WINE LIST

Heliot Restaurant, Bar & Lounge is set in the areas that were the Dress Circle and the private boxes of the original

Frank Matcham designed theatre.

It was the first theatre to include the revolutionary cantilever method of construction, therefore reducing the need for pillars.

Heliot offers a high energy restaurant, cocktail bar and lounge with private dining rooms and entertainment at the heart of the Casino.

The Casino and Heliot Restaurant are available for parties and events including

Cocktail & Canapés parties, day and night meetings, screenings and product launches from 12 - 600 guests in our private rooms,

lounge and event spaces.

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Cava Mas Macia Spain £5.50 £25.00Prosecco Domenico de Bertiol Valdobbiadene Italy £6.50 £28.00Pop 20cl France £16.80Pop Pink 20cl France £18.00House Champagne France £8.50 £45.00Pommery Brut NV France £10.00 £60.00Pol Roger Brut Reserve NV France £65.00Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Yellow NV France £68.00Bollinger Special Cuvée NV France £75.00

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING

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House Rosé Champagne France £10.00 £49.50Pommery Brut Reserve Rosé NV France £12.00 £60.00Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé NV France £75.00Pommery Cuvée Louise Rosé France £380.00Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Alexandra France £400.00Louis Roederer Cristal 2002 France £840.00

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Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2004 France £90.00Pommery Cuvée Louise France £150.00Dom Perignon 2002 France £190.00Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 1999 France £200.00Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Alexandra 1998 France £220.00Krug Grande Cuvée NV France £230.00Louis Roederer Cristal 2004 France £260.00Krug 1998 France £350.00

VINTAGE & SPECIAL CUVéE

RoSé CHAMPAGNE

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Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV Magnum France £800.00Pommery Brut Royal Magnum France £980.00

MAGNUM

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J. Fernando Macabeo Sauvignon Blanc Spain £5.10 £19.50Fresh crisp clean style, balanced with generous fruit.

Finca Valero Macabeo Spain £20.00This is a fresh simple everyday drinking wine with hints of citrus, melon and almond notes.

Percheron Chenin Blanc-Viognier South Africa £5.80 £22.00 Delicious blend of these two fashionable grapes. This wine is dry and mineral but with a fruity tropical pallet. This is a terrific wine to drink on its own or enjoyed with food. A truly great all rounder.

Sauvignon Blanc, False Bay, Western Cape South Africa £25.00 Award winning Sauvignon Blanc offering fresh aromatics with lifted ripe apple flavours and a refreshing finish.

La Serre Chardonnay Vin de Pays d’Oc France £6.80 £26.00Pure essence of Chardonnay, no nasty oak just tasty southern French fruit.

Fuenteseca Bobal Sauvignon Blanc Spain £27.00 Aromatic and fruit driven, this modern Spanish white is a real crowd pleaser. Fresh, zesty and very easy drinking indeed.

Thorntree Chardonnay France £6.90 £28.00A well rounded and dry chardonnay. This wine is crisp with lemon, lime and green apple characters with a light hint of oak.

Riva Leone Gavi DOCG Italy £30.00A little Italian gem, dry but easy on the palate and fabulous with fish.

Viognier Vin de France France £33.00Medium bodied, soft and round with notes of apricot, peach and pineapple.

Loredona Monterey County Pinot Grigio USA £8.00 £34.00A delicate but wonderfully made Pinot Grigio with alluring scents of orange blossom and nectarine followed by luscious character of apple, pear and tropical fruits.

Journeys End Haystack Chardonnay South Africa £38.00Intensly focused flavours showing tropical fruits nad mineral tones. Long and excellent fuit/oak integratio.

Castello Banfi San Angelo, Pinot Grigio Italy £39.00Full bodied, and crisp. A wine with green apple, lemon peel, and toasted aromas. Has evident depth and complexity. Medium long aftertaste.

Wither Hills Rarangi Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand £41.00It is an example of how a microclimate of soil and sun, and the interaction with man can create a wine of classically ripe herbal, gooseberry, and citrus aromatics.

Hahn Chardonnay, Monterey USA £43.00Ripe and full-bodied with fresh nectarine and peach characters, a touch of citrus and vanilla. Smooth and creamy.

