Exploration: wine by the glass

Exploration: wine by the glass
Classic or adventurous?
September 2015
Harmony: Tasting flight
Paired with your HKK tasting menu; comfortable throughout.
490ml
£48
Sparkling
NV Louis Roederer Brut Premier 12% 2010 Hush Heath Estate "Balfour" Brut Rosé
12%
Champagne, France Kent, England
125ml
125ml
£14.90btl£79
£17.10btl£92
White
2014
2013
2013
2014 2014 2013
2012
2013
2008
2013
Albariño "Marinero", Terras Gauda 12%
Rías Baixas, Spain
Riesling "Unplugged", Tesch 11.5%
Nahe, Germany
Pinot Blanc "Granit de la Vallée", Cave de Turckheim 12.5% Alsace, France
Sancerre "Terre de Saint Louis", P. & N. Reverdy 13%
Loire, France Sauvignon Blanc, Lochton House 13% Marlborough, New Zealand
Chablis 1er Cru "Les Fourneaux", Alain Gautheron 13% Burgundy, France Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes, Ostertag 12.5%
Alsace, France
Pernand-Vergelesses, Vallet Frères 13%
Burgundy, France
Château de Cruzeau, Pessac-Léognan 12.5% Bordeaux, France
Weissburgunder Trocken "Einzigacker", Dreissigacker 13.5% Rheinhessen, Germany
£9.60btl£39
£10.80 btl£44
175ml £7.80btl£32
175ml £14.60btl£59
175ml £11.50btl £49
175ml £14.00btl£59
175ml £12.05 btl£49
175ml £19.65 btl£80
175ml £13.90btl£57
175ml £29.80 btl£121
175ml
175ml
Rosé
2014 Rosa dei Frati, Cà dei Frati 12.5% Veneto, Italy
175ml
£12.00 btl£49
Pfalz, Germany
Denizli, Turkey Burgundy, France
Bordeaux, France
175ml
£10.60 btl£44
£7.10 btl £29
£20.40 btl£83
£14.60btl £59
Nemea, Greece Rioja, Spain
McLaren Vale, Australia
Santa Maria Valley, California
Stellenbosch, South Africa Patagonia, Argentina
Veneto, Italy
175ml
Red
2013
2013 2012
2011
2011
2009
2013 2010
2012 2013
2009
Pinot Noir, Stepp 13.5% Kalecik Karası, Kayra 14.5% Mercurey 1er Cru Clos du Roy Faiveley 13.5%
Château La Chapelle aux Moines,
St-Émilion Grand Cru 14%
Aghiorghitiko "Saint George", Domaine Skouras 13.5% Rioja Reserva Castro Real 13.5%
Mourvèdre "Estate Vineyard", Yangarra 14%
Pinot Noir "La Bauge Au-Dessus" Au Bon Climat 13.5%
Merlot "Claypot", Laibach 14% Malbec "A Lisa", Bodega Noémia 14%
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico,
"Terre di Cariano", Cecilia Beretta, 15.5%
175ml 175ml
175ml
£9.30 btl £38
£12.05btl £49
175ml £17.20 btl
£70
175ml £25.10 btl£102
175ml £14.25 btl£58
175ml £18.50 btl £75
175ml £33.90 btl£138
175ml
Sherry
Fino, El Maestro Sierra 15%
Wine is also available in 125ml
Jerez, Spain 100ml
£8.90
375ml£31
Champagne and Sparkling
Fermented and aged in the bottle, flavour comes from time on lees.
The wine may be white but both black and white grapes are used;
the flavour reveals the colour.
