The Lord Nelson Pub Menu

Lord Nelson House

• Tempura King Prawns

  8.95
  With sweet chilli dip
• Crispy Duck Salad

  8.00
  With hoi sin and plum sauce
• Creamy Saute Garlic Mushrooms

  7.50
• Coarse Pork Terrine

  8.50
  Served with hand-cut toast and home-made chutney
• Smoked Salmon and Prawn Platter

  9.00
• King Scallops

  10.00
  With crispy bacon and black pudding

• Fresh Haddock Fillet in Beer Batter, Triple-Cooked Chips, Home-Made Tartar Sauce

  13.95
• Calves Liver and Bacon on a Bed of Champ Mash, Fresh Vegetables and Red Wine Sauce

  18.00
• Fillets of Sea Bass on a Bed of Stir Fry Vegetables with Noodles and a Honey and Soy Dressing

  18.00
• Nelson Favourite Steak Topped

  23.95
  With​ stilton and a red wine sauce, fresh vegetables and chef’s potatoes or plain with thrice-cooked chips and grilled tomato
• Aubergine

  14.50
  Ricotta and spinach cannelloni served with salad
• King Prawns Cooked in White Wine, Cream and Chilli Served with Savoury Rice

  17.50
• Half Roast Duck

  18.95
  With a cumquat sauce, fresh vegetables and chef’s potatoes
• Medallions of Pork Fillet

  16.95
  With crispy pancetta and apricot brandy jus, fresh vegetables and chef’s potatoes
• 28 Day Sirloin Steak

  19.95
  Served​ with thrice-cooked chips, tomato and mushrooms
• Mushroom and Sun-Dried Tomato Risotto

  14.50
  With cream, parmesan shavings and a rocket salad

• Mixed Salad

  3.50
• Triple-Cooked Chips

  3.50
• Fresh Buttered Spinach

  3.50
• Saute Mushrooms

  3.50
• Rocket and Parmesan Salad

  3.50

• Peppercorn

  2.25
• Stilton and Red Wine

  2.25
• Bearnaise

  2.25

• Home-Made Individual Pavlova

  6.00
  With mixed berries and thick double cream
• Bread and Butter Pudding with Double Cream

  6.00
• Selection of Movenpick Ice Creams or Sorbets

  6.00
  3 scoops
• Apple, Sultana and Cinnamon Crumble

  6.00
  Served with vanilla ice cream
• Classic Creme Brulee

  6.00
  Served with shortbread biscuit
• Chocolate and Nut Brownie

  6.00
  Served with ice cream
• Selection of Oxfordshire Cheeses

  8.00
  With water biscuits and apple

• Regular, Latte, Cappuccino, Espresso Coffee

  2.80
• Camomile, Mint, Earl Grey or English Breakfast Tea

  2.80
• Liqueur Coffee From

  5.00

• Rio Torto

  4.00
• 1997 Vintage Tawny

  6.00
• 2004 Lbv

  4.50

Fine Wines

• Pouilly Fume Chateau De Tracy, Loire, France 2007-08

  39.50
  One of the stars of the upper loire valley, very much on form, big, pungent, foody sauvignon with incisive bittersweet depth
• Pouilly Fuisse Grande Reserve, Domaine Maillettes, France 2010

  39.50
  Powerful and fine, an intense palate of ripe fruit and vanilla notes and balancing acidity, leading to a long complex finish
• Meursault Les Tillets Domaine Berthelemot, France 2009-10

  48.50
  Elegant and mineral, with characteristic textural intensity, a broad tropical palate, balanced by a racy and vivacious finish

• Rioja Reserva Mayor De Ondarre, Bodegas Ondarre 2005

  39.50
  A top class traditional rioja, big and complex, concentrated and subtle, more than a match for many gran reservas
• Cote Rotie Brune Et Blonde, E. Guigal, Rhone 2001