Primrose Hill Bacchus England £44.00Proof that there’s some great wine coming out of England. This is a classy, sauvignon style white crying out for a nice piece of fish.

Santa Babera, Byron Vineyards, Chardonnay USA £45.00Elegant, first class Chardonnay from world-famous vineyards of the Santa Barbara region. The Byron wine company is famously mentioned in the cult film ‘Sideways’.

WHITE WINES

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Sancerre Blanc Le Pierrier Domaine Thomas France £47.00It’s classy stuff! Ice cool flinty made from top notch purest fruit and it’s delicious and versatile as either an aperitif or with all sorts of food.

Chablis Terroirs de Chablis Patrick Piuze France £48.00Patrick Piuze is quite a character and so is this really tasty, complex little beauty.

Some Young Punks ‘Monsters Monsters Attack!’ Riesling Australia £50.00Outstanding off-dry Riesling from arguably Australia’s ‘coolest’ wine-makers, Some Young Punks. This is packed full of ripe fruit flavours, limes, melon and apple. Unctuous and extremely drinkable with the most unforgettable label you will ever see!

Vietti Roero Arneis Italy £53.00 Arneis is only grown around Alba in Italy’s white truffle country. Really ethereal thought provoking wine, delicate yet powerful with a beguiling complexity.

Morgan Monterey Metallico Unoaked Chardonnay USA £57.00Ripe fruit flavours of tangerine, nectarine, banana and pink grapefruit. Crisp, food-friendly acidity keeps this special wine refreshing and bright. A perfect match for shellfish, Asian-Fusion cuisine, or any spicy dishes.

Charming Gruner Veltliner Laurenz V Austria £58.00 Austria’s secret little wine, sounds a bit of a mouthful which is why the pioneering Lens Moser called it simply “Charming”. It’s so versatile you can match it with almost any food.

Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Lechet Domaine Jean Defaix France £65.00 Absolutely luscious Chablis made by the dedicated and inspirational family.

Pouilly-Fuissé La Croix Domaine Robert-Denogent France £70.00The king of Pouilly Fuissé, Robert’s wines are surely made for the gods. Poise, elegance and an absolute joy to drink.

Morgan Double L Vineyard Organic Chardonnay USA £80.00Today this vineyard is one of the most famed winegrowing properties in California. Crème Brûlée, grapefruit and hazelnut aromas are given character by the sweet spice of lightly toasted oak.

Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumes Domaine Roux 2010 France £90.00This Chassagne-Montrachet is feminine, but not in a girlish sense! It is sophisticated with flavours of ripe yellow and green fruits, hazelnut and a delicate floral aroma.

Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères Domaine Roux 2010 France £110.00A dynamic and forward thinking producer,reflected in this modern but classically inspired wine Elegant oak-cask aged Chardonnay with rich flavours of ripe apple, lemon and tropical fruits with a hint of vanilla.

Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots Vieilles Vignes Patrick Piuze 2010 France £120.00A beautifully delicate bouquet of lime flowers and freshly mown hay. An intense powerful, yet fresh and mouth filling wine, with real steel running through it

Meursault 1er Cru Genevrières Domaine Latour-Giraud 2009 France £130.00From one of the stars of Meursault, quietly producing wines of great depth, finesse and character this is an absolute classic, big, nutty and rich wine.

Château De Beaucastel Blanc, Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2008, Rhône France £140.00As usual the white is made from 80% Roussanne and confidently exudes classic notes of blossom and quince on the nose and pear-skin, Mirabelle plums and honey on the palate. Silky, soft yet refreshing,this is a classic example of white Châteauneuf.

WHITE WINES

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RoSé WINES 175ml Bottle

Finca Valero Rosado Spain £5.20 £21.50From Carinena in North East Spain come this refreshing rosado with aromas of cherries and strawberries. Clean, crisp and refreshing.

Ancora Monferrato Chiaretto Rosato Italy £23.00 Bright strawberry pink from Northern Italy. Delicately aromatic with fresh berry and citrus fruit characters. Light and crisp on the palate with ripe fruit balanced by tangy fresh acidity.

Château d’Astros Rosé Côte de Provence France £7.40 £30.00Current chief at D’Astros, Bernard Maurel, is the 7th generation of his family to live at the Château and makes typically Provencal wines: pale and refreshing with cool, subtle red fruit flavours.