September 2015
Non Vintage
NV
NV
NV
NV
Louis Roederer Brut Premier 12%
Jacquesson "Cuvée 737" 12%
Quartet, Roederer Estate 12%
Krug "Grand Cuvée" 12%
Champagne, France
Champagne, France
Anderson Valley, California
Champagne, France
£79
£86
£49
£220
Champagne, France
Champagne, France
West Sussex, England
Champagne, France
£256
£202
£77
£215
Champagne, France
£119
Mailly Grand Cru "Blanc de Noirs" 12%
Champagne, France
£79
Besserat de Bellefon "Cuvée de Moines" Rosé 12.5%
Perrier-Jouët Blason Brut Rosé 12%
Laurent-Perrier Rosé Brut 12%
Hush Heath Estate "Balfour" Brut Rosé 12%
Champagne, France Champagne, France
Champagne, France
Kent, England
£89
£91
£101
£92
Vintage
2006
2006
2009
2004
Cristal, Louis Roederer 12%
Perrier-Jouët "Belle Epoque" 12.5%
Nyetimber "Classic Cuvée" 12%
Dom Pérignon 12.5%
Blanc de Blancs
2007
Sanger Grand Cru "Prestige Ultime"
12%
Blanc de Noirs
NV
Rosé
NV NV
NV
2010
Signature: wines of Hakkasan
Wines, estates and people ever-present on the Hakkasan list:
start here.
September 2015
White
2012 Sylvaner Vieilles Vignes, Ostertag 12.5%
2013 Pinot Blanc "Granit de la Vallée", Cave de Turckheim 12.5% 2014 Santorini, Hatzidakis 13.5%
2013 Soave Classico "La Rocca", Pieropan 13%
2008 Château de Cruzeau, Pessac-Léognan 12.5% 2012 Riesling "Steinmassl", Fred Loimer 13%
2013Chablis 1er Cru "Les Fourneaux", Alain Gautheron 13%
2012 Grüner Veltliner "Breiter Rain", Sepp Moser 13.5% 2013 Pernand-Vergelesses, Vallet Frères 13% 2013 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Chante Cigale 13.5% Alsace, France
Alsace, France
Santorini, Greece
Veneto, Italy
Bordeaux, France Kamptal, Austria
Burgundy, France
Kremstal, Austria
Burgundy, France
Rhône, France
£49
£32
£32
£76
£57
£110
£59
£62
£80
£67
Red
2013
2009
2012
2009
2009
2006
2012
2010
2012
Pinot Noir, Stepp 13.5%
Mencía Roble, Orellan 13.5%
Pinot Noir, Delta Vineyard 13.5% Rioja Reserva, Castro Real 13.5% Château de Barbe Blanche, Lussac-St-Émilion 14%
Chianti Classico, Castello di Ama 13%
Mangan, Cullen 13.5%
Nero d'Avola "Santa Cecilia", Planeta 13.5% Merlot "Claypot", Laibach 14%
Pfalz, Germany
Bierzo, Spain
Marlborough, New Zealand
Rioja, Spain
Bordeaux, France
Tuscany, Italy
Margaret River, Australia
Sicily, Italy Stellenbosch, South Africa
£44
£33
£55
£49
£52
£95
£83
£74
£58
Denizli, Turkey £29
Chilled red
2013
Kalecik Karası, Kayra
14.5%
Rosé
2014
2013
Rosa dei Frati, Cà dei Frati 12.5%
Clos Mireille, Domaines Ott 13.5%
Wines are listed in order of body and flavour: from light to rich
Veneto, Italy£49
Provence, France
£82
Curious: distinctive wines
Unusual grape varieties. Often ancient; not Chardonnay.
