fruit leading to a crisp, zesty finish
6. 2020 Jurancon Sec ‘Le Veritable’, Cave de Gan, AC Jurancon £32.50
A wonderful, dry yet ripely fruited wine from the foothills of the Pyrenees. Made with 100% Gros Manseng, this terrific wine shows baked lemon fruit character and acidity.
7. 2023 Picpoul de Pinet, Mare Nostrum, Languedoc, France £33.50
A classic example of Picpoul with lively and sprightly citrus fruit as well as delicate floral aromas. A delightful year-round tipple and perfect accompaniment to shellfish.
8. 2022/23 L Riesling, Ernst Loosen, Mosel, Germany £34.00
Ernst Loosen is ‘Mr.Riesling’, This delicate Mosel Riesling has a crisp, balancing acidity, possessed by all good Rieslings.
9. 2024 Two Rivers Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, NZ £41.50
A terrific example of Kiwi Sauvignon with explosive passion fruit, gooseberry and lime fruit flavours alongside a crisp, mineral tinged edge and refreshing saline acidity.
10. 2022 Big Fine Girl Riesling, Jeanneret, Clare Valley, Australia £41.50
The ‘BFG’ Riesling has a generous nose of apple, apricot, lychee and pear with the balanced, dry palate following suit with masses of beautifully fresh, vibrant apple and citrus fruit.
11. 2024 Gavi di Gavi Bric, Roberto Sarotto, Piedmont, Italy £42.00
This beautiful Gavi is a complex wine with delicious white peach notes on the nose leading to more stone fruit on the palate as well as delicious honeydew melon.
12.2021 Chablis, Domaine Fournillon, Burgundy, France £49.50
Beautifully constructed, dry and minerally with lots of green apple notes. The palate is fresh yet has a rounded mouthfeel with more green apple and hints of pear giving a tangy finish.
13. 2023/24 Pouilly Fumé, Domaine Lebrun, Loire Valley, France £55.00
An intense minerality, with citrus and tropical fruit flavours dominating that touch of classic Pouilly smokiness. Great length balanced with a piercing acidity.
14. 2023/24 Sancerre Croq Caillotte, Emile Balland, AC Sancerre, France £70.00
This beautiful Sauvignon comes from a steep south-facing vineyard and has plenty of delicate citrus and apple fruit, perfectly poised minerality and mouth-watering acidity.
15. 2021 Puligny Montrachet, Domaine Meunier, Burgundy, France £115.00
Clean and fresh Puligny-Montrachet with a light touch of oak, refreshing citrus and apple aromas and floral hints. Lovely minerality on the palate underlying the lemon notes.
RED WINES
30. 2024 Sensale Nero d’Avola, Vini SIbiliani, DOC Sicilia, Italy £27.50
125ml Glass £7.50 175ml Glass £9.25 250ml Glass £11.00
A delightful red packed with red berry fruits and gentle hints of spice. Medium bodied, rounded and beautifully balanced on the finish.
31. 2023 Rioja Tinto Sin, Bodegas Navajas, Navarette, Spain £29.50
125ml Glass £8.50 175ml Glass £10.25 250ml Glass £12.00
A terrific young Rioja with perfumed, violet scented fruit, juicy rounded palate and great freshness to the finish. Navajas (pronounced Na-Va-Cas) add a few barrels of their super Crianza to this wine just to add a little extra depth and complexity.
32. 2019/20 Chateau Puybarbe, Bordeaux £32.50
125ml Glass £9.00 175ml Glass £10.75 250ml Glass £12.50
Our “house” claret is packed with ripe Cassis and dark berry fruit along with hints of spice and vanilla touches. Made from sustainable grown Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Cabernet Franc grapes without the use of pesticides
33. 2024 Calusari Pinot Noir, Umbrele, Romania £27.50
Fruit driven and easy drinking, this is a great Pinot Noir to suit lighter dishes and general summer drinking.
34. 2023 Beaujolais Village Cuvee Six, Cave Julienas-Chaintre, France £33.50
A classic Beaujolais Villages sourced from six different Cru Villages. Charming, rounded and fresh, this is a delightful wine for lighter dishes.
35. 2024 Los Olivos Malbec, Familia Zuccardi, Mendoza, Argentina £33.50
Supple and easy to drink yet packed with black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, notes of liquorice and marzipan. Excellent value and wonderfully approachable
36. 2024 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bodegas Sottano, Mendoza, Argentina £34.00
A fabulous Cabernet features a complex of flavours. Inviting notes of coffee, dark fruits and hints of spice. The well rounded palate has more generous dark fruits, well integrated oak and soft supple tannins in the finish.
37. 2022/23 U Passimiento Nero d’Avola/Frappato, Sicilia Rosso, Italy £35.00
Bright, intense red fruit on the nose displaying lots of red berries. The palate is warm and full bodied with harmonious acidity and smooth elegant tannins.
