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Welcome to the Vinum wine list To celebrate the 130th anniversary of our family s involvement in the Douro, we opened the VINUM Restaurant & Wine Bar at our Graham s lodge in 2013.

1 Welcome to the Vinum wine list To celebrate the 130th anniversary of our family s involvement in the Douro, we opened the VINUM Restaurant & Wine Bar at our Graham s lodge in By opening VINUM, in association with the Basque company SAGARDI that specializes in gastronomy at the very highest level, we intend to present visitors with ideal food pairings for our Douro wines and our Ports. The lodge which is home to VINUM, was built in 1890 and contains no less than 3,700 seasoned oak pipes (casks) full of our very finest Ports, together with the equivalent of a further 2,300 pipes in oak tonels and vats. In this lodge we mature Graham s Six Grapes, Late Bottled Vintage, the Tawnies of 10, 20, 30 and 40 years of age and also a few casks of the rare Colheita wines (Single Harvest Tawnies) such as the 1952 and the These Colheita wines have been ageing here in this lodge for many decades. Such wines are only bottled to commemorate special occasions such as HM Queen Elizabeth s Diamond Jubilee and to celebrate the 50th Birthday of President Barack Obama of the United States. Within this lodge we have the Graham s Vintage Port cellars, with bottles that date back to the very rare Graham s 1896 Vintage Port and the great 1904 and 1908 Vintage Ports. These cellars contain our reserve stocks of virtually every Graham s Vintage Port made throughout the 20th century, right up to our most recent "declaration". At VINUM you will be able to taste some of these wines as well as others produced with grapes grown on our family s 28 "Quintas" (Vineyard estates), all of which are situated in the best areas of the beautiful Upper Douro valley. All the entrées, main courses and desserts are specially created to accompany these wines. In addition to the Port and Douro wines produced by the Symington family, this list also includes a careful selection of other wines. These wines are made by friends of the family from various regions around the world, and in particular from the Primum Familiae Vini, of which the Symingtons are proud members. At VINUM we strive to create wonderful food from all the best natural ingredients that can be produced in the North of Portugal, including of course, the Douro valley and from the clean and cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Paul Symington. Chairman, Symington Family Estates.

3 THE WINES AT VINUM We begin with Douro wines, our home vineyards. We offer the wines produced by the Symington family, such as those from the legendary Quinta do Vesuvio, one of Portugal s greatest vineyards. We also list the wines produced by Prats & Symington, a joint venture between the Symington family and the Prats, a renowned Bordeaux wine making family. Since 2000 this partnership have been making some of the Douro s finest red wines, in particular Chryseia, the first Portuguese wine ever to be listed in the Wine Spectator s top 100 wines of the world. The Altano wines are also listed, coming from the historic Quinta do Ataíde in the remote Vilariça valley. Most of Ataíde s lovely vineyards were planted in the early 1980 s, so the vines are now some 30 year s old and are producing wonderful fruit. We would like to highlight in particular the Altano Quinta de Ataíde BIO wine made from organically farmed vineyards. This wine is typical of the New Douro wine style that is achieving such success around the world. The wines from the Douro valley are produced from a wide selection of indigenous and traditional grape varieties. The Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca stand out for their extraordinary quality, and are used in many of the red wines produced. The Douro is best known for its red wines which are normally deeply coloured, full-bodied, with firm ripe tannins and are the perfect accompaniment to game and red meat dishes. In recent years the white wines from the higher lying and cooler areas of the Douro have also been recognized for their wonderful quality. In the second part of The Vinum Wine List we present the wines from other wine producing regions in Portugal and from around the world. This list has been organized to help you with your choice of wine. Since many of our visitors are from different parts of the world and possibly less familiar with Portugal s numerous wine regions, we have decided to organize the Wine List according to the style of the wine as opposed to the region. We feel sure that by organizing the Wine List in this manner it will make your choice of wine easier when pairing with the dishes that you have ordered for your meal. However, all the members of the VINUM team are always available to help you to make the most appropriate choice. In the third part of the Wine List we present our Ports and the wines of Madeira. We have a significant number of wines served by the glass form all sections of this wine list.

