Wine List at Porthminster Restaurant
Our wine list is unique…… We do the list ourselves, in house, with inspiration from travels and
tastings from all over the world. We also seek wines and advice from over 10
different specialty wine merchants. Our waiting staff, are involved in tastings
with suppliers and many of our senior staff have undertaken wine exams. Our new
list is designed so you can find wines that go with your food or wines that
suit your own personal tastes. We are very proud of our list and we are excited
to share some of our favourite drops with you. We now have a selection of over
20 wines by the glass so why not try something new! We are constantly updating our wine list so
any questions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Cocktails & Aperitifs
Gin & Tonic Fever
Fever Tree premium tonic
water served with fresh lime, juniper syrup, gin and juniper berries
£6.95
Elderflower 75
Elderflower and Prosecco
balanced with a squeeze of fresh lime
£7.50
Sipsmith Orange Martini
Sipsmith Gin stirred
lovingly with a hint of orange zest and Cointreau
£6.95
Manzanilla La Gitana Dry Sherry
3.95
Sipsmith Gin & Fevertree
Tonic
5.95
Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
3.50
Gordon’s Gin & Tonic
3.95
Sipsmith Sloe Gin
3.95
Martini Extra Dry
2.95
Martini Rosso
2.95
Pastis Ricard
4.50
Mulled Wine
2.95
Campari
3.95
We also have a wide selection of
spirits available at our bar please ask our floor staff to assist.
Sparkling Wines
*Polgoon – Sparkling Rosé Cider –
A delicious example of the brilliant
diversity that now resides in
Made with Cornish apples and
raspberries in the same traditional way that the French make champagne.
Glass 3.95 Bottle 20.95
Prosecco - Di
Valdobbiadene Spumante
White flowers and light grapey aromas
with apple and lime flavours. Light, fresh and so easy to drink.
Glass 5.95 Bottle 28.95
**Mass de Daumas Gassac Rosé, Frizant -
Biodynamic and Organic this is a true
Sparkling rose that tantalizes your taste buds with a fresh nose of ripe
berries and a delicious dry palate of summer fruit accompanied by ever so
perfectly formed bubbles, one glass
will not be enough!
Glass 6.50 Bottle 35.95
Louis Roederer Brut
Premier Champagne - France
Well known for its quality and for a
very good reason. Our superb house champagne!
Glass 7.95 Bottle 47.95
**Collet Brut, Rosé,
A soft, harmonious “champagne with a
heart” mellow, creamy and perfectly rounded, treat yourself with
this champagne it is utterly ravishing.
45.95
Pol Roger Vintage 1999
An outstanding vintage champagne from
one of the last family owned houses. Wonderfully elegant and ripe
68.95
Sir Winston Churchill
Pol Roger - 1998 -
The Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill was
created as a tribute to a great man. He
was a close friend to the
Pol-Roger family and a great fan of
the champagne. This Cuvee really is remarkable champagne featuring scents of
saffron, pear, buttered apple, white peach and marzipan. A great
one of the worlds best.
199.99
White Wines By the Glass
AROMATIC & ZESTY
(Wines that
we believe go with our food perfectly, please ask our staff for recommendations)
Ortonese Malvasia –
Colline - Teatine – 2010 -
Produced by the three time winner of
has ripe tropical fruit, low acidity
and is beautifully soft with nuances of honeysuckle.
Glass Small.
3.95 Large 5.50
Bottle 16.95
Picpoul De Pinet -
Soft, dry and fragrant white made
from the Picpoul grape. A great aperitif.
Glass Small.
4.15 Large 6.25 Bottle 18.95
Dr Ernst
Loosen “Wolf” Riesling - 2009 – Pfalz -
Acclaimed International winemaker Dr
Ernst Loosen has again produced a beautiful clean, well defined Riesling. A
residual lick of sweetness on the palate followed by an off dry “stoney”
mineral edge that will cut through the boldest of flavours.
Glass Small.
4.25 Large 7.25 Bottle 19.50
Tahbilk Viognier,
Truly a find is a very well crafted
Viognier, from a vineyard that has just celebrated its 150 year anniversary.
This award winning wine is full of peach flavours with a long apricot like finish.
Glass Small.
5.95 Large 8.50 Bottle 24.50
CRISP & CLEAN
(These are wines that are easy drinking and are
generally drier in style, made with exceptional fruit)
Valdecaz,
Verdejo, Malvasia – 2010 -
Well balanced and beautifully integrated has a
zingy bite of citrus fruit followed by a dry finish.
Glass Small.
3.50 Large 5.25
Bottle 14.95
Pinot
Grigio, Ca Del Bianco, San Marziano - ‘
A
stunning and stylish example of this famous variety.
Glass Small.
3.95 Large 6.15 Bottle 16.95
Sauvignon
de Touraine, Domaine Guy Allion – 2010 –
Flavours of tropical fruit combine with mouth
watering acidity.
Glass Small.
4.50 Large 7.50 Bottle 19.95
This delicious white burgundy shows
incredible elegance on the palate.
Glass Small.
