< Previous10 GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX CHAMPAGNE INDEX RANKINGS IN FULL T his ranking looks at variety, number of vintages available and price range. Reif Japanese Kushiyaki is not in the list, as the venue in the guide is not licensed. Jun's, NIRI Restaurant & Bar and Punjab Grill aren't included as they offer fewer than five bottles. RankRestaurantRankRestaurant 1Chic Nonna25Twiggy by La Cantine 2LPM Restaurant & Bar Dubai26Mimi Kakushi 3City Social27Armani/Ristorante 4Dinner by Heston Blumenthal28BB Social Dining Dubai 5Takahisa29Celebrities by Mauro Colgreco 6CLAP30ROKA 7Pierre's TT31Indego by Vineet 8Ristorante L'Olivo at Al Mahara32Zuma Dubai 9Al Muntaha33Hutong 10Ossiano34Cinque 11Il Ristorante - Niko Romito35Oak Room 12Zuma Abu Dhabi36Hoseki 13Pierchic37Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi 14L'Atelier Robuchon38Hakkasan Abu Dhabi 15Folly39Brasserie Boulud 1699 Sushi Bar & Restaurant Abu Dhabi40Trèsind Studio 17Mott3241Avatara 18STAY by Yannick Alléno42The Artisan Il Ristorante 19COYA Dubai43Moonrise 20Mayabay44Trèsind 21Talea by Antionio Guida45Indya by Vineet 22Butcher & Still46Carnival by Trèsind =23Gohan47Social =23La Cantine du Faubourg GMUCI_02_10_Champagne Ranking_13075235.indd 10GMUCI_02_10_Champagne Ranking_13075235.indd 1029/11/2023 19:1029/11/2023 19:10GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX 11 GAULT&MILLAU UAE RESTAURANT RATINGS The second Gault&Millau UAE Guide was released in April 2023. Of the 134 restaurants in the Guide, 51 were received a score of more than 13 out of 20. Any restaurant with 13 points or more was awarded between one and five toques. In the second annual Gault&Millau UAE Guide, 51 restaurants received either one, two, three or four toques. They are listed below with their scores. 99 Sushi Bar Abu Dhabi 13.5/20 Avatara 13.5/20 BB Social Dining 13.5/20 Butcher & Still 13.5/20 Carnival by Trèsind 13/20 Chic Nonna 13/20 Cinque 13/20 City Social 13/20 CLAP 13/20 COYA Dubai 13/20 Folly 13.5/20 Gohan 13/20 Hakkasan Abu Dhabi 13/20 Hoseki 13.5/20 Hutong 13/20 Il Ristorante – Niko Romito 13.5/20 Indego by Vineet 13/20 Indya by Vineet 13/20 Jun's 13/20 La Cantine Du Faubourg 13/20 LPM Restaurant & Bar 13/20 Martabaan by Hemant Oberoi 13/20 Mayabay 13/20 Mimi Kakushi 13.5/20 Mott32 13/20 NIRI Restaurant & Bar 13/20 Oak Room 13/20 Pierchic 13/20 Punjab Grill 13/20 Reif Japanese Kushiyaki 13/20 ROKA 13/20 Social 13/20 Talea by Antonio Guida 13/20 Trèsind 13.5/20 Twiggy by La Cantine 13/20 Zuma Abu Dhabi 13.5/20 Zuma Dubai 13/20 13-13.5/20 14-14.5/20 15-16.5/20 Armani/Ristorante 14.5/20 Brasserie Boulud 14/20 Celebrities by Mauro Colagreco 14.5/20 Dinner by Heston 14.5/20 Moonrise 14/20 Pierre's TT 14.5/20 Stay by Yannick Alléno 14/20 Takahisa 14/20 The Artisan Il Ristorante 14/20 L'Atelier Robuchon 15/20Ristorante L'Olivo at Al Mahara 14.5/20 Trèsind Studio 15.5/20 17-18.5/20 Al Muntaha 17/20Ossiano 17.5/20 GMUCI_02_11_Restaurants & Ratings_13075236.indd 11GMUCI_02_11_Restaurants & Ratings_13075236.indd 1122/11/2023 12:2522/11/2023 12:25PRICE INDEX & RANKING GMUCI_02_12-13_Index Opening_13075237.indd 12GMUCI_02_12-13_Index Opening_13075237.indd 1222/11/2023 09:1522/11/2023 09:15For the second edition of the Gault&Millau UAE Champagne Index, the Champagne menus of all 50 toque-rated restaurants included in the 2023 annual Guide that serve alcohol. The lists were all requested directly between October and November 2023, and where none was supplied or made publicly available, the restaurants were visited as guests and their menus requested and photographed. In the rest of this book, every bottle from every Champagne house is logged. The Champagne houses are listed in alphabetical order, then each bottle available from that house is listed, split into variant (including vintage, rosé or large format bottles) and ordered according to price, with details of which restaurants stock them. GMUCI_02_12-13_Index Opening_13075237.indd 13GMUCI_02_12-13_Index Opening_13075237.indd 1322/11/2023 09:1522/11/2023 09:1514 GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX ARLAUX I n 1792, the Royal Abbey of Saint-Remi’s land and vineyards were bought by Nicolas Arlaux, whose family had already been cultivating the vineyards for several centuries under the monks’ rule. In 1826, one year after the coronation of Charles X, the last King of France, Jean Arlaux decided to produce his first bottles of sparkling wine, which today represent the total output of the house. For more than 15 generations the Arlaux family has produced wines on the same land in the heart of the protected la Montagne de Reims area. Arlaux champagne is classified as a Premier Cru and the vineyard is one of the very last to bear French grape vines that survived the Phylloxera epidemic of the 19th Century. Since 1997, Arlaux has committed to growing methods that respect the environment, such as using pheromone diffusers to repel insects, no chemical weeding, natural treatments and using