5 WINES BY THE GLASS CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING Brummell Brut Blanc de Blancs Burgundy Brummell Brut Rosé Burgundy Quinta da Falorca Rosé Portugal... 6 Pol Roger Brut Reserve France WHITE WINES Altano 2016 DOC Douro Carolina 2016 DOC Douro Anselmo Mendes Contacto 2016 DOC Vinho Verde.6 Quinta da Falorca Reserva 2016 DOC Dão Terrenus 2016 DOC Alentejo.... 6,50 VINUM's selection of the week* RED WINES Quinta do Ataíde 2014 DOC Douro *... 5 Altano Biológico 2015 DOC Douro * Altano Reserva 2015 DOC Douro *... 6 Prazo de Roriz 2015 DOC Douro... 5,50 Post Scriptum 2015 DOC Douro * VINUM's selection of the week* Pombal do Vesuvio 2016 DOC Douro *... 6 PORT WINES Graham s Late Bottled Vintage 2012*.... 5,50 Graham s Six Grapes*.... 5,50 Graham s 10 Year s Old*.... 5,50 Graham s 20 Year s Old*.... 7,50 Graham s 30 Year s Old* ,50 Graham s 40 Year s Old* ,50 Graham s 90 Year s Old* Graham s Colheita 1972* Quinta dos Maldevos Vintage 2004*.... 8,50 Today's Vintage* * wines with are produced by the Symington Family

7 DOC DOURO

9 DOC DOURO WHITE WHITE VIBRANT & FRESH Altano 2016* Carolina Quinta do Vallado Moscatel Galego Flor de S.Jose Azeo WHITE AROMATIC & ELEGANT Bons Ares Vinha Grande Morgadio da Calçada Crasto Redoma WHITE RICH & COMPLEX Altano Reserva 2015* Castelo d Alba Reserva Códega do Larinho Vinhas Velhas Quinta do Vallado Reserva Duas Quintas Reserva Mirabilis Grande Reserva Redoma Reserva * wines with are produced by the Symington Family

10 DOC DOURO RED RED FRUITY & ELEGANT Altano Vinhas Próprias 2015* Altano Biológico 2015* Carolina RED COMPLEX & BALANCED Prazo de Roriz 2015* Post Scriptum 2015* Altano Reserva 2015* Pombal do Vesuvio 2016* Quinta do Ataíde 2014* Meandro do Vale de Meão Morgadio da Calçada Roquette & Cazes Quinta da Romaneira Quinta do Vallado Touriga Nacional DoDa * wines with are produced by the Symington Family

11 RED FULL BODIED & CONCENTRATED Quinta do Ataíde Vinha do Arco 2014* Quinta dos Frades Quinta do Crasto Reserva Quinta do Vale Dona Maria Quinta do Vesuvio 2015* Quinta do Noval Chryseia 2015* Chryseia 2009* Chryseia 2008* Quinta da Leda Quinta da Nova Grande Reserva Niepoort Batuta Quinta do Vale Meão Pintas Duas Quintas Reserva Especial CV Quinta do Vallado Adelaide Barca Velha * wines with are produced by the Symington Family

