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Wine List Confidential: Bonhams Restaurant
What a joy. A list with the input of two Masters of Wine – Richard Harvey and Anthony Barne – was always going to get off to a flyer at the new Bonhams restaurant.
Opening in early 2015 with young chef Tom Kemble at the helm, the restaurant gained a Michelin star that September.
The restaurant boasts a wide range of wines by the glass and is open for lunch from Monday to Friday and dinner from Wednesday to Friday. Sensitive selections start with Hambledon Classic Cuvée NV from Hampshire at a more-than-reasonable £9. A focused selection of Bordeaux, many with some decent bottle age, will no doubt keep Bonhams’ customers happy. The best-value wine list in Mayfair by some distance.
Earlier this year the restaurant offered free corkage to those dining in the evening for the whole of May – a service we hope wil be repeated. The restaurant even offered for customers to send a bottle in advance to give it time to settle and, if necessary, be decanted by sommelier Charlotte Logan-Jones.
CURRENT POSITION ON WINE LIST CONFIDENTIAL: 22
CURRENT WINE LIST CONFIDENTIAL OVERALL SCORE: 91.8
Expert wine picks
• Hambledon, NV, Classic Cuvée – UK – Sparkling – £45
• Weingut Pflüger, Riesling Trocken, Durkheimer, Pfalz – Germany – White – £48
• Art Series, 2009, Chardonnay, Margaret River – Australia – White – £125
• Château de Fieuzal, 2005, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux – France – Red – £75
• Giaconda, 2013, Victoria – Australia – Red – £115
• Birichino, 2014, Old Vines Cinsault, California – USA – Red – £51
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Restaurants are graded on a 100-point scale based on five criteria: size, value, service, range and originality. For a full guide to London’s best wine lists visit winelistconfidential.com