5.50 Large 8.95
Bottle 25.95
A wine that will make you remember why this area of the world can
make absolutely breathtaking wines in
this style.
Glass Small.
5.95 Large 9.50 Bottle 27.95
Red Wines By The Glass
LIGHT & EASY DRINKING
(Nothing but a fine example of easy quaffing)
Salento, Rosso – 2010 -
Easy drinking red with
juicy berry hints and a soft finish.
Glass small.
3.50 large 4.95 Bottle 14.95
Val Colombe
Syrah – 2010 –
Black cherry
characteristics, lovely perfume and subtle hints of spice.
Glass Small.
3.95 Large 5.95 Bottle 17.50
Nostros
Pinot Noir 2010 -
Soft, smooth and rich
with cherry flavours, a great wine one of our favourites!
Glass Small. 4.50 Large 6.95 Bottle 18.95
ROUNDED & SMOOTH
(Elegant tannins with a big mouth feel)
De Chansac
Carignan “Vielles Vignes” – 2009 –
Beautifully smooth with a
great mouth feel. This wine has been thermo-vinified to take
out the hard tannins that
Carignan can be known for!
Glass Small.
3.95 Large 5.95 Bottle 17.50
Rioja,
Lopez de Haro, Bodega Classica – 2009 -
Big mouth feel, of red
fruits and violets with beautifully balanced tannins.
Glass Small. 4.25 Large 6.25 Bottle 18.50
Vinedos De
La Posada, “Fair-trade” Merlot - 2010 -
Soft rich plum aromas,
full and concentrated with a lovely velvety finish.
Glass Small.
4.40 Large 6.40 Bottle 18.95
Rose
Quinta de Lagoalva Rose
- 2010 -
This Rose stood out amongst the
crowd, delicate and beautifully balanced,
big summer berry nose, leading to a
crisp, long lasting finish.
Glass
Small. 4.50 Large 6.95
Bottle 18.95
Chateau Miraval Organic
Rosé –
This deliciously fresh multi-award winning,
organic rose that has lively pear and
green apple notes, finishing with lip
smacking acidity.
Glass Small.
5.95 Large 8.50
Bottle 24.95
This rose really is a
that have developed through 4 months
of barrel fermentation. Red berry fruits are still a strong
feature with hints of rose petal on
the nose and subtle aromatics. “Absolutely ravishing”
28.95
Domaine
Ott, Les Domaniers –
Salmon pink in colour, nose redolent of red
berries. Those of you who know rose well
will also know that this wine
is widely regarded as: “The best rose you will ever taste”.
41.50
White Wine By The Bottle
CRISP & CLEAN
(These are wines that are easy drinking and are
generally drier in style, made with exceptional fruit)
Muscadet, Sauvion Du
Cléray Sur Lie -
Crisp, clean and zesty with plenty of
typical lemon and white flower blossom.
24.95
Often noted as,
29.95
Sancerre Serge
Laporte - Chavignol - 2010 -
Classic Sancerre, hints of
gooseberries steely minerality, and a beautiful elegant finish.
32.95
Vermentino Solosole – Toscana – 2010 -
Like a Milanese
supermodel this beautiful and stylish wine brings the aromas of freshly picked
white peaches and floral perfumes. Match this with rounded tropical fruit
flavours and a fresh and zippy finish it makes sense
that this is one of our
favourite new wines
35.95 *
AROMATIC & ZESTY
(Wines
that we believe go with our food perfectly, please ask our staff for
recommendations)
Gewurtztraminer
Reserve, Cave de Hunawihr - 2009 –
Good aromatic nose with rich guava, rose petal
and lychee like flavours. Sweetness on the palate is
balanced by fresh
acidity. This has enough punch to take on our spicier food!
26.95
Grüner Veltliner,
Loimer - Kamptal - 2010 –
Ripe and fruit driven with terrific
balance. Fred Loimer is ranked as one of
and his wines are still for many an
undiscovered secret! This is a true gem, genius winemaking!
28.95
John Thomson has been making world
class Rieslings near Port Fairy since 1975. This wine has amazing clarity and
purity of flavour, pristine limy grapefruit tones, overlaid with hints of green
apple. Elegant acidity
and minerality lead to a long and
lingering finish.
30.50
Reyneke
Chenin Blanc “Organic” – Stellenbosch – 2008 –
Deep lemon-straw colour. A nose of green citrus, pears, peaches and
flinty notes initially in the background, but opening up as the wine
breathes. The palate is full, rich and has
a mineral core, with refreshing finish.
Partially (10%) fermented and aged in second fill French oak barrels.
32.95
Albarino,
Bodegas, Rias Baixas Orosal - Rias Baixas -
Undoubtedly the best Albarino we have
tasted in some years and one of the “star” wines on our list, it is full of
excitement on the palate with apricot and a little peach, yet soft and full
bodied with structure and minerality. The fragrance also leads you on a path of
exotic perfumes.
37.95*
Stunning Wines By The Bottle
ELEGANT Whites
(Wines made with acute attention to detail, that
deliver complexity and elegance on the palate)
Patrick
Piuze Terroirs de Chablis -
Sensational nose of lime
and butterscotch with lemony tart like mouth feel, followed by subtle
minerality,
well balanced acidity,
and great length and mouth feel.
