Wine List

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Church Minshull
Connoisseur
D rin k s
List
wines selected in association with:
Rodney Densem Wines • Crewe
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We have a great range
of premium spirits for
you to try with some
ideas on how best to
enjoy them.
Sometimes there
might be a new one to
try which didn’t quite
make it onto our
menu in time.
Due to popularity, we
might have just run
out of the one you
enjoyed last time, just
ask at the bar and
we’ll do our best.
All of the spirits
are served in 25ml
measures and the
prices don’t include
a mixer, please select
one to compliment
your choice of spirit
and enjoy!
Most importantly,
try something new,
we chose them for
a reason, you’ll be
pleasantly surprised.. .
Red Wines
125ml
175ml
250ml
bottle
Coorong Estate £3.35 £4.00 £5.50 £15.50
Shiraz, Australia · A rich and spicy Shiraz with
wonderful flavours of black fruits, black pepper and
sweet spices.
Deer Point
£3.35 £4.00 £5.50 £15.50
Cabernet Sauvignon, Bulgaria · The palate
is rich with red fruits as well as integrated tannins and
smooth vanilla flavours.
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McGuigans
£3.35 £4.00 £5.50 £15.50
Merlot, Australia · A full bodied wine with lots of
berry fruits. Ideal with our Roast Bacon Collar.
F entiman s
£2.65
G inger B eer ,
E lderfl ower ,
D andeli o n & B u rd o c k ,
Condorito Merlot
£15.95
Chapel Hill Pinot Noir
£16.50
Cotes du Rhone Les Vignes du Prince £17.95
Chianti Fontella
£17.95
Debortoli ‘Accomplice’ Shiraz
£18.95
Septima Malbec
£18.95
Senorio De Arizaga Rioja Crianza £19.95
Los Boldos Momentos Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile
£21.00
Zonin Valpolicella Ripasso, Italy · Appropriately
£32.00
Chile · Deep red in colour, this fruity Merlot has
intense aromas of plum and cherry, with hints of
cinnamon spice and chocolate.
Hungary · Aromas of berries and black cherries
mixed in with hints of toasty oak. Ideal with pork
or chicken dishes.
C l o u d y L em o nade &
V icto rian L em o nade
France · Classic Rhone blend. Showing soft berry fruit
with a warming peppery finish. Ideal with stews
and casseroles.
Italy · Ripe berry aroma with berry fruit plenty of
tannin and a soft finish. Ideal with beef dishes.
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Australia · Medium bodied with soft oak tannins and
a hint of peppery spice on the finish. Ideal with red
meats.
Argentina · Aromas of fresh berries balanced with
the oak and vanilla. Ideal with lamb dishes.
Spain · Lovely raspberry, damson and sloe fruit
flavours with streaks of fine, toasty vanilla and ripe
tannins. Ideal with seafood.
· Well matured
and tasty. A medium bodied wine full of soft fruit and
vanilla. Ideal with pork dishes.
nicknamed ‘Baby
Amarone’, this wine is full bodied with subtle tannins
and explosive with berry fruit and spice flavours.
Malts
White Wines
125ml
175ml
250ml
bottle
Wildwood £3.35 £4.00 £5.50
Chardonnay, California · Lush fresh fruity
£15.50
Condorito £3.35 £4.00 £5.50
Sauvignon Blanc, Chile · Fantastic example
£15.50
white with ripe melon and peach flavours.
of the crisp, citrus-led Sauvignon Blanc.
Balvenie
Doublewood
£3.00
40% Speyside
Initial burst of rich sherry and red
apple, quickly dried with lightly spiced
and smoky oak beautifully balanced
with stewed fruit and gingerbread.
E
Dalwhinnie
£3.20
15 Year Old
43% Highlands
Decanal
£3.35 £4.00 £5.50
Pinot Grigio, Italy · Pear-drop and delicate
£15.50
Dudley’s Stone Chenin Blanc
£15.50
almond flavours.