Chapel Down English Rosé England £7.90 £32.00Light and summery, full of juicy berry flavours and refreshingly dry.

Château d’Esclans Whispering Angel Côte de Provence Rosé France £38.00World famous and truly magnificent... the rosé of Kings (and Queens). Freshness in abundance on the nose, a little creaminess to the fruit aromas, although there are more complex notes of angelica and liquorice too.

Hush Heath Estate Nannette’s English Rosé England £42.00Named after English actress Nanette Newman. It’s a blend of the classic Champagne varieties; dry and crisp with hints of strawberry and hay. The finish is lingering, vinous and evocative.

Château d’Esclans Garrus Côte de Provence Rosé France £110.00This is such an elegant rosé that is more similar to a white Burgundy. One of the most stylish, elegant roses the wine world has to offer.

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Chardonnay, Giaconda Vineyards, Victoria, 2008 Australia £150.00“This 2008 Chardonnay has incredibly intense aromas of peach blossom, golden delicious apple, pineapple, meal, struck match, ginger shortbread, fennel seed and white pepper going into some pleasantly funky aromas with some air. The medium to full-bodied palate is crisp, very tight and very concentrated with a very long finish giving some minerality. 97 Points, Wine Advocate.”

Corton Charlemagne, Grand Cru 2008, Domaine Patrick Javillier, Burgundy France £200.00Beautiful, pure, fresh and delightful, with superb balance right from the start. This has a terrific depth of fruit, a sense of grace and harmony with a lovely mineral finish.

Batard Montrachet, Grand Cru, Domaine Henri Boillot France £300.00 This Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru was the last vineyard to be picked by Henri Boillot in 2006, and this shows in the wine’s luxuriant style with its deliciously weighty palate and heady mix of ripe pears. Rich, heavenly and decadent aromas waft from the glass like dry ice in a Lloyd Webber musical. The palate has majestic girth and a stunning, long finish. Intoxicating!

Le Montrachet, Gran Cru 2000, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Burgundy France £1,000 Exquisite and harmonious stone-fruit nose, with fine oak. Very concentrated, a touch austere, packed with extract. Still very youthful, with a sensationally long, chewy finish. Impeccable. This is a big Montrachet, even by the imposing standards that Montrachet typically brings to bear.

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RED WINES 175ml Bottle

Ponte Emiliano Sangiovese Italy £5.10 £19.50 Super soft easy drinking red.

J. Fernando Macabeo - Cabernet/Tempranillo Spain £20.00Groundbreaking red from La Mancha. They manage to keep their reds fresh by harvesting in the cool of night and very quickly. Beautifully balanced and structures.

La Croix Carignan/Merlot IGP de l’Herault France £5.80 £22.00Carignan is the most interesting red grape in the Languedoc when farmed correctly. This is from relatively low yielding fruit and has the characteristic, hedgerow fruit, garrigue and racy acidity. The Merlot adds some plumpness on the mid-palate and a sweet fruit finish.

Burlesque Zinfandel, Lodi California USA £6.80 £24.00A full bodied Zinfandel, packed with damson fruit flavours with a twist of black pepper. Wonderfully balanced, ripe, and velvety smooth.

Berry Bros & Rudd’s Good Ordinary Claret France £7.50 £27.002009 was a great vintage across the board in Bordeaux. This wine is juicy, succulent and quite frankly the best vintage Berry Bros have had to date.

Lagrimes de Garnacha Spain £28.00Aromas of fresh redcurrant, cherry and raspberry with bursting jammy fruit and a touch of vanilla on the palate.

Tour de Monestier Bergerac France £30.00Bergerac produces some of the best value wines in France, and this is a fine example. Offers much of the complexity with an added drinkability and suppleness.

Pasion de Bobal Spain £32.00An impressive, rich spicy red - approachable with lush, ripe fruit and toasty oak balanced by fresh acidity and rounded tannins.

La Puerta Alta, Malbec Argentina £8.50 £34.00Ripe and full-bodied, soft and luscious with blackberry and currant fruit, figs, prunes and spice, soft and rich.

Cycles Gladiator, Merlot California USA £37.00Ripe, succulent and juicy red with stacks of black cherry fruit and hints of vanilla.