31.95
Isole E Olena,
Chardonnay – Barberino Val D.Elsa - 2009 –
Occasionally we come
across a wine that stops us completely in our tracks and screams for us to take
notice. Winemaker Paulo De Marchi has made this wine so elegant and pure that
you may well think that the grass isn’t as green over the other side in
39.95
Leonildo
Pieropan “La Rocca” - Soave Classico – 2008 -
Golden yellow in the
glass, with intense, concentrated perfumes that follow through to the palate, a
truly classic La Rocca aromas of almonds and honey lead to a beautifully
balanced palate of vanilla ripe apricots and exotic fruit. The finish is
complex long with flinty hints of minerality a beautifully crafted wine.
55.95
Bindi
Composition Chardonnay – Macedon Ranges -2009 -
Fast becoming known as
one of Australia’s best Chardonnay’s, it deftly sets its course of style closer
to Chablis but it still drinks with a youthful rebelliousness. Rich flavours
are punctuated by big complex fruit and tartness with pure minerality underlying
all of this, the oak is gentle and restrained rounding the wine a lick of buttered
toast and toffee.
59.95
Chablis Grand Cru, Les
Clos, - Caves Duplessis – 2004 -
Gerard Duplessis has fashioned a
classic, age worthy Chablis which displays wonderful balance of weight and
elegance that only a fine Chablis Grand Cru can do, it is rich, luscious and
complex with great mineral finesse. This is simply a masterpiece.
79.95
SERIOUS reds
(A selection of the finest reds available, from
one side of the globe to the other)
Crios
Malbec,
Rich, fruity, smooth and
powerful all come to mind with this beautifully crafted Malbec.
24.95
Mt Benson, Wangolina
Station
Dense, rich, black fruit flavours,
white pepper and spice laced with dark chocolate overtones.
29.95
Domaine A, Stoney Ridge Pinot Noir, -
A small
32.95
Mercurey, “Paul du Couedic” – Grands Vins de Bourgogne
-
Black cherry fruit flavours with earthy tones
and a beautiful bouquet.
39.50
Gevrey Chambertain,
“Vielles Vignes” Domaine Roy Marc -
Classic
65.95
Chateau Lascombes, 2eme Cru Classe,
Margaux Cru - 1999 - France
A nose of complex vanilla,
blackcurrant, tobacco and the palate shows rich cassis, mouth filling dark
fruit, drinking beautifully!
85.00*
Barolo, Andrea Alberto
-2006 -
Intense and well rounded wine,
complex in the mouth, a super elegant Barolo.
59.95
Chateau Duhart - Milon - Rothschild
Cru Classe - Pauillac - 2004 -
A sensational nose of vanilla, oak
with a beautifully laced palate of
blackberry fruit, with ever so silky
tannins.
199.50 (only 1 bottle available)
Beers & Cider
3.50
San Miguel -
3.95
Menabrea 1846 - Premium Export Biere
-
4.25
St Ives Brewery - “Boilers Cornish
Ale” (500ml) -
4.25
Cornish Doom Bar (500ml) –
3.95
Becks (Alcohol Free) –
2.75
Cornish Orchards Apple Cider -
3.95
Sangria - By The Jug
12.95
Pimm’s No 1 - By The Jug
Glass 3.65 / 14.95
Dessert Wines & Ports
Moscatel de la Marina- Bodegas Enrique Mendoza –
Glass
125 ml 3.50
Glass
50 ml 5.25 / 22.95
Noble Late Riesling, 2007 Paul Cluver -
Glass
100 ml 5.25 / 22.95
Amano
Glass
100 ml 6.50
Churchills Finest
Glass
50 ml 3.60
Don Px 2007 Montilla -
Glass
100 ml 4.95 / 16.95
Warres Otima
10
Glass
50 ml 6.25
Umeshu,
Japanese, Dessert Wine
Glass
50 ml 6.25
Digestifs
VSOP Cognac,
Maxime Trijol – St Martial–sur-Né, Grande
3.85
8.00
Bas Armagnac
20 year old, Baron de Sigognac, Bas Armagnac
4.95
Calvados Du
Pays D Auge 25-30 Year Old Reserve, Domaine de Semainville Adrien Camut,
7.95
Jamaican
Small
4.20
Fabuloso
Solera Spanish Brandy, Bodegas Hidalgo,
2.50
3.95
Nikka from
the Barrel - Japanese Whisky
4.20
Hedonism
Scotch Whisky, Compass Box Whisky Company
4.80
Grappa di
Cabernet, Bepi Tosolini, Marsure di Povoletto –
2.75
standard - large 3.95
Limoncello,
Bepi Tosolini, Marsure di Povoletto –
2.75
standard - large 3.95
Amaretto
Veneziano Saliza, Bepi Tosolini, Marsure di Povoletto –
2.75
standard - large 3.95
Digestifs
are in 25ml measures (standard). If you
would like a large glass,
please
request a double measure (50ml)
A selection of other spirits and liqueurs are
also available
Please ask
your waiting staff