13 WINES OF THE SYMINGTON FAMILY FRIENDS

15 WINES OF THE SYMINGTON FAMILY FRIENDS The rest of the Vinum Restaurant & Wine Bar menu is made up of wines from wineries that are friends of the Symington family, among them the association Primum Familiae Vini - PFV. The PFV is an association of some of the world s leading wine families. Membership is restricted to a maximum of 12 companies and each must be entirely family owned, with several generations of family ownership. Each PFV member must be amongst the very finest producers of their wine region and only one producer from each region is allowed. Each member must have a long-established and world-wide reputation for outstanding quality. All PFV members share a passion and commitment to their respective wine regions which is virtually without parallel. The members of the PFV meet regularly at each other s homes and vineyards to exchange information and experience. Many of the younger generation of each family take the opportunity to work in another PFV member s vineyards and wineries. Today, Primum Familiae Vini has 11 leading wine families as members: Marchesi Antinori Tuscany Château Mouton Rothschild Bordeaux Joseph Drouhin Burgundy Egon Müller Scharzhof Saar, Mosel Hugel & Fils Alsace Champagne Pol Roger Champagne Famille Perrin Rhone-Sul Symington Family Estates Douro Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri, Tuscany Miguel Torres Penedès Vega Sicilia Ribera del Duero It is with great pride that VINUM lists a number of wines from PFV members.

17 CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING SPARKLING Brummel Brut Blanc de Blancs France. Burgundy Brummel Brut Rose France. Burgundy Quinta da Falorca Rosé Portugal. Dão FRANCE - CHAMPAGNE Delamotte Pol Roger Brut Reserve Pol Roger Demi Sec Rich De Sousa & Fils Brut Reserve Bollinger Pol Roger Brut Vintage Pol Roger Brut Rose Vintage Pol Roger Brut Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs Vintage Pol Roger Brut Sir Winston Churchill Vintage

18 WHITE WINE WHITE VIBRANT & FRESH Hugel Riesling 2015 France. Alsace Quinta do Ameal Loureiro 2015 Portugal. Ponte de Lima Anselmo Mendes Contacto 2016 Portugal. Vinho Verde - Alvarinho Casillero del Diablo Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Chile. Rapel Valley Villa Maria Private Bin Riesling 2015 New Zealand Villa Maria Private Bin East Coast Chardonnay 2013 New Zealand Hugel Gentil 2015 France. Alsace Quinta do Ameal Escolha 2013 Portugal. Ponte de Lima Perrin & Fils Perrin Reserve 2015 France. Côtes du Rhone Quinta da Falorca Reserva 2016 Portugal. Dão Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2016 New Zealand Terrenus 2015 Portugal. Alentejo Marques de Casa Concha Chardonnay 2014 Chile. Maipo Valley Hugel Pinot Gris Tradition 2014 France. Alsace Joseph Drouhin Borgonha Laforêt Chardonnay 2015 France. Burgundy Joseph Drouhin Saint Verán 2014 France. Burgundy Hugel Gewurztraminer 2014 France. Burgundy Joseph Drouhin Chablis Vaudon 2015 France. Chablis

19 WHITE AROMATIC & ELEGANT Henri Buorgeois Les Barrones 2016 France. Sancerre...36 Villa Maria Wairau Sauvignon Blanc 2016 New Zealand Anselmo Mendes Curtimenta 2014 Portugal. Vinho Verde - Alvarinho Henri Buorgeois Les Barrones Rosee 2014 France. Sancerre...42 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Graham Sauvignon Blanc 2014 New Zealand Hugel Riesling Jubilee 2009 France. Alsace...60 Joseph Drouhin Meursault 2015 France. Burgundy WHITE RICH & COMPLEX Terrunus Reserva 2015 Portugal. Alentejo Anselmo Mendes Parcela Única 2015 Portugal. Vinho Verde - Alvarinho Perrin & Fils Coudelet de Beaucastel 2014 France. Côtes du Rhone...48 Joseph Drouhin Clos des Mouches 2010 France. Burgundy Perrin & Fils Château de Beaucastel 2015 France. Côtes du Rhone