  36.20
  Masterly example of Syrah aged to perfection, dark fruit with cherries and fig on the nose yielding to a voluptuous, evolving texture, giving a good lengthy finish
• Merlot Clos Du Val, Napa Valley, California 2008

  37.90
  Hand crafted using classical french methods and the pick of the famous stag’s leap vineyard’s fruit, a finely balanced, lush, oak-aged merlot, with an impressive sense of finesse

• Beaunne 1Er Cru, Les Epenottes, Vallet Frères 2005-09

  69.50
  Complex,​ charming burgundy, young and robust, but already harmonious and satisfying, showing fine fruit with earthy, vegetal characters and a lingering finish
• Gevery-Chambertin Clos De La Justice, Vallet Frères 2006-09

  49.50
  From​ a family-owned and run vineyard, gorgeous, classic rich burgundy made by very traditional methods and from a good, early maturing vintage

• Chateau Batailley 5ème Cru Classé, Pauillac, Bordeaux 2005

  51.50
  From a fine vintage, elegant, well-integrated palate with ripe soft berry fruit, approachable and lush in style, medium in body, nice length
• Chateau De La Tour De Mons

  43.50
  Margaux, cru bourgeois, bordeaux 2007 beautifully lifted violets and blackberry perfume, complex palate of mocha, wood smoke, blackcurrant leaf and seductive tannins
• Clos De La Cure Grand Cru St Emilion, Bordeaux 2008-09

  62.00
  Rich and dark with concentrated, inky blackberry fruit, violet perfume and smoky notes underpinned by sweet, soft tannins

• Cuvee Jean-Paul

  16.95
  Vin du pays, France - consistently high quality french vins de pays found all too rarely this side of the channel, fresh, lively, well balanced fruit and very “more-ish”rouge, Vaucluse, Rhone sec, cotes de gascogne
• Semillon-Chardonnay Opal Ridge, South Australia 2011

  17.95
  Spicy, minty, mouthfilling liquer with plenty of lively, ripe black fruits and more than usual style
• Pinot Grigio Rose Ancora, Adria Vini, Pavie, Italy 2011

  19.95
  Made with 10% pinot noir, fresh, tangy and dry, with bags of red summer fruits and very quaffable

• Prosecco Lunetta, Carvit, Italy NV

  23.50
  Light and fruity with hints of apple and peach on the nose and a fresh, softly sparkling palate, quite foody

• Champagne Gremillet

  7.50 - 39.80
  Balnot sur lignes, troynes, France - highly regarded, independent grower and producer whose chardonnay-dominated wines have a minimum of two years bottle age and show a crisp, elegant, balanced style and attractive creamy flavours
• Laurent Perrier Rose

  79.00
  Burt​ nv, marne, France
• Veuve Clicquot

  67.50
  Yellow label brut nv, reims, France - ever reliable, top drawer non-vintage champagne, well loved for its rich, full style and multi-layered character
• Dom Perignon

  162.00
  De luxe vintage champagne, moet 2000

• Mosato Passito

  15.50
  Araldica, piemonte 2010 (half bottle) - ripe apricot and acacia honey on the palate with a core of home-made lemon curd leading to a fresh and lingering finish
• Sauternes

  27.50
  Castelnau​ de suduiraut, bordeaux 2007 (half bottle) - beautifully balanced, classy, delicious sweetie from this prestigious chateau, its second wine

• Pinot Grigio, Terrazze Della Luna, Cavit, Trentino, Italy 2011

  22.95
  A luscious, elegant and concentrated pinot from a lofty single vineyard in the mountainous north-east of italy
• Gavi, La Battistina, Araldica, Piemonte, Italy 2011

  24.75
  Single estate gavi, textured and mandarin-scented, this is juicy, with weighty fruit and a zippy, citric mouthwatering feel
• Marlborough Sauvignon, Saint Clair, New Zealand 2011

  28.95
  Mouth-watering​ aromas of passion fruit, blackcurrant leaf and gooseberry and a fat palate of ripe gooseberry, citrus and herbs, a fine kiwi sauvignon
• Sancerre, Domaine Michel Girard, Loire, France 2011