South Africa · Sumptuous aromas of peach and
melon perfectly balanced with a zingy lime freshness
and a crisp, refreshing finish. Ideal with white
meats and salad.
Vistamar Brisa Chardonnay Chile · Fresh and rounded with perfectly balanced,
brilliant flavours of tropical fruits and crisp pear.
Ideal with starters or fish dishes.
Beronia Blanco Rioja
Spain · Modern-style white, crisp and dry but with
great character. Ideal as an Aperitif or with
fish dishes or salad.
Malty. Walnuts steeped in manuka
honey with Vanilla sponge. Gentle
smoke waves its way through the
cereal with a touch of spice.
B
Glenfiddich
£3.00
12 Year Old
40% Speyside
Grain. Slightly floral, mineralic. Spirity,
orchard fruit, malty, honey, citrus
develops. Light, floral, spices.
Very Smooth. Sweet touch of oak and
general fruit.
£15.95
B
Glenmorangie
£3.00
10 Year Old
40% Highlands
£16.50
Fresh and balanced, vanilla, boiled
sweets, very creamy, tiramisu, toffee.
Finish; Quite long, gentle, malty and
very fruity.
B
Lagavulin
£3.50
16 Year Old
Ten Rocks Sauvignon Blanc
£18.95
Corte Viola Pinot Grigio
£19.95
New Zealand · An excellent Sauvignon from
Marlborough: a lovely bouquet of fresh gooseberries
leads to a crisp palate.
43% Islay
Very thick and rich. A massive mouthful
of malt and sherry with good fruity
sweetness. Big, powerful peat and oak.
Finish: Long and spicy, figs, dates, peat
and smoke.
G
Italy · Fresh bouquet of fruit and flowers. Fragrant,
dry, zesty, well-orchestrated and well balanced with
persistent hints of fruit.
Chablis Thomas Bassot
France · Unoaked Chardonnay grapes produce
peach & fig flavours and steely acidity. Ideal with
fish and pasta dishes.
Sancerre Blanc Balland
France · An intensely dry white, with aromas of
gooseberry, citrus and green pepper, leading to a
zesty palate. The finish is long with a pronounced
mineral dryness. Ideal with smoked fish dishes.
Cognac
£25.95
Martell Vs
£2.50
40% France
£32.00
Rich fruit and spice notes framed
by freshness: citrus, fresh pear and
saffron. Labdanum or rockrose leaves
and incense. Woody notes from the
fine-grained oak cask.
Remy Martin VSOP£3.00
40% France
Cooked and chewy palate with nutty,
cracked black peppery oak, bittersweetness with vanilla, faint maple
syrup and liquorice.
Malts
Champagne & Sparkling
Oban
£3.20
15 Year Old
43% Highlands
Notes of citrus with smooth sweetness.
The smoke wafts with notes of
seaweed. The oak is quite rich with
grist and cereal and malt.
bottle
Duca D’Alba Prosecco £15.45
Zonin Prosecco Rosé
£16.45
J’Lemoine Brut
£30.45
Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut
£45.45
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label £50.45
Italy · Very fruity yet dry, delicious for summer
sipping.
D
Penderyn Malt
£3.00
Italy · Bursting with bubbles, crisp and refreshing
with a fine nose and elegant bouquet.
46% Wales
Sweet, medium body. Herbal, vanilla,
sweetness, resin, sultanas, toast.
Over-ripe grape. Thick and sweet,
spices, green, biscuity, custard.
D
Talisker
Champagne · Plenty of zesty, dry citrus character
and a lively, persistent mousse, finished by touches
of cream.
£3.00
10 Year Old
45.8% Islands
Full bodied with huge plumes of smoke
and volcanic peppery peat. Intense.
Champagne · Lively persistent bubbles with clean,
soft creamy fruit.