20 RED WINE RED FRUITY & ELEGANT Etxeita 2015 Spain. Rioja Quinta da Falorca 2012 Portugal. Dão Casillero del Diablo Carmenere 2015 Chile. Rapel Valley Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Chile. Central Valley Uco Acero 2010 Argentina. Mendonza Famille Perrin. Perrin Reserve 2014 France. Côtes du Rhone Pedra Basta 2013 Portugal. Alentejo Quinta da Falorca T-Nac 2010 Portugal. Dão Quinta de Falorca Colheita Seleccionada 2012 Portugal. Dão Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2014 France. Burgundy Marques de Casa Concha Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 Chile. Maipo Valley Villa Maria Privare Bin Pinot Noir 2014 New Zealand Malhadinha 2012 Portugal. Alentejo RED COMPLEX & BALANCED El de Debajo de la Escalera 2014 Spain. Rioja Famille Perrin de Beaucastel Coudoulet 2012 France. Côtes du Rhone Quinta da Falorca Lagar Reserva 2011 Portugal. Dão Quinta da Falorca Touriga Nacional 2011 Portugal. Dão Uco Pago Lobo 2010 Argentina. Mendoza Tributo 2015 Portugal. Alentejo... 65

21 Quinta da Falorca Garrafeira 2011 Portugal. Dão Joseph Drouhin Aloxe-Corton Rouge 2012 France. Burgundy Joseph Drouhin Chambolle Musigny 2004 France. Burgundy Joseph Drouhin Clos des Mouches 2010 France. Burgundy RED FULL BODIED & CONCENTRATED Terrenus Reserva 2013 Portugal. Alentejo Tenuta San Guido Guidalberto 2013 Italy. Tuscany Château Clerc Milon (AOC Pauillac 5ème Cru Classé) 2006 France. Pauillac Vega Sicília Valbuena 5 año 2007 Spain. Ribera del Duero Vega Sicília Valbuena 5 año 2008 Spain. Ribera del Duero Vega Sicília Valbuena 5 año 2009 Spain. Ribera del Duero Vega Sicília Único 2007 Spain. Ribera del Duero Château Mouton Rothschild (AOC Pauillac 1er Cru Classé) 1997 France. Pauillac

23 OUR PORTS

25 OUR PORTS The Symington Family have been producing the finest Ports in the Douro for over 130 years, but one of their ancestors, Beatrice Leitão de Cavalhosa Atkinson (great-grandmother of the current generation of Symingtons), was descended from one of the very first Port producers who is recorded as having shipped Port in More than three centuries of experience and tradition is incorporated in these Ports. We have desserts and cheeses that perfectly match our Graham s, Dow's, Warre s, Quinta do Vesuvio and Cockburn s Ports.

26 WHITE PORTS The white grapes of the Douro produce a Fine White Port as well as a delicious Dry White Port. Dry White Ports are served chilled between 6º and 8º Centigrade and are normally enjoyed as an aperitif. White Port & Tonic is highly popular in the Portuguese summer and is now becoming better known in many other countries. Mixing a third of Graham s Dry Port with two thirds tonic water and adding a few ice cubes, a slice of lemon and a few mint leaves, makes a very refreshing aperitif. "Lágrima" is a traditional and rich White Port that is also excellent served chilled. Graham s Fine White Dow s Lágrima Graham s Extra Dry White... 23

27 TAWNY AND COLHEITA PORTS Aged Tawnies and Colheita Ports are aged in seasoned oak casks. Over time they gain great complexity and elegance and acquire a burnished copper colour. Key to the quality of our wines is the care given to the maintenance of the oak casks by our team of tanoeiros (coopers). Our coopers know and care for every individual barrel, many of which are over 70 year s old, some are over 100 year s old. In the Graham s tasting room, all these wines are regularly tasted and assessed in order to select the very best wines. When the Graham s tasters, led by Charles Symington, arrive at what they consider to Colheitas are dated wines from one specific vintage and are aged in seasoned oak casks. A classic example is the Grahams 1952 that was bottled to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II of England. Graham s Fine Tawny Graham s The Tawny Graham s 10 Year s Old Graham s 20 Year s Old Graham s 30 Year s Old Graham s 40 Year s Old Graham s Colheita Dow s 10 Year s Old Dow s 20 Year s Old Dow s 30 Year s Old Warre s Otima 10 Year s Old Warre s Otima 20 Year s Old Cockburn s 10 Year s Old All Grahams Tawnies are aged here in the Grahams Lodge