38. 2019/20 The Pepper Pot, Edgebaston, South Africa £36.00
Made from grown grapes in the Stellenbosch, Paarl and Elgin regions, this wine is created to show the fresh, fruity and spice driven flavours of these Rhône varietals. The colour is youthful and purple/red. The nose is one of crushed black pepper, dark mulberry and mixed berry coulis.
39. 2021/22 Carmenere Reserva, Casas del Bosque, Rapel Valley, Chile £39.00
Full and ripe with blueberries, spice and a hint of herbaceous flavours. This wine is an excellent example of top class Chilean Carmenere with dark berry fruit, some green leaf and plenty of spice.
40. 2021 Shiraz, Cranswick Estate, South Australia £41.50
Deeply coloured with plummy aromas and a dash of sweet, earthy raspberry fruit and vanillin smoothness. The multi layered palate is complex showing dark berry flavours and spices and a long, balanced finish.
41. 2017/18 Cuvée Constance, AC Cotes de Roussillon, France £44.50
This classy wine is a blend of 50% Grenache, 30% Syrah and 20% Carignan from vines of up to 45 years old. It shows plenty of rounded fruit, a balanced spicy backbone with underlying minerality and impeccable finish.
42. 2020/21 Lirac Rouge Cuvée Elie, Rhone, France £51.00
This blend of 60% Grenache & 40% Syrah comes from 80 year old vines, giving it a wonderful depth and concentration to the rich fruit. A great pairing to beef or game dishes.
43. 2020 Morgon, Chateau Grange Cochard, Cru Beaujolais, France £53.00
Packed with blackberry, crushed black raspberry, kirsch and damson plum fruit, with black liquorice, dried herb and mineral notes. The complex palate shows fine balance and focus throughout. A fabulous Cru Beaujolais which is made with minimal intervention and low sulphur to produce a wine of great character and purity.
44. 2020 Pavette Pinot Noir, AVA California £60.00
This is a cracking, approachable Pinot Noir packed with ripe red cranberry, raspberry and cherry fruits whilst showing a touch of smokiness and lovely creamy texture on the finish.
45. 2019/22 Mercurey Rouge 1er Cru, Domaine Meunier, Burgundy £76.00
Côte Chalonaise, Burgundy, France
Cherry, raspberry and some leafiness all appear on the enticing nose. The palate is clean and crisp with bright brambly fruit and flavours of the forest.
46. 2021 Châteauneuf du Pape Habemus Papam, Dom. Santa Duc £105.00
Domaine Santa Duc are fabulous southern Rhone producers, making wines with elegance and power in equal measure. This Chateauneuf is a true joy, with plenty of garrigue notes, a big mouthful of dark fruits and yet remarkable restraint. A wine to be savoured glass after glass.
ROSÉ WINES
50. 2024 Grenache Rosé, Domaine la Colombette, France £26.50
125ml Glass £6.50 175ml Glass £8.25 250ml Glass £10.00
Pale, dry and very elegant, this delightful Rose is softly textured and rounded. At only 11% alcohol it is easy to drink
51. Furleigh Estate Sea Pink £40.00
125ml Glass £9.50 175ml Glass £10.50 250ml Glass £14.00
This vibrant dry rose is bursting with notes of red summer berries. A heady sense of hibiscus and wild rose mingle with ripe strawberry, red cherry and watermelon, which delivers a fruity punch full of flavour.
52. 2024 Pinot Noir Rosé, Villa Wolf, Pfalz, Germany £36.50
A Ripe and refreshing with a delicious off dry strawberry fruit character, this is a very versatile food wine, especially with seafood and spicier dishes.
HALF BOTTLES
White
2022/23 Chablis, Domaine Alexandre £29.50
Crisp, fresh citrus fruits underpinned by classic minerality and fine, balanced acidity.
Red
2020/21 Rioja Crianza, Hacienda de Lopez, DOCa £25.00
A cracking Rioja with complex of ripe dark fruits mixed with coffee, vanilla, balsamic and woody notes. On the palate it is a typically smooth and fruity wine with gentle tannins.
DESSERT WINES
Monbazillac, Domaine De L’ancienne Cure
By the glass (100ml) £8.75
Richly honeyed with complex notes of dried fruits, nuts and caramel alongside. The heady orange blossom and barley sugar bouquet leads to a complex dried fruit palate offset by a fine acidity.
Chateau Lamourette, Sauternes £10.50
By the glass (100ml)
This is a wonderfully elegant Sauternes showing exotic fruits such as dried Mango, Quince and Orange marmalade alongside honeycomb and caramel notes. Fresh and balance don the finish, this is more’ish stuff.
YALBURY COTTAGE WINE LIST
We hope that you will enjoy our choice of wines from around the world as much as we have enjoyed selecting them.
All wines can be purchased from Jonathan Charles at The Dorset Wine Company
located in Poundbury.
We always strive to keep our list as up to date as possible. If you would like to check a specific vintage please ask when ordering your wine.
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