Menu to choose from
Entree
- Seared prawns, green mango salad, burnt pineapple salsa (g.f-d.f)
- Pan fried haloumi, roast baby beets, dukkah (g.f-v)
- Duck confit, mushroom risotto, rocket, parmessan (g.f)
- Ceviche, fresh fish, citrus, kumara, onion, chilli, coriander (g.f-d.f)
- Green lipped mussel and quinoa fritter, lime, niçoise salad (g.f-d.f)
Mains
- Chicken breast marinated, pommes pure, peanut slaw, jus (g.f)
- Ora king salmon, saffron potatoes, broccolini, citrus (g.f)
- Hawkes bay lamb rump, puy lentils, labneh, courgette, dukkah, jus (g.f)
- Vognole, clams, fresh pasta, tomato, herbs,chilli, garlic
- Eye fillet, potato gratin, duxelle, baby carrot, shallots, pinot jus (g.f)
- Pea and artichoke risotto, spinach, parmesan, broccolini (g.f-v)
Dessert
- Creme brulee, roast peach, hazlenut praline (g.f)
- Chocolate delice, berries, shortbread
- Fresh fruit and Kapiti ice cream (g.f)
The Potting Shed
WINE LIST.
CHAMPAGNE
Louis Marmont nv $65
5 Star Wine Orbit. Immediately appealing on the nose showing golden apple, apricot, lemon peel and brioche characters, followed by a superbly concentrated palate that is richly textured and impressively complex. An opulent style of Champagne offering terrific drinking.
Tattinger nv $90
Famously fruity, fresh, floral and delicate.
This is a consistently good Champagne. Nice frothy effervescence. Light orchard fruit on the nose. Pleasant finish. Very satisfying.
WHITE
Sauvignon Blanc: Cloudy Bay 2017 $65
Immediately expressive in the glass, with notes of bright, ripe citrus, market lime, passionfruit and white peach.
This vintage is likely to be remembered as one of the great Marlborough vintages, a sauvignon blanc that perfectly balances ripeness and freshness.
Chardonnay: Cloudy bay 2019 $65
Immediately appealing and expressive, the 2019 vintage reveals layers of attractive ripe orchard fruits and ripe peach on the nose, framed by subtle spice and gentle notes of roasted hazelnuts.
The palate shows a vibrant freshness, perfectly balancing the rounded nectarine and greengage fruit core.
Pinot Grigio: Santa Margherita 2019 $45
From Veneto, Italy. This is a crisp and dry white wine with Italian Pinot Grigio variety’s characteristic light hues, this is dazzlingly clean boasting an intense bouquet of ripe, golden apples.
Works on its own, or with food.
Chablis: Jean-Marc Brocard 2018 $65
From the northernmost wine growing region in Burgundy.
Chablis produces dry white wines made from Chardonnay, and is situated on ancient Jurassic soils that give its wines minerality and flinty accents.
Intense scent with minerals, honey, yellow apple, fennel and beeswax. Ripe yellow fruits in taste with fresh acid, citrus and peach on the finish.
RED
Pinot Noir: Mt Difficulty Central Otago 2018 $80
This opens with vibrant floral notes, savoury brown spices and earthy notes on top of a core of red cherry that flows through the aroma.
On the palate, supple and layered, bright red cherry notes introduce the wine.
As the wine dwells on the palate layers unfurl, revealing silken texture. Fine tannins rise gracefully and are slowly displaced buy a tang od acidity and more vibrant red cherry notes on the long finish.
Te Mata Estate Syrah 2019 $50
Deep dark magenta, Estate Vineyards Syrah ’19 has an incredibly inviting fragrance of raspberry syrup, black cherry, plum and anise.
Rich ripe fruit jumps out on the palate, a black-forest banquet of boysenberry, Turkish delight, lavender and nutmeg, with dark cocoa on the finish. The bright modern fruit expression is balanced by savoury spice and supple ripe tannin. Fantastic drink now wine, super digestible.
Mirabeau Classic Rose 2019 $50
A classical Cotes de Provence rose, offering aromas of yellow peach, pear, freesias and strawberries. Generous in the mouth with good citrus fruit dimension, yet round and harmonious. Moreish notes of cherry and raspberry make this a real crowd pleaser. A gold medal wine plus best of show, France Roses.
Cable Bay Rose $75
An elegant Rose from Waiheke Island, with evocative flavour and a lovely balance. Fresh peach, raspberry and guava aromas burst from the glass.
The palate is light footed yet generous with almost crystalline texture, supported by vibrant flavours of spiced rum, this wine is light medium bodied, has lovely structures and a long dry finish.
DESSERT
Ch Climens 1er Cru Barsac 375ml 2003 $350
Loads of honey, maple syrup, dried Apricot and spice. Full bodied medium sweet, with a refined spicy character. Pretty wine. Masses of botrytis. This is refined and long, a racy wine compared with power and muscle of many others. Beauty among the beasts.
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Krug Rose 23eme Edition $1100
A blend of 60 wines from 10 different years from 2000-2011. Completed with 13% traditionally macerated Pinot Noir of the year from a special plot in Ay to add spiciness, colour and structure.
Final composition 45% Chardonnay, 29% Pinot Noir and 26% Meunier.
A stay of at least 7 years in Krug’s cellars gives Krug Rose 23eme Edition its unique expression and elegance.
Ch Mouton Rothschild Pauillac 2001 $4400
Purchased by the owner en primeur and stored in 14o wine fridge since.
Great delineation and vigour, the wine has a lovely, deep, garnet red colour and a nose which, though not yet fully open, reveals attractive fruit (cherry, raspberry) with airing, enfolded in the roast coffee, tobacco and spice notes of refined oak
Unctuous on the palate and amazingly supple, it mingles forward tannins, firm but mature, with consummately elegant flavours-caramel, vanilla, mocha, blackberry, wild berry fruit- that ooze charm.
The finish, expansive and full of character, expresses the richness of this extremely attractive vintage.
Ch d’Yquem 750ml 2001 $4000
100 points by most commentators
What a wine with honey, caramel, cooked apple, bon bon, and pear tart.
Dried apricots and peaches develop with time in the glass. What a palate., it is very sweet and rich at the impact but then its dense and opulent like a Grande Cru Burgundy, think Montrachet.
Apple, lemon and pineapple with hints of mango on the palate. This is an incredible wine, areal dream, a legend.