September 2015
White
2014
2013
2013 2012
2008
2012
2012 2012 2009
Malvazija, Kozlović 13%
Falanghina "Era", Cantine Volpi 12%
Arinto, Casal de Ventozela 12% Albillo "Picarana", Bodegas Marañones 14%
Zeleni Silvanec, Marof 12%
Le Chasselas Selection, Domaine du Daley 12%
Klevener de Heiligenstein, Domaine Hubert Heywang
Arneis, Seghesio 13% Juhfark "J", Royal Somló 12%
13.8%
Istria, Croatia
Molise, Italy
Vinho Verde, Portugal Madrid, Spain
Prekmurje, Slovenia
Villette, Switzerland
Alsace, France California, USA Somló, Hungary
£39
£29
£28
£54
£42
£74
£55
£68
£59
Orange
Local grape varieties plus ancient, natural and extreme winemaking techniques
2009 Bianco Trebež, Dario Prinčič 14% 2010 Moscatel "El Carro", Bernabé Navarro 12.5% Friuli, Italy
Alicante, Spain £98
£50
Paros, Greece
Bierzo, Spain
Sicily, Italy
Nemea, Greece Elazığ, Turkey McLaren Vale, Australia
£39
£53
£62
£38
£37
£70
Red
2009
2012
2001
2011 2012
2013
Sillogi, Moraitis 12.5%
Pétalos del Bierzo, J. Palacios 14%
Etna Rosso, Calabretta 14.5%
Aghiorghitiko "Saint George", Domaine Skouras
Öküzgözü, Kayra 13%
Mourvèdre "Estate Vineyard", Yangarra 14%
13.5%
Terroir: a sense of place
Soil and slope; climate and weather; method and tradition; place can be
a flavour.
September 2015
White
2014 Gavi "Terra Rossa", La Zerba 12%
2014 Sancerre "Terre de Saint Louis", P. & N. Reverdy 13%
2013 Weissburgunder Trocken "Einzigacker", Dreissigacker 13.5%
2012 Pinot Grigio, "Gris" Lis Neris, 13.5%
2007 Riesling Grand Cru "Kanzlerberg", Koenig 13%
2013 Chablis 1er Cru "Montmains", Garnier et Fils 12.5%
2012 Riesling Auslese "Wehlener Sonnenuhr", Selbach-Oster 8%
2013Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "Les Embrazées", T. Morey 13.5%
2014 Chenin Blanc, Reyneke 13% 2004 Blanco Crianza "Viña Gravonia", R. Lopez de Heredia 12.5%
2013 Chardonnay "Arthur", Domaine Drouhin 13%
2008 Saint Aubin 1er Cru "Les Charmois", Vincent Morey 13.5% 2008 Vouvray Demi-Sec "Le Mont", Domaine Huet 13.5%
2012 Condrieu "Les Terroirs", François Merlin 13.7%
2009 Puligny-Montrachet, Etienne Sauzet 13%
2013 Gewürztraminer, Vigna Kolbenhof, J. Hofstatter, 14.5%
Piedmont, Italy
Loire, France
Rheinhessen, Germany
Friuli, Italy
Alsace, France
Burgundy, France
Mosel, Germany
Burgundy, France
Stellenbosch, South Africa Rioja, Spain
Willamette Valley, Oregon
Burgundy, France Loire, France
Rhône, France
Burgundy, France Alto Adige, Italy
£56
£59
£121
£74
£66
£72
£90
£159
£47
£60
£73
£102
£78
£122
£173
£95
Burgundy, France
Burgundy, France
Burgundy, France Veneto, Italy
Burgundy, France Tuscany, Italy
Rhône, France Piedmont, Italy
Napa Valley, California Rioja, Spain
£83
£94
£124
£29
£186
£136
£122
£130
£149
£133
Red
2012
2011
2010 2012
2011
2008
2009 2011
2011 2004
Mercurey 1er Cru Clos du Roy Faiveley 13%
Santenay Rouge "Clos de Hates", Hubert Lamy 13%
Gevrey-Chambertin, Thierry Mortet 13% Cabaletta, Tenute Fiorebelli 13%
Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru "La Richemone", Alain Michelot 13%
Brunello di Montalcino "Prime Donne", Cinelli Colombini 14%
Côte-Rotie "La Germine", David & Benjamin Duclaux 13% Barbaresco, Bruno Rocca 14.5%
Cabernet Sauvignon, Joseph Phelps 14% Rioja Especial, Gorrebusto Torre San Millán 13%
Classics: fine wines with history
Burgundy, Bordeaux and Barolo, from Grands Crus
to great Châteaux.
