Clarette

Located in the heart of Marylebone, this modern Wine Bar & Restaurant serves excellent French wine and tapas in an intimate 3 floor setting.

Clarette | Chic and stylish wine bar, nestled in the heart of Marylebone

Clarette, based in a sleek setting of an iconic townhouse, brings a refreshing burst of life to the London wine scene.

Situated in one of London’s vibrant and coveted locations on the corner of Blandford Street and Manchester Street, Clarette is a chic, refined and stylish new wine bar, nestled in the heart of Marylebone.

Split across four areas, including an elegant second-floor private dining room, wine-loving novices and connoisseurs alike can sip, smell and swirl their way through a carefully selected wine list focusing on magnificent French wines and some carefully selected wines from around the world.

Guests of Clarette are able to enjoy old favourites, or discover new grape types, wine regions and styles, with a selection available by the glass from only £5.

The exciting food menu, featuring delicious sharing plates has been designed to perfectly compliment the wines.

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The team behind the wine bar is one of the big draws: Alexandra Petit and Thibault Pontallier both have ties to Bordeaux estate Château Margaux (Petit is the owner’s daughter, Pontallier its global ambassador), while restaurateur Natsuko Perromat du Marais – who has worked with Alain Ducasse and Anne-Sophie Pic – came recommended by Pontallier’s brother during the pair’s search for an expert food-industry partner.

The aesthetics reflect the owners’ vision for an inviting “quality-casual experience”, says Perromat du Marais, and unlike most other recent additions to London’s wine bar scene, Clarette consciously decided not to become a private members’ club, but something more accessible.

The list also has a featured producer section – currently Burgundy’s Taupenot-Merme, whose 2008 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru (£30 a glass) comes highly recommended, and moving to Burgenland’s Moric in July – as well as some top wines under Coravin (glasses of 2010 Meursault Buisson-Charles and 2000 Grand Puy Ducasse would make a great pair at £19 and £20 respectively).

And the special collection of vintages in Château Margaux’s cellar has yielded Pavillon Rouge 1996 (£440 a magnum) and the particularly noteworthy Margaux 1999 (£525 a bottle), arguably the wine of the vintage, both of which are drinking well now and are fairly priced.

A smaller private dining room on the second floor seats 14 for a more intimate soirée, while the owners’ experience of living in New York means they are enthusiastic to open for weekend brunch, and from September there are plans to host regular wine dinners upstairs.

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In a nutshell: Chateau Margaux and more in Marylebone Summing it all up: This is a new multi-level wine bar opening up in Marylebone.

2017 has already brought us some fantastic new wine bars.

The past few months have seen drinking establishments such as Nape and Winemakers Club keeping the neighbourhoods of south London well watered whilst recently opened Furanxo and Newcomer Wines continue to delight those further East.

Marylebone will soon have a new wine bar of its own with the opening of Clarette on the corner of Blandford and Manchester Street.

That said, the London project is a standalone venture that's independent of the wine estate.

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The heiress of the renowned Chateau Margaux wine estate is behind the opening, although the bar is an independent venture.

The list is predominantly French, although it plugs the gaps with other wines from around the world, so there should be something to keep everyone’s glass full.

In keeping with the trend for recent wine bar openings the idea here is to offer, ‘exceptional wines served in a relaxed and friendly setting;’ we’re all for drinking Mouton Rothschild in our Nike Air Max’s.

Clarette is a chic, new multi-level wine bar for Marylebone, which aims to offer something for everyone.

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Included at the relative lower end is a 2012 vintage Margaux du Château Margaux (the third wine of the estate) sold as a house special at £15 a glass, which those in-the-know will tell you is incredibly good value.

London's best wine bars London's best wine bars 1/12 10 Cases This small bistrot is a little like the French place you always wished you could find: somewhere for home-cooking and jugs of plonk.

But to take it that way would be a mistake: inside, all marble, dark wood and glass bricks, is an unpretentious take on a wine bar, modern London and old Paris all at once.

This regularly-changing offering costs £9 a glass and could be any wine from the list that costs between £35 and £95 a bottle.

This lets the Gilbert Scott serve truly excellent wines by the glass, meaning you can try bottles you might never otherwise pay for.

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La Reine Margaux arrives in London at this Marylebone wine bar co-owned by an heiress to the legendary Left Bank estate What’s new?

London’s not short of new-wave wine bars but the competition can pack up their crates and go home now that Clarette is in town: its co-owner Alexandra Petit is the youngest daughter of Château Margaux owner Corinne Mentzelopoulos.

It’s as if Olivier Krug had opened a champagne bar.

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For Clarette, that location is one of impeccably dressed women clutch Mulberry, Hermes and Fendi as they walk flower-lined streets.

The intention is understandable, but it pulls the tomato too harshly between sweet and savoury, a balance that is better achieved with the shavings of umami rich cheese.

Petit Burgers are two precise little pucks of beautiful beef, topped with cheese and sandwiched in a brioche bun.

Again cooked to perfection, the cod flakes beautifully and its light, clean taste is complemented by a generous portion of rich Romanesco.

When light comes streaming in through beautiful stained glass windows, there’s an infectious sense of elegance.