Extensive

Wine List

Ta’ Frenċ has won many awards for its wines. In our wine book today you will find one of the most extensive range of wines in the Maltese islands. Our close neighbours in Sicily offer affordable wines of exceptional value to accompany the kitchen’s Mediterranean-flavoured dishes. To match the chef’s local dishes, you need look no further than the selection of wines from the Maltese islands, some of them made from grapes grown in Gozo vineyards only metres from Ta’ Frenċ. To partner the classic dishes for which the restaurant is famous, such as the flambéed steak Diane, the great wines of France are yours for the choosing.

Classed-growth Bordeaux are a particular feature of the restaurant, but there are also excellent white and red Burgundies, hocks and Rhone wines, as well as an extensive collection of fine Italian and Spanish wines, together with many offerings from the New World, and, of course, a selection of sparkling wines and champagnes for the perfect aperitif.

The restaurant’s fine wines are impeccably stored underground in the temperature-controlled cellar. An exceptional venue for entertaining, the wine cellar is available for hire for private parties of up to thirty, offering the most elegant surroundings, including a specially commissioned dining table, watched over by the benign gaze of Bacchus, painted in the fresco style by the Italian artist Claudio Barolo. Any member of staff will be happy to show you the wine cellar.

Champagne

Epernay

Brut Réserve – Boizel
Ultime Zéro Dosage – Boizel
Blanc de Blancs – Boizel
Blanc de Noirs – Boizel
Brut Rosé – Boizel
Cuvée Sous Bois 2008 – Boizel
Joyau de France – Boizel Epernay
Joyau de France Rosé – Boizel
Joyau de France Chardonnay – Boizel
Brut Millésimé – Boizel
Brut Rosé ‘Impérial’ – Moët et Chandon
Brut ‘Impérial’ – Moët et Chandon
Dom Pérignon – Moët et Chandon
Réserve Brut – Pol Roger

Reims

Brut ‘Black Label’ – Lanson
Brut ‘Rosé Label’ – Lanson
Mosaïque Brut – Jacquart
Brut Carte Jaune – Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
La Grande Dame Brut – Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Cuvée des Enchanteleurs – Henriot
Prestige Rosé – Champagne Taittinger

Aÿ

Special Cuvée Brut – Bollinger
Grand Cru Brut Rosé – Lallier

Sparkling Wines

Italian Sparkling Wine

Piedmont

Cuvée Pietro Chiarlo – Michele Chiarlo
Prosecco Superiore – Borgo Molino 0.375l

Franciacorta

Ca’ del Bosco Cuvée Prestige
Franciacorta Satèn Brut Sanséve – Monte Rossa

Valdobbiadene

Prosecco Superiore ‘Desiderio’ – Bartolin Angelo

Maltese Sparkling Wine

Malta

Cassar de Malte – Marsovin

South African Sparkling Wine

Robertson

Brut – Graham Beck

Stellenbosch

Kaapse Vonkel Brut Rosé – Simonsig
Kaapse Vonkel Brut- Simonsig

White Wines

Maltese White Wine

Gozo

Antonin Blanc ‘Chardonnay’ – Marsovin
Ulysses Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay – Marsovin
Victoria Heights Chardonnay – Delicata
La Citadelle, Chardonnay – Bacchus
Adoneus, Vermentino, Chardonnay – Bacchus
Chardonnay – Bacchus
Tanit Vermentino – Massar
Juel Vermentino – Ta’ Mena

Malta

Caravaggio Chenin Blanc – Marsovin
Blanc de Cheval – Marsovin
Medina Chardonnay, Girgentina – Delicata
Gran Cavalier Sauvignon Blanc – Delicata
Gran Cavalier Chardonnay Blanc – Delicata
Chardonnay ‘Isis’ – Meridiana
Vermentino – Laurenti
Jean Parisot Chardonnay – Ta’ Betta

Italian White Wines

Liguria

Leukotéa IGT P. Bosoni

Lombardy

Lugana DOC Farina

Piedmont

Gaja Rossj-bass Langhe
Gavi di Gavi ‘Rovereto’ Michele Chiarlo
Fornaci Gavi Michele Chiarlo
Roero Arneis DOCG Villata Terredavino

