The Axe & Compasses Pub



National Winner Best Food Pub 2007


An Inn with real character in a beautiful rural setting

Arkesden,
Essex CB11 4EX England

01799 550272

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House Wines
1. La Ronde Dry White Vin de Pays D’Oc
Delicious fruity fresh modern style wine from Southern France made from Terret and Sauvignon Blanc grapes.   £12.00
2. La Ronde Medium White Vin de Pays D’Oc
Fresh and fruity wine with attractive sweetness well made in Souther France, based on the fragrant Terret and crisp Sauvignon.   £12.00
3. Piesporter Michelsberg QBA, Prinz Rupprecht
Attractive grapey flavour, slightly sweet and lovely freshness.   £12.00
5. La Ronde Vin de Pays D’Oc
Full, ripe blend of Merlot and Shiraz, fruity and mouthfilling.Very approachable and quaffable.   £12.00
6. Eaglehawk Merlot Wolf Blass
Characteristic Merlot plum and red berry fruit flavours in a soft easy drinking style from Wolf Blass.   £14.95

Classic French White Wines
7. Macon Blanc Villages Henri Boulay
An easy to drink wine made from the Chardonnay grape. Made by Cave de Lugny, it is fresh and dry with plenty of fruit and has a lovely peachy aroma.   £14.95
8. Macon Lugny ‘Les Genevres’, Louis Latour
Awidely popular and superior Macon, full of elefant Chardonnay fruit aromas and flavours with a clean, fresh finish.   £18.95
9. Poiilly Fuisse AC, Ropiteau Freres
This Pouilly Fuisse has the nice apple and butter flavours of a good white Burgundy added to the slightly higher alcohol levels of Pouilly Fuisse.   £25.50
11. Chabli AC, Ropiteau Freres
Subtle and with fine fruit, the style is dry, light and clean. Compared to most Chablis this has more weight and complexity.   £17.95
12. Sancerre AC, Le Mont Fleuri
Sancerre, which must use 100% Sauvignon grapes, produces dry crisp wines with a high acidity and raw blackcurrant fruit aromas. Perfect with shellfish.   £19.95
13. Muscadet de Sevre et Maine AC, Sue Lie, Domaine de la Sensive
Fresh, dry and clean with refreshingly high acidity.   £14.95
14. Pouilly Fume AC, Les Charmes
Goes well with seafood and fish cooked in sauce. It will keep for several years, but in order to appreciate it at its best it is preferable to drink it young.   £19.95
15. Puligny Montrachet, Vinges Ropiteau
Complex, graceful and sophisticated with aromas of grilled nuts and freshly cut hay. Quite delicious.   £42.50
16. Montagny 1er Cru Chateau du Cray
Soft, silky Chardonnay flavours with a hint of oak, powerful yet elegant.   £25.50

Classic French Red Wines
18. Gevrey Chambertin Jaffelin
A vibrant wine with a raspberry and strawberry character, which develops extraordinary finesse and power   £37.95
19. St-Emilion, Tour de Mandelotte
Prune and violet aromas and a rich structured fullness in a traditional St-Emilion.   £14.95
21. Chapelle de la Trinite, St-Emilion
Made mainly from Merlot which gives a soft, supple, juicy character with a long, lasting hint of Vanilla and Cinnamon.   £19.95
22. Chateau Lamothe-Cissac, Haut Medoc, Cru Bourgeois
A traditional wine, oak barrique aged with a typical cepage of Cabernet sauvignon and Merlot   £19.95
24. Fleurie AC, Ropiteau Freres
Light, soft and elegant. A deliciously fragrant and attractive Beaujolais   £17.95
25. Chateau Teyssier Frand Cru St-Emilion
A wealth of intense plumy fruit, with a deep rich succulence on the palate and beautifully balanced elegance and vitality.   £25.50
26. Cote-de-Beune-Villages AC, Ropiteau Freres
A deep cherry-red colour with a fine bouquet and harmonious flavour which develops in the mouth.   £17.95
27. Nuits St Georges Jaffelin
Rich and long lasting in the mouth, Red fruits, spice and cinnamon with a hint of liquorice.   £39.95
28. Sarget Gruaud Larose
The second wiet from Chateau Gruaud Larose 2ieme Cru St. Julien, with much of the class of the parent property.   £47.50
30. Chateauneuf du Pape AC, Chais du Batard
A big, rolling, hearty wine brimming with curranty fruit and lifted by controlled barrel ageing.   £19.95

Spanish Wines
33. Campo Veijo Rioja D.O. Reserva
Aromas of Cinammon and Vanilla lead to a superb firm and intensely fruity wine with a soft and velvety taste and a long elegant finish.   £18.95

Rose Wines
39. Footsteps Rose, Californian Blush
Made mainly from Zinfandel grapes from California this is a fresh, fruity and deliciously grapey off dry blush wine   £14.95

Italian Wines
31. Pinot Grigio Provincia di Pavia, IGT, Corte Vigna
This grape variety, related to the Pinot Gris of Alsace, here produces a dry, fuller and more floral style with racy, balanced fruit.   £14.95
32. Chianti Classico DOCG, Rietine
One of the best Chianti Classicos on the market. This wine is fruity, dry, has good structure and depth and represents excellent value for money.   £14.95

Australian and New Zealand Wines
34. Wolf Blass Yellow Label Shiraz 2002/3
Full bodied with enormous fullness and depth of flavour, with pepper and spice and subtle oak   £18.95
35. Cabernet Sauvignon Moondarra Reserve, S.E. Australia
rounded finish..   £14.95
36. Sams Island Colombard Chardonnay, S.E. Australia
Soft, easy drinking style with fresh apple and melon fruit flavours. Superb wine.   £14.95
37. Montana Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough
Classic fresh mown grass and ripe Capsicum aromas followed by bell pepper and pronounced gooseberry flavours   £14.95

Wines from Chile
40. Vina Aranita Sauvignon Blanc Rapel Valley
Very fine Sauvignon from some of Chile’s most exciting vineyards. Pure, clean, dry whitewine with full rich fruit. Good as an aperitif, but as good with cold meats, salad and fish   £14.95
41. Vina Aranita Cabernet Sauvignon
A rich purpley-red Cabernet with intense bramble fruit flavours.   £14.95

Wines from Argentina
4. Malbec/Bonarda, Libertad, Mendoza
From the original Catena winery, good wild berry and strawberry fruit driven wine with a clean finish.   £14.95

Champagne
43. Lanson Black Label Brut
A light and elegantly dry Champagne with a fine mousse and mild fruity finish.   £39.00
44. Moet et Chandon Brut Imperial
The Brut Imperial is a dry, elegant Champagne, medium in weight and fruit with a good strong mousse.   £42.50
45. Duc de Roucher, Brut Champagne
A Champagne made for celebration with clean, delicate fruit and soft acidity that willappeal to all palates.   £27.00