example tasting menu


hand dived scallops
orange butter sauce

seared foie gras
roasted apple, red wine vanilla reduction

fleurie vieilles vignes, marcel joubert 2008
this is quite a serious wine; the nose palate are both very ‘traditional’ ‘old’world’ in style. although there is plenty of ripe, juicy redcurrant fruit showing through, there is also spice, richness complexity from the oak

lightly smoked wild cod
chicken roulade bordelaise sauce

pouilly fume les chamiennes ag figeat 2008
with smoky greengage, grapefruit nettle on the nose combined with zesty lime, yellow plum, elderflower on the palate, this wine is multi-layered exceptionally elegant

duo of lamb
rump of lamb braised lamb shoulder, turnip mash olive jus

quimera achaval ferrer- cabernet / merlot blend 2007
a complex nose of the fruit the nobility of the tannins. aromas of plum, blackberry chocolate with notes of wet earth peat. Full fruit flavors come through in a balsamic envelope. the finish is long, velvety mineral

selection of scottish and french cheese
oatcakes, biscuits fruit chutney


black fig frangipane tartlet
chateau septy 2005 a fine balance of sweetness acidity and a rich concentration of sweet, ripe fruit with a nervy, citrus zing on the palate