September 2015
White
2008 2012
2012
2010
2008
Blanc Fumé de Pouilly, Dagueneau 12.5% Chablis Grand Cru "Les Clos" Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin 13%
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru "La Garenne" Etienne Sauzet 13.5%
Meursault 1er Cru "Les Porusots", Château de Puligny-Montrachet 13%
Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru "Les Folatières", Domaine Leflaive
Loire, France Burgundy, France
Burgundy, France
Burgundy, France
Burgundy, France
Romanée-St-Vivant, Domaine de la Romanée Conti 13% Latricières Chambertin, Rossignol-Trapet 13% Troplong Mondot Grand Cru Classé 13.5% Cheval Blanc, 1er Grand Cru Classé A 12.5% La Conseillante 13.5%
Margaux, 1er Cru Classé 12.5%
Sarget de Gruaud Larose 12.5%
d'Armailhac, 5ème Cru Classé 13% Palmer, 3ème Cru Classé 12.5%
La Mission Haut-Brion Cru Classé des Graves
Léoville-Barton, 2ème Cru Classé 12.5% Fontalloro, Felsina 13.5%
Barolo "Romirasco", Aldo Conterno 14.5% Burgundy, France
Burgundy, France St-Émilion, Bordeaux
St-Émilion, Bordeaux
Pomerol, Bordeaux
Margaux, Bordeaux St-Julien, Bordeaux
Pauillac, Bordeaux
Margaux, Bordeaux Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux St-Julien, Bordeaux Tuscany, Italy
Piedmont, Italy
£186
£150
£195
£160
£360
Red
2002
2002 2001
1986
2001
1986
2000
2006 2001
1999
1989 2009
2005
£2488
£386
£207
£970
£295
£1200
£122
£163
£450
£475
£284
£139
£265
New Classics: genius without a Château
Fine wine used to mean Bordeaux, but the wine world is bigger now,
and these are the new stars.
September 2015
White
2012
2012
2010
2008
2013
2012
2008
Te Koko, Cloudy Bay 13.5%
Riesling "Springvale", Jeffrey Grosset 12.5%
Nantua Les Deux, Giaconda 13.5%
Le Soula Blanc, Gérard Gauby 14%
Cervaro della Sala, Antinori 12.5%
Chardonnay, "Russian River", Ramey 14.5%
Roussanne "Bien Nacido Cuvée", Qupé 14.5%
Marlborough, New Zealand
Clare Valley, Australia
Victoria, Australia
Roussillon, France
Umbria, Italy
Sonoma County, California Santa Barbara, California
£99
£69
£139
£80
£118
£112
£102
Pinot Noir "Mt. Jefferson Cuvée", Cristom 13.5%
Pinot Noir "La Bauge Au-Dessus" Au Bon Climat 13.5% Zinfandel "East Bench", Ridge 14%
Shiraz "The Dead Arm", d'Arenberg 14%
Nine Popes, Charles Melton 14.5%
Tignanello, Antinori 14%
Syrah "Californio", Hyde de Villaine 14.5% El Nido, Bodegas El Nido 15.5%
Willamette Valley, Oregon
Santa Maria Valley, California Sonoma County, California
McLaren Vale, Australia
Barossa Valley, Australia
Tuscany, Italy
Napa Valley, California Jumilla, Spain
£85
£102
£83
£98
£102
£188
£126
£254
Red
2011
2010 2012
2010
2012
2009
2009
2010
Purity: the expression of the fruit
Pure, vibrant, fruity wines proclaim the nature of the grapes.
