Allium at Askham Hall

This is a deep, red leaning cellar of over 1,400 wines built squarely on French classics, with Burgundy and Bordeaux doing the heavy lifting. Reds dominate at more than a thousand bottles, and Burgundy alone runs nearly 400 listings, anchored by serious names like Domaine Leroy, Armand Rousseau, and Comte Liger Belair, while Bordeaux brings depth through houses such as Château Margaux. Italy, the Rhône, and Spain fill out the reds, and there is real coverage in dessert and fortified wines with 76 options including Bodegas Lopez de Heredia. The by the glass program is modest at 16 pours, so guests wanting flexibility should be steered toward the bottle list. This is a list that rewards the collector and the Burgundy or Bordeaux drinker looking for back vintages and blue chip producers, less so the guest hunting for breadth by the glass.

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