  32.50
  Full and round in the mouth with fruity grapefruit and orange flavours and an almond nuttiness, classy sancerre from old vines, restricted yields and ancient family nous
• Sauvignon Blanc, False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa 2011

  22.95
  Vivacious, minerally, fresh green fruits, nicely balanced and full of charm
• Chablis, La Colome, Boutinot, France 2011

  28.95
  Good characterful unoaked chablis; lively, exotic fruits, decent body and a tangy mineral finish
• Pouilly Fumé, Domaine De Maltaverne, Loire, France 2011

  30.50
  Well made, individual fume, gorgeously tangy gooseberry and citrus fruit, nicely balanced acidity and clean length

• Sancerre, Domaine Michel Girard, Loire, France 2011

  17.25
  A touch more developed than the big bottle and a tad fuller

• Pinot Grigio Rosé, Ancora, Adria Vini, Pavie, Italy 2011

  19.95
  Graced with a big helping of pinot noir for colour and style, this is fresh, tangy and dry with bags of red summer fruits and very quaffable
• Rosé, Les Cerisiers, Côtes Du Rhône, Boutinot 2011

  23.25
  A pale and elegant rosé with a soft plump texture, good depth and length, showing delicate red fruit flavours combined with hints of white pepper and aromatic, herbal scents

• Merlot

  22.50
  Sanvigilio, Pavia, Italy 2010-11 - soft, plummy, merlot fruit with a hint of spice, good body and ripe tannins, a savoury type
• Pinotage

  22.50
  False bay, western cape South Africa 2011 - full flavoured, heady mix of black plummy, chocolaty fruits supported by soft tannins, good with roasted and grilled meats and chinese food
• Salice Salentino

  25.95
  Giardinelli, vallone, puglia, Italy 2008-09 - a very native red made from negro amara, malvasia nera and montepulciano, warm-hearted, full and robust, with ripe figgy, plummy fruit and a delectable soft, dry finish
• Shiraz

  26.50
  Soldiers block, mclaren vale, Australia 2011 - nicely structured and stylish with powerful, spicy, dark berry flavours and good length
• Fleurie

  28.75
  La madone, la reine de l’arenite, beaujolais 2011 - perfumed, gentle but quite full palate of ripe red fruits, with strawberry and morello cherry to the fore, good with game or spicy dishes and lovely just as it is
• Rioja Vega Del Rayo

  22.50
  Seleccionada, rioja alta, Spain 2010 - soft, lightly oaked and creamy with vibrant, smoky strawberry fruit
• Cabernet Reserve

  25.95
  Don david, Torino, Argentina 2010-11 - previous gold medal at the international wine challenge, rich and concentrated, with smooth blackberry, chocolate and mint flavours and velvety length
• Pinot Noir

  26.50
  Tuatara bay, saint clair, New Zealand 2011 - lovely cool climate pinot, savoury red berry flavours and a ripe, earthy style
• Rioja Crianza

  27.50
  Bodegas ontanon, Spain 2009 - well balanced with aromas of black cherry, spice and toasty oak. the palate has more bright, intense tangy black and red cherry fruit, a silky mouthfeel, soft ripe tannins and a lingering finish
• Chateauneuf Du Pape

  35.75
  Domaine Chante Cigale, Rhone 2009 - a Rhone valley classic on good form, well structured, robust and assertive, dry and earthy, with cinnamon, spices and jam but also concentration on the palate, then liquorice richness and elegance to finish

• Crozes Hermitage

  14.50
  Caves de Tain, Rhone, France 2008 - aromatic, spicy fruit on the nose and in the mouth, reminiscent of raspberries, liquorice and pepper, medium bodied, rounded but quite soft, a tad of dry grip to finish
• Rioja Crianza

  14.25
  Bodegas Ontanon, Spain 2008-09 - a little more mature and open on this vintage compared with the big bottle above, and just as worthy of your attention