September 2015
White
2014
2011 2014
2014
2013 2011
2012 2012
2012
2013
2011
2014
Sauvignon Blanc, Lochton House 13%
White Pinot, Litmus 12.5%
Albariño "Marinero", Terras Gauda 12%
Riesling "Unplugged", Tesch 11.5%
Riesling, Kusuda 12% Pinot Gris Grand Cru "Kessler", Dirler Cadé, 13.5%
Bourgogne Blanc, Bernard Moreau 12.5% Chardonnay "Cuvée Alexandre", Casa Lapostolle 14%
Chardonnay "Moonambel", Dalwhinnie 14%
Gewurztraminer "Jardin des Roses" André Thomas & Fils, 12.5%
Semillon, Boekenhoutskloof 13% Chardonnay, Neil Ellis 13.5%
Marlborough, New Zealand
Surrey, England
Rías Baixas, Spain
Nahe, Germany
Martinborough, New Zealand
Alsace, France
Burgundy, France Casablanca, Chile
Victoria, Australia
Alsace, France
Franschhoek, South Africa Elgin, South Africa £49
£52
£39
£44
£87
£82
£59
£50
£99
£56
£63
£49
Barbera d'Alba, Pio Cesare 14%
Pinot Noir, Le Clos Jordanne 13%
Pinot Noir, Two Paddocks 13% Grenache "Old Bush Vine", Yalumba 14.5% Syrah "Back Block", Brookfields 13.5%
Carménère, Montes Alpha 14.5
Rosso di Montalcino, Castiglion del Bosco 14.5%
Malbec "A Lisa", Bodega Noémia 14% Primitivo di Manduria Riserva "62 Anniversario",
San Marzano 14.5%
Dominio de Atuata 15%
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, "Terre di Cariano",
Cecilia Beretta, 15.5%
Piedmont, Italy
Ontario, Canada
Central Otago, New Zealand Barossa Valley, Australia
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Colchagua Valley, Chile Tuscany, Italy
Patagonia, Argentina Puglia, Italy
£48
£98
£104
£45
£48
£49
£51
£75
£73
Ribera del Duero, Spain
Veneto, Italy
£76
£138
Red
2013
2009
2012
2013 2014
2012 2012
2013 2011
2011
2009
Blends: the art of the winemaker
Grape varieties combined; more than the sum of their parts.
September 2015
White
2012 Sauvignon/Semillon, Cullen 11.5%
2012 Circle of Life, Waterkloof 13.5%
2010 Le Cigare Blanc "Beeswax Vineyard", Bonny Doon 12.5%
Margaret River, Australia
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Santa Cruz, California
£66
£52
£82
Solera: Sherry
Young wine blended into old, year after year for decades. Unexpectedly perfect with Chinese cuisine.
Fino, El Maestro Sierra 15%
Amontillado "Antique", Fernando de Castilla 19%
Fino "Dos Palmas", González Byass 15.5%
Jerez, Spain
Jerez, Spain
Jerez, Spain
£31
£65
£56
Red
2009 2010
2012
2011
2011 2008 Château Simone 13.5%
Filature, Grenache/Syrah 14.5% Falcoaria, Casal Branco 14%
Quimera, Achaval Ferrer 14%
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Château de Beaucastel 14.5%
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico "I Quadretti", La Giaretta 15.5%
Provence, France
Languedoc, France Ribatejo, Portugal
Mendoza, Argentina
Rhône, France
Veneto, Italy
£130
£51
£37
£88
£209
£174
Red: Bordeaux blends of the world
Mainly Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
2011 Château La Chapelle aux Moines, St-Émilion Grand Cru 14%
Bordeaux, France
2005 Gran Caus, Can Ràfols Dels Caus 14%
Penedés, Spain
2007 Château Feytit Clinet, Pomerol 13% Bordeaux, France 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, Balnaves 14%
Coonawarra, Australia
2009 Merlot, Cabernet "Baron Edmond", Rupert & Rothschild 13.5%
Paarl, South Africa
2010 Margaux du Château Margaux 14%
Bordeaux, France
£59
£62
£158
£65
£124
£144
Nihonshu: Japanese Sake
Summer grown rice, brewed in the cold of winter with yeast, kōji mould and water.
Softer than wine, harmonious with food.