Emilia-Romagna

La Tosa Sauvignon DOC

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Chardonnay-Ribolla Gialla ‘Sharjs’ Livio Felluga
Pinot Grigio Livio Felluga
Terre Magre Friuli DOC Grave
Puiattino Pinot Grigio
Confini Lis Neris
Fiori di Campo Lis Neris

Trentino-Alto Adige

Vette di San Leonardo Sauvignon Blanc Tenuta San Leonardo

Veneto

Levarie Soave Classico Masi
Soave Classico DOC Farina
Bossi Fedrigotti Pian del Griso Masi

Latium

Frascati Superiore Casale Marchese

Tuscany

Vernaccia di San Gimignano Teruzzi & Puthod

Campania

Falanghina Beneventano Tenuta Ponte
Greco di Tufo DOCG Vesevo

Sardinia

Vermentino di Gallura Superiore ‘Monteoro’ Sella & Mosca
Greco di Tufo DOCG Vesevo

Sicily

Firriato ‘Chiaramonte’ Inzolia
Leone d’Almerita Tasca Conti d’Almerita
Chardonnay Contea di Scalfani Tasca d’Almerita
Contessa Entellina ‘Vigna di Babri’ Donnafugata
Le Sabbie dell’Etna Firriato

French White Wine

Alsace

Gentil Hugel et Fils
Sylvaner Hugel et Fils
Gewurztraminer Hugel et Fils
Reisling 2003 Hugel et Fils
Pinot Gris ‘Tradition’ Hugel et Fils
Gewurztraminer Jubilee Hugel et Fils

Loire

Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
Barton & Guestier Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine
Sancerre Domaine Serge Laporte
Blanc Fumé Pascal Jolivet
Clos de la Coulée de Serrant Nicolas Joly

Burgundy

Chablis Terroir de Chablis Patrick Piuze
Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Patrick Piuze
Chablis Premier Cru Fourchaume Roland Lavantureux
Santenay ‘Clos de Malte’ Louis Jadot
Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Louis Jadot
Pouilly-Fuissé Ropiteau
Saint-Véran Louis Jadot
Mâcon-Lugny Louis Jadot
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Garenne
Hospices de Beaune Corton-Charlemange Grand Cru
Chassagne-Montrachet en Remilly 1er Cru

Bordeaux

Château la Freynelle

Bergerac

Domaine du Gouyat Sauvignon Blanc
Château de la Colline Calista
Château de Fayolle Blanc

Rhône

Condrieu E. Guigal Rhône

German White Wine

Nahe

Monzinger Riesling Kabinett Schönleber Schaefer Fröhlich
Hermann Dönnhoff Riesling Schloss Bockheimer
Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett Trocken

Mosel

Scharzhofberger Riesling Eregon Muller
Van Volxem Reisling Altenberg Alte Reben
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese J. J. Prüm
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese J. J. Prüm
Villa Huesgen Alte Reben Riesling Wurzelecht

Rheingau

Riesling Schloss Johannisberg
Robert Weil 05 Riesling Kabinett Kiedrich
Oestrich Doosberg Tauben Riesling Kuhn
Ruedesheim Berg Schlossberg Riesling G. Breuer
Hochheimer Kirchenstuck Riesling Spätlese F. Kunstler

Pfalz

Weißburgunder & Chardonnay Knipser
Weingut Dr. Wehrheim Weisser Burgunder Buntstück
Muller Catoir Grauburgunder Haardter
Mandelgarten Riesling Spätlese Trocken

Franconia

Johann Ruck Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Silvaner Kabinett
Fürst Bürgstadt Centgrafenberg, Riesling

Baden

Weingut Bercher Spätburgunder Spätlese Trocken

Spanish White Wine

Rueda

Sauvignon Blanc Marques de Riscal
Finca Montepedroso ‘Verdejo’

Portuguese White Wine

Douro

Flor de Crasto Tinto Quinta do Crasto

Alentejano

Howard’s Folly Sonhador

Austrian White Wine

Niederösterreich

Domäne Wachau Reisling
Domäne Wachau V.D.N. Grüner Veltliner

Israeli White Wine

Judean Hills

Chardonnay Clos de Gat

Syrian White Wine

Latakia

Bargylus Grand Vin de Syrie

Lebanese White Wine

Batroun

Altitudes Ixsir Blanc

Bekaa Valley

Château Marsyas

American White Wine

California

Woodbridge Chardonnay – Robert Mondavi

Australian White Wine

Clare Valley

Jim Barry Assyrtiko

Barossa Valley

Chardonnay – Jacob’s Creek

Adelaide Hills

Layers White Peter Lehmann

New Zealand White Wine

Marlborough

Villa Maria Private Bin – Sauvignon Blanc
Cloudy Bay – Sauvignon Blanc
Hunter’s – Sauvignon Blanc
Hãhã Sauvignon Blanc