Some Young Punks ‘Passion Has Red Lips’ Cabernet Shiraz Australia £39.00A rich mouthful of sensuously structured McLaren Cabernet and Clare Shiraz, Passion is a beautifully lush, alluring blend replete with lifted, generous fruit, an exotic bouquet and a black, black heart!

Byron Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir U.S.A. £40.00Aromas of dark cherry and plum, accented by hints of rose petal, spice and smoke. On the palate, dark cherry and plum. The Byron wine company is famously mentioned in the cult film ‘Sideways’.

Journeys End Single Vineyard Shiraz South Africa £45.00A bolshy Shiraz full of chocolate and pepper. Ripe raspberry aromas with peppery spice and a hint of chocolate on the nose. The palate is big fresh and full of life with a long finish.

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Côte de Beaune Villages Roches Blanches Domaine de Valliere France £47.00Well balanced with abundant red fruits, nuances of cherry stone and hints of menthol creating a good length on the palate.

Huia Pinot Noir New Zealand £50.00Huia has quickly gone on to become synonymous with quality. Intense berry and cherry aromas. On the palate these characters blend with the smokey, spicy oak.

Dinastia Vivanco Rioja Reserva 2005 Spain £53.00Mature black and red fruit with some balsamic and eucalyptus notes. This wine has intensity and balance, soft, round tannins, and a long finish with hints of toast and liquorice.

Château Lamartre St-Emilion Grand Cru 2008 France £55.00Classic St Emillion, the Merlot softens the wine making it an easy drinking beast offering sweet, juicy tannins with spicy cinnamon, cedar oak, ripe blackberry, damson and black cherry fruit.

First Press Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 U.S.A. £58.00Firm structure and rich layers in perfect balance. This wine offers aromas of blackberries, cassis and mocha with the distinctive flavours of black cherries, fig and dark chocolate.

Morgon Marcel Lapierre 2010 France £60.00Bursting with cherry, liquorice & violet, this is an extremely fresh and exciting Morgon style, and without a doubt one of the best in the region.

Vietti Perbacco Nebbiolo Langhe Italy £63.00A little masterpiece from Vietti. All the flavour of Barolo minus the price tag and impenetrable young tannin. Masterful match with red meat and game.

Herencia Remondo Palacios Montesa Rioja 2008 Spain £65.00This blend of 55% Tempranillo, 35% Garnacha and 10% Mazuelo is aged in French oak for 14 months. A wonderfully rich and generous wine, with notes of hedgerow, blackberries, vanilla and spice.

Smith & Hook, Cabernet Sauvignon, California 2009 USA £70.00Central coast California. Deep and brooding red with lashings of blackcurrant fruit, spicy new oak, rich full-bodied and smooth.

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine Grand Veneur 2009 France £74.00“Well-made, rich and fruity with a sweet finish. As a matter of fact, this almost seems like a very clean version of an equally young Beaucastel.”

Catena Alta Malbec 2008 Argentina £77.00Made from high altitude fruit hence the name Alta. A full-bodied Malbec with rich cassis and blackcurrant fruit flavours with hints of chocolate, vanilla and black pepper

Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino 2007 Italy £80.00The most aristocratic combination of Montalcino tradition with winemaking modernity. Complex with sweet but delicate notes of jam, well integrated plum and dark cherry as well as some attractive liquorice, tobacco and leather notes.

RED WINES

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Les Tourelles de Longueville 2007, Pauillac France £85.00A deep, purple colour with an enticing nose of strawberry, blackcurrant and fresh roses. Silky tannins give a more ‘ready-to-drink’ style, packed with toasty vanilla notes and an unmistakable elegance.

Marchand & Burch Pinot Noir Mount Barrow 2009 Australia £95.00Bright cherry and red fruits are supported by a warm complexity, silky texture and finely layered tannins.

Château Batailley, 5ème Cru, Pauillac, Bordeaux 2000 France £100.00A fine blackberry and raspberry nose with good definition and fruit concentration. The palate is very pure with good delineation and acidity, great harmony and cohesion with a solid mass of fruit at its heart. Blackberry, cassis, wild hedgerow with a touch of blueberry towards the finish.

