Nital Beefsteak and Burgundy Club

Lunch

iL Duca Restaurant

132 Wellington Parade East Melbourne 3002

Tuesday 23rd May 2023

President: Ross Barry (acting)

Beefmaster: Jill Fairbairn

Winemaster: Ross Barry (acting)

Menu / Wines

On arrival

Sparkling wine

Grant Burge Pinot Noir Chardonnay

$20.00

Grant Burge Pinot Noir Chardonnay

Grant remains true to the traditional methods of Champagne which helps achieve a sophisticated offering, boasting both finesse and intensity. Chardonnay provides flavours of citrus and honey while Pinot Noir has a red berry influence.Tinged with copper hues, the wine deals out a delightful biscuit like nose combined with ripe strawberry and peach characters. The palate is rich and generous with a real vitality that heightened by the creamy mouth-feel.

Bread

Bread

Entrée

White wine 1

* 2009 O'Leary Walker Polish Hill River Riesling Clare Valley

$16.50

Polish Hill River Riesling

Incredibly fresh and lively with exceptional flavour, some maturity and delicious, tangy fruit. Superb lime citrus, petrol and mineral notes, lemon aromas and floral lift.

White wine 2

2021 Wynns Fiano - Pinot Grigio - Arneis Reframed Limestone Coast

$13.00

Wynns Reframed

Our tribute to the emerging Italian varietals making their mark on Australia's Limestone Coast. Spicy, citrusy Fiano leads the style with Pinot Grigio and Arneis adding weight and hints of perfume. Crisp and refreshing but opulent enough to sit on any dinner table.
Fiano leads the style with its citrus, pear and spicy characters and pithy texture. Pinot Grigio and Arneis add weight, hints of perfume and savoury notes. The result is a wine that is crisp and refreshing for summer, with enough body to make it a versatile and easy food match any time of year.

Grilled Calamari served with rocket and fennel salad.

Grilled Calamari

Main

Red wine 1

* 2012 Greenock Creek Vineyards & Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Barossa Valley

$39.99

Greenock Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

Totally opaque black dark red colour with a deep dark red hue. The nose displays ripe blackcurrant aromas which intermingle with some black olive and a faint whiff of liquorice followed by some cedary tobacco like characters and spice. Full bodied the palate is filled with rich ripe blackcurrant and dark cherry flavours over some cedary tobacco, light cigar box and spice. Solid, slightly dryish tannins provide good structural support. Long ripe blackcurrant, dark cherry, cedary cigar box and spice aftertaste.

Red wine 2

* 2012 Koltz The Pagan Shiraz McLaren Vale

$35.12

Koltz The Pagan Shiraz

The Pagan Shiraz is the flagship wine for Koltz and also represents our philosophy of making handmade wines which are complex and a pleasure to drink. The Pagan is made from shiraz grapes grown on our Blewitt Springs vineyard, in the coolest, most elevated parts of McLaren Vale. The grapes are hand-picked into drying trays and taken to the winery where they are dried for 6 to 7 weeks. They are then sorted and crushed into small open fermenters where they slowly ferment and are hand plunged for 3 weeks before being basket pressed. The new wine continues to ferment for many months in oak and in total spends two years in oak before being bottled.

Choice of:

  1. Pan seared Barramundi fillets, lemon & extra virgin olive oil
  2. Pork Ribeye with caramelised apple
  3. Chargrilled porterhouse with mustard jus (served medium rare)
  4. Risotto with pumpkin and peas
  5. Slow cooked Lamb Shanks

Chargrilled porterhouse / Slow cooked Lamb Shanks

Dessert

Dessert wine

* Chateau Fayau Cadillac Sauterne

$26.99

Chateau Fayau Cadillac Sauterne

Brilliant pale straw colour with greenish tinged pale gold edges and a watery hue. Intense honeyed peach scents rise from the glass with marmalade, ripe apricot and spice also present. Rich, luscious palate flavours of honeyed peaches and apricots fill the mouth over some light marmalade, citrus and spice. Excellent length although not quite the weight or concentration of top flight Sauternes. Good fresh finish with a long-honeyed peach, apricot, marmalade and spice aftertaste.

Mixed berry Pannacotta

Mixed berry Pannacotta

Tea / Coffee

Coffee

9 Members/Guests  (Attendees)
$91.50 per person

* Club cellar wines



Last updated Thu, 25 May 2023 6:34PM