Chilean White Wine

Aconcagua

Chardonnay ‘Castillo de Molina’ Reserva San Pedro

Maipo

Chardonnay Reserva Viña Tarapacá

Central Valley

Sauvignon Blanc ’35° South’ Reserva San Pedro

Argentinian White Wine

Mendoza

Torrontés Bodega Norton
Passo Blanco Pinot Grigio Masi Tupungato

African White Wine

Cape Town

Meerendal Wine Estate Sauvignon Blanc

Stellenbosch

Chenin Blanc Simonsig

Red Wines

Maltese Red Wine

Gozo

Marsamena Riserva DOK
Shiraz ‘Ulysses’ – Marsovin
Victoria Heights Merlot – Delicata
Adoneus Syrah Gozo DOK Superior – Bacchus Winery
La Citadelle Cabernet Sauvignon – Bacchus Winery
Bacchus Cabernet Sauvignon Gozo DOK – Bacchus Winery

Malta

Philippe Villiers Syrah-Cabarnet Franc – Ta’ Betta
Cheval Franc – Marsovin
Antonin Noir – Marsovin
Marnisi – Marsovin
Caravaggio Cabernet Sauvignon – Marsovin
Medina Vineyards – Syrah Carignan Mourvedre
Grand Vin de Hauteville – Shiraz Cabernet
Gran Cavalier Syrah – Delicata
Gran Cavalier Merlot – Delicata
Palatino – Cabernet Sauvignon – Camilleri Wines
Bel Syrah Superior – Meridiana
Melqart Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Superior – Meridiana
Nexus Merlot Superior – Meridiana

Italian Red Wine

Piedmont

Barolo ‘Palas’ Michele Chiarlo
Barolo ‘Tortoniano’ Michele Chiarlo
Barolo ‘Cannubi’ Michele Chiarlo
Barolo ‘Cerequio’ Michele Chiarlo
Barbera d’Asti ‘Tasmorcan’ Elio Perrone
Barbera d’Asti le Orme Michele Chiarlo
Barbera d’Asti ‘Cipressi Nizza’ Michele Chiarlo
Barbera d’Asti Superiore ‘La Court’ Nizza Michele Chiarlo
Barbera d’Alba Tre Vigne Vietti
Barbera d’Alba Elio Altare
Dolcetto d’Alba Pio Cesare

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

‘Vertigo’ Livio Felluga
‘Nuaré’ Livio Felluga

Trentino-Alto Adige

San Leonardo Marchese Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga

Veneto

‘Il Bugiardo’ Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore Buglioni
Osar Rosso del Veronese Masi
Mazzano Amarone Classico Masi
‘Il Lussurioso’ Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Buglioni
La Poja IGT Allegrini
Palazzo della Torre IGT Allegrini
Amarone della Valpolicella Allegrini
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Bertani
Villabella Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore
Zýmē 60 20 20 Cabernet
Zýmē Kairos
Zýmē Valpolicella Rêverie

Verona

Villabella Villa Cordevigo Rosso

Latium

Casa Romana Principe Pallavicini

Marche

Lacrima di Morro d’Alba ‘Fonte del Re’
Garofoli Grosso Agontano

Tuscany

Orcia Rosso ‘Cenerentola’ Donatella Cinelli Colombini
Brunello di Montalcino Donatella Cinelli Colombini
Il Drago che Colombe Donatella Cinelli Colombini
Per Sempre Syrah Tua Rita
Giusto di Notri Tua Rita
Redigaffi Tua Rita
Ruffino Chianti Classico
Poggio al Tesoro Bolgheri Superiore Sondraia
Chianti Classico ‘Pèppoli’ Marchesi Antinori
Brunello di Montalcino ‘Rennina’ Pieve Santa Restituta Gaja
‘Solaia’ Marchesi Antinori
‘Tignanello’ Marchesi Antinori
Marchesi Incisa Bolgheri Sassicaia
Castello di Querceto Cignale
Il Saggio Vino Nobile di Montapulciano 2007 Riserva Antico Colle
Chianti Classico Castello di Monsanto
Orcia Leone Rosso Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Umbria