September 2015
Sparkling sake
Shirakabegura "Mio", Sparkling 5%
Tsuki No Katsura, Nigori Sparkling
17.2%
Hyogo, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
300ml
Akita, Japan Fukushima, Japan
Nagano, Japan Hiroshima, Japan 175ml£15.40
720ml
Yamagata, Japan
Yamagata, Japan
Niigata, Japan
Yamagata, Japan
Nagano, Japan £26
300ml£42
Junmai: pure rice sake
Akitabare "Koshiki Junzujuri", Junmai 14%
Daishichi, Junmai Kimoto 15% Masumi "Okuden Kantsukuri", Junmai 15%
Kamoizumi Shusen "Three Dots", Junmai 16% £60
720ml £88
175ml
£22.50
£15.00 720ml
175ml£20.50
720ml
175ml
720ml
£75
900ml£75
Ginjo: premium sake
Dewazakura "Omachi", Junmai Ginjo 16%
Gassan no Yuki "Dewa 33", Junmai Ginjo 15.5%
Nechi Otokoyama "White", Ginjo 16%
Dewazakura "Izumi Judan", Ginjo 17%
Miyasaka "Yamahai 50 Nama", Junmai Ginjo 16%
175ml£18.40
£84
£80
720ml
£95
720ml
£73
720ml£89
Daiginjo: fine sake
Houraisen "Kuu" Sekiya Shuzo, Junmai Daiginjo 15.5%Aichi, Japan Matsumoto "Yamadanishiki", Junmai Daiginjo 16%
Kyoto, Japan Dassai 23, Junmai Daiginjo 16%
Yamaguchi, Japan
Tamagawa "Kinsho", Daiginjo 16%
Kyoto, Japan 720ml£120
175ml£38.00
175ml £32.20
720ml£123
720ml£150
720ml£126
Honjōzō: fragrant sake
Akashi Tai, Honjōzō 15%
Chotoku "Heavenly Brew", Honjōzō 19%
Hyogo, Japan
Gifu,Japan
175ml £21.75
300ml£24
720ml£85
Taru-zake: wooded sake
Aged in Japanese cedar casks before bottling. Savoury, often golden
Ichinokura Tokubetsu Junmai 15%
Miyagi, Japan
500ml
£47
Nigori: cloudy sake
Hakutsuru "Sayuri", Nigori
12.5% Hyogo, Japan
300ml
£24
Meditation: sweet wine
Sweet but not simple: risky and complex to grow and make.
September 2015
Sweet Sparkling
2014
Moscato d'Asti, Vajra 5.5%
Piedmont, Italy
125ml
£7.80
Clare Valley, Australia
70ml£12.50
750ml£42
Late Harvest
2014
Riesling "Cordon Cut", Mount Horrocks 11%
375ml£65
Noble Rot
2007
2006
2001
Château Bastor-Lamontagne 13.5%
Tokaji Aszú "5 Puttonyos", Disznókő 11.5%
Château d'Yquem 1er Cru Supérieur 13.5% Sauternes, France
70ml£6.60
Tokaj, Hungary
Sauternes, France 750ml£68
Veneto, Italy 375ml£64
500ml£84
375ml£604
Dried Fruit
2010
Torcolato, Maculan 13.5%
70ml£12.00
Frozen Grape
2013 Icewine Vidal Blanc, Peller Estates 11%
Niagara Peninsula,
Canada
375ml
£99
Alto Adige, Italy 375ml£58
Sweet Red
2011 Moscato Rosa, Franz Haas, 12% 70ml
£11.70 Fortified
2009 Late Bottled Vintage, Quinta de la Rosa 20%
2000 Niepoort Vintage 20.5%
2012 Samos Grand Cru 15% Douro, Portugal 70ml £8.00
Douro, Portugal
Samos, Greece
70ml £5.00
500ml
£53
375ml £25
Akita, Japan 720ml
£94
750ml£290
Umeshu: Japanese Plum Sake
NV
Umeshu Umegokochi Dewatsuru 11.5%
70ml
£9.60
September 2015