As the festive season calls for celebration, there are a few restaurants you can head to ring in the New Year. And what better way, than to celebrate with vintage champagne.
Sample a special vintage champagne from these 10 offerings, all located in Dubai, according to UAE Champagne Index Gault&Millau.
Clap
Where: DIFC, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 1990
Lowest priced vintage: AED950 for a 2006 Charles Heidsieck Brut Vintage
Highest priced vintage: AED24,000 for a 1990 Dom Pérignon P3
Pierre’s TT
Where: Dubai Festival City, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 1976
Lowest priced vintage: AED2,000 for either a 2002 or 2004 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin
Highest priced vintage: AED9,900 for a 1976 Dom Perignon Oenothèque
Gaia
Where: DIFC, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 1994
Lowest priced vintage: AED1,500 for a 2015 Pol Roger Brut Rosé Vintage
Highest priced vintage: AED16,000 for a 1999 Louis Roederer Brut Cristal Vinothèque
Al Muntaha
Where: Burj Al Arab, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 1966
Lowest priced vintage: AED1,250 for a 2015 Louis Roederer Brut Rosé
Highest priced vintage: AED22,000 for a 1966 Dom Pérignon Oenothèque
Zuma
Where: DIFC, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 2004
Lowest priced vintage: AED2,250 for a 2008 Bollinger ‘La Grande Année’
Highest priced vintage: AED6,950 for a 2005 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Rosé
Ossiano
Where: Atlantis, The Palm
Oldest vintage available: 2003
Lowest priced vintage: AED2,000 for a 2013 Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque Brut
Highest priced vintage: AED6,840 for a 2009 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Rosé
L’Amo Bistro Del Mare
Where: Dubai Harbour Yacht Club, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 2004
Lowest priced vintage: AED1,450 for a 2015 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Rosé
Highest priced vintage: AED20,500 for a 2004 Salon Cuvee ‘S’ Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
Alici
Where: Bluewaters, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 2002
Lowest priced vintage: AED1,500 for a 2008 Thiénot Brut
Highest priced vintage: AED 10,000 for a 2012 Salon Cuvee ‘S’ Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
LPM Restaurant & Bar
Where: DIFC, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 2006
Lowest priced vintage: AED1,250 for a 2015 Louis Roederer Brut Rosé
Highest priced vintage: AED9,800 for a 2012 Salon Cuvee ‘S’ Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
Il Borro Tuscan Bistro
Where: Jumeirah Al Naseem, Dubai
Oldest vintage available: 2002
Lowest priced vintage: AED2,500 for a 2013 Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque Brut
Highest priced vintage: AED12,000 for a 2012 Salon Cuvee ‘S’ Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs
Gault&Millau UAE‘s Champagne Index covers 52 of the country’s finest restaurants that have all received toque-rating in the inaugural Gault&Millau UAE 2022 guide. The index will be the first time that a country’s champagne scene has been examined by Gault&Millau.
Gault&Millau, in France has helped diners for over 50 years to make dining decisions based on easily accessible information about food, service, wine and value for money. Six months after its launch in the UAE, it aims to do the same and bring clarity, competition and fairness to the country’s wine scene.
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