D
Macallan Gold
£3.00
40% Speyside
Orange peel and a sweetness that
softens but doesn’t eliminate the zest.
Vanilla followed by dark chocolate more assertive, yet not overly so - with
a lingering floral and light oak notes.
B
J W Black Label
£3.00
40% Scotland
Winter spice and treacle, white pepper
and a little citrus. Rich and full. Wood
smoke, dry spice, hints of barley and
cereal with creamy toffee and a distinct
herbal note. The finish is quite fruity
and long with a note of sultanas and
mixed peels.
B
Champagne · A rich full-bodied Champagne with
flowery, malty notes and a long, long finish.
Rosé Wines
Cielo Pinot
Grigio Rosé,
125ml
175ml
250ml
bottle
£3.35 £4.00 £5.50 £15.50
Italy · Ripe berry fruit on the
palate with a clean, refreshing dry finish. Ideal as an
Aperitif or with Anti Pasta.
Speyside
Discovery Beach£3.35 £4.00 £5.50 £15.50
White Zinfandel, USA · Delicate ripe
watermelon, strawberry and a hint of cranberry with
a gentle sweetness and a crisp, balanced finish. Off
dry. Ideal with light appetizers or on its own.
Over half of Scotland’s malt whisky distilleries can
be found within this one region. Undoubtedly the
heart of single malt whisky distilling in Scotland.
It’s classic flavours of honey, vanilla and fresh
fruits combine to create whiskies that are both
sophisticated and elegant. With age they evolve to
deliver dried and sweet flavours.
Highlands
One of the most scenic regions in Scotland.
Geographically the largest of the whisky producing
regions. It covers some major areas and a variety
of warm, rounded single malt whiskies. The West
Coast with its maritime influence on malts such
as Oban; the Central Highlands, including the
heather and honey from one of Scotland’s highest
distilleries, Dalwhinnie.
Ports
Dows Fine Ruby
Full, fresh and fruity.
Dows LBV
A fruity aroma leads to flavours of currant, raspberry
and red plum, with some citric accents.
Dows Crusted Port
The prolonged bottle-ageing gives this Port a superb
style and character with the distinctive Dow’s dry finish.
50ml
£2.95
£3.95
£4.95
Lowlands
The terrain of the Lowlands is characterised by
rolling felids which are ideally suited yo growing
grain for whisky. Tend to be lighter in both colour
and body than those of the Highlands.
With little or no peat used in the drying of the malt,
the whiskies distilled here are generally fresh and
light. Fragrant and floralwith cereal flavourings.
Islands
Sitting amongst the Inner Hebridean Scottish Isles,
are the malt whisky producing islands of Islay
and Skye. The rugged island landscapes generally
produce single malt whiskies with strong peaty
aromas.
The Islands malts are unmistakeably powerful,
bursting with flavour, from the recognised smokiness
apparent in all offerings.
Gin
Malts
Hendricks
Regions
£3.00
41.4% UK
The flavour and style of your Malt
varies from region to region. Use
this quick guide to make sense of
it all.
Slightly sweet and silky smooth, with a
burst of juniper and citrus set against
fresh green flavours.
This is followed by cumin, cracked
black pepper and salty liquorice back
notes.
Bombay Sapphire £3.00
40% England
One of the best known and most
delicately perfumed gins in the world,
Bombay Sapphire makes an excellent
Martini, and is great as a base for a Gin
and Tonic.
Chase Dry
£3.00
40% England
Speyside
Islands
Highlands
The aroma is fittingly juniper forward
with warm spicy notes of cinnamon
and nutmeg. The finish retains that
ever present spiciness but with a
refreshing touch of citrus zest and a
hint of apple.
Tanqueray No.10 £3.00
47.3% UK
Silky and rounded. The Juniper is
integrated
with freshly squeezed
lemon, orange and zesty pink grapefruit
while white pepper and coriander spice
add depth.