28 LATE BOTTLED VINTAGE AND RESERVE PORTS Late Bottled Vintage Port and the Reserve Ports are full-bodied wines with fine red-fruit flavours, great complexity and rich purple colours. These wines are aged in seasoned oak and then bottled relatively young, and are ready to drink once they are bottled. Six Grapes is Graham s oldest brand and dates back to the mid-19th century. Some of the very finest wines produced on the Graham s Quintas are selected to produce Six Grapes. This is one of the very few Reserve Ports made from some of the same vineyards that also make the great Vintage Ports. Graham s Late Bottled Vintage Graham s Six Grapes Reserve Perfect with chocolate and other rich desserts and fine cheese Dow s Late Bottled Vintage Dow s Nirvana Reserve Especially blended to match chocolate Warre s Warrior Reserve Warre s Late Bottled Vintage (Bottle Matured, Traditional) 2004, bottled in Cockburn s Special Reserve... 20

29 BIO PORT From the vineyards of Quinta das Lages, in the Rio Torto valley, this young and vibrant Reserve Port is produced from organically farmed grapes. It is a full bodied, dark, elegant and rich. Graham s Natura Reserve....35

30 VINTAGE PORT Vintage Port wines are produced only in exceptional years, generally three or four times a decade. To make a Vintage Port certain climatic conditions must be met throughout the vitivinicultural year. 18 months after the wine is produced, it is declared as Vintage and bottled. It ages slowly in bottle, developing unique complex characteristics. Vintage Port wine can be taken young, when it is opaque with an exuberant concentration of fruit. Over time, Vintage Port ages slowly but surely in bottle, its fruity flavor softening over time to acquire secondary aromas that confer outstanding characteristics and an exquisite elegance which is almost silken in mouth. The Symington family has produced some of the best Vintage Port wines of the past 100 years. QUINTA VINTAGE Graham s Quinta dos Malvedos 37,5cl Graham s Quinta dos Malvedos Graham s Quinta dos Malvedos Magnum Dow s Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira Dow s Quinta da Senhora da Ribeira Dow s Quinta do Bomfim Warres s Quinta da Cavadinha Cockburn s Quinta Dos Canais Cockburn s Quinta Dos Canais

31 Quinta do Vesuvio Quinta do Vesuvio Quinta do Vesuvio Quinta do Vesuvio Quinta do Vesuvio Quinta do Vesuvio VINTAGE PORTS Graham s Graham s Graham s Graham s Magnum Graham s Magnum Dow s Magnum Dow s Dow s Warre s Warre s Warre s Warre s Magnum Cockburn s Cockburn s

32 NE OUBLIE Ne Oublie dates from 1882, the year in which Andrew James Symington arrived in Portugal. Just three casks of this extraordinary Port wine were handed down to his great grandchildren who have now decided to bottle one, entrusting the other two casks to future generations. Ne Oublie means do not forget and bears witness to this family s commitment to the Douro and to Port through four generations. It is a journey in time, a guardian of the Symington family s memories, in liquid form. When you savour this wine with more than 130 years of history you will share one of this family s most treasured heirlooms; a wine that symbolizes more than any other the rich legacy they have built, and continue to build, in their Douro Valley vineyards. Ne Oublie: A synopsis of life and time (World of Fine Wine). Ne Oublie (3 cl) 450

33 PORTS OF THE SYMINGTON FAMILY FRIENDS Taylor s Vargelas Vintage Fonseca Vintage

34 MADEIRAS Blandy s Madeira s are made by the Blandy family, who have lived on the island of Madeira since 1811 and still own and manage their own Madeira Wine Company. The Symington family owns a small share in Blandy s Madeira, and are close personal friends of the Blandy family. These wines are some of the finest that Madeira produces and are amongst the world s greatest fortified wines. Sercial Colheita Blandy s 5 Year s Old Alvada (Malmsey & Bual) Blandy s Malmsey Colheita Blandy s Verdelho Vintage Blandy s Terrantez Vintage Blandy s Bual Vintage Blandy s Bual Vintage

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