Finca Dofi 2008, Alvaro Palacios, Priorat Spain £120.00Composed of 60% Garnacha with the balance Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Merlot aged in 100% new French oak. Aromas of sandalwood, Asian spices, incense, and black cherry lead to a forward, sexy offering with plenty of spice and floral notes.

Monte Bello 2007, Ridge Vineyards, Santa Cruz, California USA £160.00A retaste of the flagship wine, the 2007 Monte Bello reveals a dense ruby/purple wine with a floral, blueberry, and earthy cassis nose and elegant mid-weight flavors with impressive purity and classicism.

Château Montrose 1995, St Estèphe, Bordeaux France £200.00Excellent red-ruby color. Plum, currant, animal fur, smoked game, roasted nuts and graphite on the nose, plus a note of toffee. Firm acidity gives the wine superb delineation and grip.

Vega-Sicilia Unico 2000, Ribera del Duero Spain £350.00The rich crimson colour leads to a rich and spicy palate with generous black fruit, clove and pepper spice and a rich almost savoury finish. Javier and Pablo compare it to 1996, 1994, 1986 and 1970, all of which are drinking beautifully now in various stages of their evolution. An elegant and very successful vintage.

Château Haut Brion 1982 , Pessac-Leogan, Bordeaux France £1,000Superb weather conditions produced a great wine form a very large crop. The colour is still deep and youthful and the nose is almost baked or grilled as a consequence of the intense heat at vintage time.It is sweet and supple on the palate with fabulously ripe tannins, which will keep the wine for another foranother 20 years.

RED WINES

Journeys End Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Australia £80.00Young and fresh with no shortage of plum, cassis and mint on the nose. Juicy and bright on the palate, the blackcurrant fruit is matched with spicy oak and ripe tannins.

St Cosme Côtes du Rhône France £85.00An opaque purple black with a rich nose of cherry, leather and wet rusted metal, it is lip-smacking good; full of chocolate, cherry, metal/mineral notes with medium to full body and a lovely finish. A real crowd pleaser.

Dinastia Vivanco Rioja Reserva Spain £100.00Mature black and red fruit with some balsamic and eucalyptus notes. This wine has intensity and balance, soft, round tannins, and a long finish with hints of toast and liquorice. Rioja lovers will not be let down.

MAGNUMS RED

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Sancerre Blanc Les Pierriers Domaine Thomas France £25.00It’s classy stuff! Ice cool flinty made from top notch purest fruit and it’s delicious and versatile as either an aperitif or with all sorts of food.

Chablis Domaine Jean Defaix France £20.00A very stylish Chablis that has steely elegant flavours of apple and citrus.

HALF WHITE

Morgon Marcel Lapierre France £28.00Bursting with cherry, liquorice & violet, this is an extremely fresh and exciting Morgon style, and without a doubt one of the best in the region.

Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Italy £35.00The most aristocratic combination of Montalcino tradition with winemaking modernity. Complex with sweet but delicate notes of jam, well integrated plum and dark cherry as well as some attractive liquorice, tobacco and leather notes.

HALF RED

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Secua Chardonnay Dulce Vino de la Tierra Castilla Spain £5.00 £22.50The nose dominates the white overripe fruit notes (peach and apple). Long deep and unctuous wine. But in the mouth the wine is not predominated by sugar but the acidity is accompanied by some notes underscoring fat, but perfectly integrated into the wine.

Château du Levant Sauternes France £7.00 £30.00The second wine of the highly-rated Château Liot in Barsac, this wine is fruity and filled with aromas of dried apricot and honey. The palate is luscious and tropical. Delightful!

Royal Tokaji Late Harvest 2009 Hungary £39.00Delicate flowery nose, showing hints of white peach. On the palate it is of medium weight, sweet but with a good acid balance. Flavours of exotic fruits and clean finish of medium length.

Royal Tokaji Gold Label 2007 Hungary £93.00Intensely sweet, with lush flavours of caramelised peel, barley sugar, tangerines and peach, all balanced by piercing acidity. Fascinating nuances of cinnamon and clove, and a mineral finish.

Royal Tokaji Mezes Maly 2003 Hungary £180.00An apricot bomb on the nose with hints of plums, quince and exotic fruits. One can also smell the dust of loess on the nose. Very rounded, beautifully balanced and elegant.

DESSERT WINE

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