Lowlands
Malt Tasting Guide
A
Delicate and light with a heathery character suitable as an aperitif.
B
Soft and charming with a fruity, agreeable flavour.
C
Balanced and appealing with a hint of spice.
D
Medium-bodied with a touch of sweetness and a
round finish.
E
Rich and round with a pronounced and assertive
character.
F
An after-dinner whisky with a strong and
distinctive taste.
G
A challenging flavour, often described as peaty
or smoky.
hunters cheshire£3.00
4.3% UK
A premium gin based on a 300 year
old recipe that makes for a sublime gin
with subtle citrus overtines and a spicy
fruit edge.
Vodka
Xellent Vodka
£3.00
40% Switzerland
Xellent is a Swiss vodka made from
“bread-quality” rye grown at altitudes
of up to 800 metres. They use pure
glacier water to dilute their tripledistilled spirit down to 40% abv.
Chase Vodka
£3.00
40% England
Aromas of vanilla and butter mix well
in the nose as the flavours of potato,
butter
and
slight
almond/vanilla
surround your taste-buds. A smooth
feel with a mellow aftertaste and great
longevity. Slight black cracked pepper
finish.
Rum
Liqueurs
Captain Morgan £3.00
spiced rum
35% Caribbean
The nose is sweet and spicy with
pepper, vanilla cream, toffee, honey
and nutmeg. The palate is of good
body with notes of molasses and spice,
buttery biscuits and pepper. The finish
is medium with spice and sweetness.
Red Leg
spiced rum
£3.00
37.5% Caribbean
Red Leg is a superb spiced rum made
with Caribbean spirit which was
aged in old oak whilst being infused
with Jamaican vanilla and ginger. Just
superb and very good on a crisp
Winter’s evening!
Glayva leith
£2.75
35% Scotland
A very popular Scotch whisky liqueur,
Glayva is flavoured with honey,
almonds, tangerines and spices. The
name derives from the Gaelic for “very
good”. The liqueur is of such merit
that it won the International Wine and
Spirit Competition 5 times, making it
the best liqueur in the world...
Drambuie
£2.75
40% Scotland
A very famous whisky liqueur made
with Scotch whisky, heather and herbs
and spices. Produced in West Lothian,
Scotland, Drambuie offers flavours
such as anise, nutmeg and saffron.
Baileys
£2.75
17% Ireland
Matusalem
Platino
£3.00
40% Santiago de Cuba
A triple distilled white rum, aged
using the solera method in the
Dominican Republic. Matusalem
Platino is crisp, clean and tangy, and
works beautifully in cocktails.
Matusalem
Gran Reserva
£3.00
The cream liqueur that needs little
introduction! Baileys is made with
cream, Irish whiskey and cocoa, and
it’s very, very more-ish. This is the
world’s most popular liqueur.
Gozio Amaretto £2.75
24% Italy
Made by the Distillerie Franciacorta
using 100% natural ingredients - four
types of fruit essence, including peach
and apricot, alongside high quality
bitter almonds give it the classic nutty
aromas and a sweet palate with a
luxurious texture.
15 Year Old
40% Santiago de Cuba
This was first produced in Santiago de
Cuba over 130 years ago. It is aged
using the Solera process, so on average
the rums contained herein are 15 years
old.
Rum Sixty Six
Cointreau
£2.75
40% France
A ‘triple-sec’ liqueur made from
Oranges with an absolutely delicious
flavour. An essential ingredient in the
Margarita cocktail, but very good on its
own or over ice.
£2.25
40% Barbados
Rum Sixty Six Family Reserve was
originally just that, a rum reserved
for the family! Luckily for us the Seale
family, five generations of whom have
produced rum at the Foursquare
distillery,
chose
to
share
this
marvellous drop with the rest of us!
Grand marnier
£2.75
40% France
A superb orange liqueur with cognac at
its heart, flavoured with the essence of
wild oranges. Delicious.