Montefalco Rosso ‘Ziggurat’ Tenute Lunelli

Abruzzo

Vigneto di Popoli Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Valle Reale
Tenuta Ulisse Amaranta Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Kudos Talamonti

Puglia

Sessantanni Primitivo di Manduria
Primitivo di Manduria ‘Orus’ Vinosia
Acinorè’ Primitivo di Manduria Tenuta Giustini
Tinazzi Primitivo di Manduria Feudo Croce Imperio LXXIV

Basilicata

Titolo Elena Fucci

Campania

Vesevo Taurasi
Taurasi Villa Raiano

Salento

Feudi di Guagnano Diecianni Primitivo

Salice Salentino

Villa Santera Primitivo di Manduria Leone de Castris

Sardinia

Barrua Carignano Cabernet Sauvignon
Cantina di Mogoro Vignaruja Cannonau di Sardegna

Sicily

Nero d’Avola ‘Harmonium’ Firriato
Nero d’Avola Syrah ‘Santagostino’ Baglio Soria Firriato
Chiantari Nero d’Avola Sicilia Zabù
Contessa Entellina ‘Mille e Una Notte’ Donnafugata

French Red Wine

Burgundy

Château des Jacques ‘Moulin-à-Vent’
Château des Jacques ‘Morgon’ Louis Jadot
Beaujolais-Villages
Pommard ‘Les Vaumuriens’ Domaine Faiveley
Nuits-Saint-Georges Albert Bichot
Pernand-Vergelesses Louis Jadot 1er Cru
Beaune Grèves ‘Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus’ 1er Cru
Château Gris ‘Nuits-Saint-Georges’ 1er Cru
Mercurey ‘Champs Martin’ 1er Cru Domaine Adélie
Hospices de Nuits ‘Nuits-Saint-Georges’ 1er Cru
Gevrey-Chambertin Bouchard Père & Fils
Gevrey-Chambertin Joseph Drouhin
Santenay ‘Clos de Malte’ Louis Jadot

Bordeaux

Château Féret-Lambert Bordeaux Supérieur
Château Petit Boyer
Château la Brande
Château le Puy Emilien

Margaux

Château d’Angludet
Château Rauzan-Ségla 2eme Cru Classé
Château Giscours
Grand Vin de Château Palmer Grand Cru Classé

Médoc

Château Potensac
Château Castera

Haut-Médoc

Château la Lagune 3eme Cru Classé
Château Sociando-Mallet Jean Gautreau

Pauillac

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 5eme Cru
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Le Grand Vin de Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 1988
Le Grand Vin de Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 1995
Le Grand Vin de Château Latour 1er Cru Classé 2000
Château Haut-Bages Averous
Château Lafite Rothschild 1995
Château Lafite Rothschild 2000
Château Pédesclaux Grand Cru Classé
Château Lynch-Bages Grand Cru Classé
Château Pontet-Canet Grand Cru Classé

Saint-Estèphe

Château Cos d’Estournel 2emes Cru
Château Capbern Gasqueton
Château Phélan Ségur

Pessac-Léognan

Château Haut-Brion 1er Cru Classé

Saint-Émilion

La Mondotte Grand Cru Classé 2008
La Mondotte Grand Cru Classé 1998
Château Carteau ‘Côtes Daugay’ Grand Cru
Château de Pressac Grand Cru Classé
Château Bernateau Grand Cru Classé
Château Balestard la Tonnelle Grand Cru Classé
Château Cap de Mourlin Grand Cru Classé
Château la Grand Cru Classé
Château Dassault Grand Cru Classé
Château Canon-la-Gaffelière Grand Cru Classé
Château Ripeau Grand Cru Classé
Château Grand Mayne Grand Cru Classé
Château la Bonelle Grand Cru
Le Carillon de l’Angelus 2ieme
Château Angelus Grand Cru Classé
Château Belair-Monage 1er Grand Cru Classé
Château Troplong Mondot 1er Cru Classé
Château Fonroque Grand Cru Classé
Château Clos Junet Réserve Grand Cru
Clos Fourtet 1er Grand Cru Classé