cartons made of materials from eco-raised forests. MILLESIME RARE BRUT Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 1Armani/Ristorante2000AED2,200 GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 14GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 1422/11/2023 12:2622/11/2023 12:26GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX 15 ARMAND DE BRIGNAC Armand de Brignac is run by 12th and 13th generation wine growers, Jean-Jacques Cattier and his son, Alexandre. Their family have grown vines for more than 250 years in the Montagne de Reims region. Sustainability is a core principle of the Cattier’s vineyard management. BRUT GOLD ‘ACE OF SPADES’ Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 =1GohanNVAED4,200 =1La Cantine du FaubourgNVAED4,200 3TakahisaNVAED4,500 4Il Ristorante - Niko RomitoNVAED4,850 5Armani/RistoranteNV AED4,900 =6Dinner by Heston BlumenthalNVAED4,935 =6OssianoNVAED4,935 7Hakkasan Abu Dhabi Abu DhabiNVAED5,140 =8CLAPNVAED5,500 =8L'Atelier RobuchonNVAED5,500 10Indego by VineetNV AED5,900 11COYA Dubai DubaiNVAED6,000 12CinqueNVAED6,600 13BB Social Dining DubaiNVAED6,800 =14Al MuntahaNV AED7,560 =14Ristorante L'Olivo at Al MaharaNVAED7,560 16Trèsind StudioNV AED7,950 GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 15GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 1522/11/2023 12:2622/11/2023 12:2616 GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX BRUT CUVÉE ROSÉ Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 1TakahisaNVAED6,800 2Dinner by Heston BlumenthalNVAED7,515 3Indego by VineetNV AED7,900 4OssianoNVAED8,125 5L'Atelier RobuchonNV AED8,700 6Il Ristorante - Niko RomitoNVAED9,000 =7Al MuntahaNVAED9,250 =7Ristorante L'Olivo at Al MaharaNVAED9,250 9BB Social Dining DubaiNVAED9,350 10CinqueNVAED12,360 11Armani/RistoranteNVAED13,800 ROSÉ BLANC DE BLANCS Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 =1Al MuntahaNVAED9,90 =1Ristorante L'Olivo at Al MaharaNVAED9,900 GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 16GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 1622/11/2023 12:2622/11/2023 12:26GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX 17 BRUT Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 1TakahisaNVAED9,800 2L'Atelier RobuchonNVAED11,000 3CinqueNVAED15,450 LARGE FORMATS MAGNUM SELECTION, 1.5L BRUT Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 1CinqueNVAED28,840 LARGE FORMATS – ROSÉ MAGNUM SELECTION, 1.5L GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 17GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 1722/11/2023 12:2622/11/2023 12:2618 GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX ROSÉ AYALA B ased in the Aÿ region of Champagne, Ayala has been producing Grand Crus from Chardonnay grapes since 1860. Launched by Edmond de Ayala, by 1908 Ayala was granted a Royal Warrant in Great Britain as the wine grew in popularity. In the 1920s, the house was enjoying its golden age, producing one million bottles annually. In 2005, Ayala was bought by the Bollinger family, which equipped the house with a modern vinification tool and introduced a new leadership team, eventually leading to a new-look label design in 2014. The wines are created using a minimalist dosage thanks to an extended ageing period. of up to 12 years. BLANC DE BLANCS Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 1Zuma Dubai2009 AED1,850 BRUT MAJEUR ROSÉ Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 1COYA DubaiNVAED990 =2Al MuntahaNVAED1,420 =2Ristorante L'Olivo at Al Mahara NVAED1,420 GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 18GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 1822/11/2023 12:2622/11/2023 12:26GAULT&MILLAU CHAMPAGNE INDEX 19 BILLECART-SALMON B illecart-Salmon’s story began in 1818 when Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon married, marking the creation of their Champagne house. Louis Salmon, brother of Elisabeth and a passionate oenologist, joined the operation and since then, over seven generations, the family has continued the tradition. Billecart- Salmon wines as we know them now first appeared in 1958, when Jean, the eldest son of Charles Roland-Billecart, introduced a longer fermentation at a lower temperature and finally a cold settling as part of the vinification in tanks. This technique added freshness and finesse. Today, the Champagnes of Maison Billecart- Salmon come from an estate of 100 hectares, using grapes from 40 crus of the Champagne region. BRUT RESÉRVE Value RankingNameVintage Price as of November 2023 1Chic NonnaNVAED785 2Zuma DubaiNVAED830 3ROKANVAED835 4Jun’sNVAED875 5Zuma Abu DhabiNVAED890 6FollyNVAED900 7Celebrities by Mauro ColagrecoNV AED950 8PierchicNVAED980 9Indego by VineetNV AED1,100 =10GohanNVAED1,147 =10La Cantine du FaubourgNV AED1,147 12BB Social Dining DubaiNVAED1,200 =13Carnival by TrèsindNV AED1,250 GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 19GMUCI_02_14-30_G&M REPORT A-B_13075238.indd 1922/11/2023 12:2622/11/2023 12:26Next >