Lalande-de-Pomerol

Château la Fleur de Boüard

Côtes de Castillon

Château d’Aiguilhe Côtes de Castillon

Bergerac

Château Champarel Pécharmant
Château de la Colline
Château Bélingard Ortus
Château Tour des Gendres la Gloire de mon Père

Cahors

Château les Rigalets la Quintessence

Rhône

Château Mont-Redon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Côte-Rôtie ‘La Mouline’ E. Guigal
Côte-Rôtie ‘La Landonne’ E. Guigal
Côte-Rôtie ‘La Turque’ E. Guigal
Saint-Joseph Rouge E. Guigal
Vignes de l’Hospice ‘Saint-Joseph’ E. Guigal
Hermitage ‘La Chapelle’ Paul Jaboulet Aîné
Crozes-Hermitage ‘Domaine de Thalabert’ Paul Jaboulet Aîné
Ermitage ‘Le Pavillon’ M. Chapoutier
Ermitage ‘L’Ermite’ M. Chapoutier
Ermitage ‘Le Méal’ M. Chapoutier
Côtes du Rhône Rouge E. Guigal
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine Giuliani
Gigondas ‘Les Murailles’ Ferraton Père & Fils
Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Parvis Ferraton Père & Fils
Crozes-Hermitage La Matinière Rouge Ferraton Père & Fils
La Mordorée Côte Rôtie M. Chapoutier

Saint-Julien

Château Beychevelle 4eme Cru Classé
Château Branaire Duluc-Ducru 4eme Cru Classé
Château Léoville Barton Grand Cru Classé
Connétable Talbot

Spanish Red Wine

Rioja

Viña Bujanda Reserva
Marqués de Riscal Reserva

Portuguese Red Wine

Douro

Quinta do Vallado Reserva Field Blend
Crasto Quinta do Crasto
Quinta do Portal Touriga Nacional

Israeli Red Wine

Judean Hills

Clos de Gat ‘Har’el’ Syrah

Syrian Red Wine

Latakia

Domaine de Bargylus Rouge

Lebanese Red Wine

Batroun

Ixsir Altitudes Rouge

Bekaa Valley

Comte de M Château Kefraya
Château Marsyas Rouge
Château Musar
Château Kefraya Les Bretèches

Australian Red Wine

South Australia

Penfolds St. Henri Shiraz

Barossa

Jacob’s Creek Shiraz Cabernet
Yalumba Shiraz

New Zealand Red Wine

Martinborough

Pencarrow Pinot Noir
Hunter’s Pinot Noir
Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir

Chilean Red Wine

Puente Alto

Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon

Cachapoal Valley

Cabo de Hornos Viña San Pedro
Cono Sur Reserva Especial Carmènere

Central Valley

35° South Riserva Carmenère San Pedro

Argentinian Red Wine

Mendoza

Passo Doble Malbec-Corvina Masi Tupungato
Altos las Hormigas Malbec Clásico

African Red Wine

Cape Town

Meerendal Wine Estate Merlot

Stellenbosch

Delheim Pinotage
Simonsig Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz
Keermont Terrasse

Sweet Wines

French Sweet Wine

Sauternes

Château Rieussec 1er Grand Cru Classé
Château de Malle Grand Cru Classé – 375ml
Château la Tour Blanche 1er Grand Cru
Château Suduiraut 1er Grand Cru Classé

Alsace

Gewurztraminer ‘Cuvee Christine’ Vendanges Tardives Sclumberger
Riesling ‘Cuvee Ernest’ Selection de Grains Nobles Sclumberger
Pinot Gris ‘Cuvee Clarisse’ Selection de Grains Nobles Schlumberger
Gewurztraminer ‘Cuvee Anne’ Selection de Grains Nobles Schlumberger

Austrian Sweet Wines

Wachau

Domäne Wachau Beerenauslese Terrassen

German Sweet Wines

Rheingau

Weimgut Hans Lanf Eiswein

Rosé Wines

Maltese Rosé Wines

Gozo

Victoria Heights Shiraz Rosé

Italian Rosé Wines

Veneto

Villabella Villa Cordevigo Chiaretto Rosé

French Rosé Wines

Loire

Langlois-Château Cabernet d’Anjou
Barton & Guestier Rosé d’Anjou

Bergerac

Domaine du Gouyat Bergerac Rosé

Provence

Saint Andrieu Côtes de Provence Rosé
Barton & Guestier Côtes de Provence Rosé