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G I O N JA PA N E S E R E S TAU R A N T
Champagne シャンパン
Bollinger Special Cuvee NV ボリンジャー
GION Japanese Restaurant
Open 6 days
Wednesday to Monday
Tuesday closed
Lunch: 11.45am-2.30pm
Dinner: 5.45pm-late
Ph: 379-3344
www.gion.co.nz
Drinks Menu
ドリンクメニュー
72
140
360ml/
Finesse, poise and elegance combine to make this a wonderful
wine. Wonderful as an aperitif or as an accompaniment with food
750ml/
Moët et Chandon モエット
40
126
200ml/
Moët & Chandon’s unique style, a style distinguished by its bright
fruitiness, its seductive palate and its elegant maturity
750ml/
Sparkring Sake スパークリング酒
Ikezo Jelly Sake 艶めくゼリースパークリング
glass
10
300ml/
21
52
“Ikezo” is a jellied sake with sparkling bubbles of carbonation.
It has a clear sweetness, peach flavored, containing ceramide
Mio Sparkling Sake 澪 松竹梅 白壁蔵
MIO entices you with its unique, sweet aroma and refreshing, fruity
flavor. appeals to a wide range of tastes a new sake for a new age
750ml/
Beer ビール
Sapporo Draft
Non Alcoholic Beverages
5
Kirin Lager
キリンラガー
4
5
5
Steinlager Pure
スタィンラガーピュア
Asahi Large 633ml
Bottled water ボトルウォーター
Kvella Artesian Water (NZ) 500ml Still water 5
Kvella Artesian Wate (NZ) 750ml Sparkling 10
14
アサヒ大瓶
8.5
Dry Black Asahi
9
ドライブラックアサヒ
bottle
8
bottle
Amstel Light
bottle
Ume-shu (plum wine) 梅酒
On the Rock
Glass
Umeshu (plum wine) is a Japanese liqueur that is made from unripe
Ume fruit that is steeped in Shochu and sugar.Sweet and sour fruit
flavours with a subtle marzipan aftertaste
Rosé Kanjuku Umeshu ロゼ完熟梅酒
100% of fully ripened "kishu nanko plum" is used. sophisticated
rose type. sweet, mellow flavor, refreshing on the palate
Chu-hi and Cocktails
8
アムステルライト
Umeshu Choya チョーヤ梅酒
5
2
2
4
9
bottle
bottle
Tea, Coffee ティー、コーヒー
G I O N JA PA N E S E R E S TAU R A N T
8.5
Premium Malts
プレミアムモルツ
bottle
bottle
Soft Drinks ソフトドリンク
Ice Oo-long tea/ Ice Lemon tea
Hot Green tea (per person)
Hot Roasted rice green tea (per cup)
Espresso, Long black, Latte
Asahi Small 334ml
アサヒ小瓶
Fruit Juices フルーツジュース
Coke/ Diet coke/ Lemonade
Ginger beer/ Lemon bitter/ Calpis
Kids beer/ Raspberry/ Tonic water
9
on tap
ノンアルコール飲料
Orange/Apple/ Pineapple/ Mango
サッポロドラフト
Bottle
720ml
8
75
9
85
酎ハイ カクテル
Chu-hi Grape/ Chu-hi Lychee/ Chu-hi Calpis
Gin tonic/ Screwdriver/ Cassis soda/ Kahlua milk
Midori lemonade/ Moscow mule/ Shandy gaff
glass
10
Waiheke
Northland
Hokkaido
Niigata
Marlborough
Awatere
Kyoto
Gion
Nagano
Yamaguchi
Nelson
Hawke’s Bay
Wairarapa
Fukuoka
Tokyo
Hyogo
Central Otago
Futsu-Shu 普通酒 "Standard Sake" (chilled or warm)
House Sake White Deer "Hakushika 白鹿"13.5%
Pinot Noir
150ml
Hyogo
8
This versatile sake is perfect for matching with the
most representative of today's popular Japanese dishes
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
300ml
14.5
Full-bodied
Junmai-Shu 純米酒 "Pure rice sake" (chilled or warm)
150ml
Yamada Nishiki "山田錦"14%
Hyogo
The aroma of the rice is still clearly discernible and a light,
well-balanced finish rounds off a superbly drinkable sake
Sweet
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Hokkaido
Dry taste, very famous as high quality sake. Fresh & dry aftertaste
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
300ml
15
28
17
32
Full-bodied
Mountain Man "Otokoyama男山"15.5%
Sweet
Jozen Mizuno Gotoshi "上善如水"14.5%
Niigata
This is a light and fruity sake with bright fresh aroma. You can enjoy the mild
nice aftertaste. This is an ideal accompaniment for any kinds of meals
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Nagano
Subtle astringency and a fragrance reminiscent of young fuji
apples. superbly balanced dry sake
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
34
Full-bodied
Masumi Karakuchi "真澄" 15.8%
Sweet
18
300ml
19
36
Ginjo 吟醸 "Special Brewing" (chilled or warm)
150ml
Hakkaisan"八海山"15.5%
Hakkaisan gives a more floral character to the nose and a touch of
added richness to the body while staying true to it’s smooth, lighter
Sweet
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
300ml
Niigata
19.5
36
Dai-Ginjo 大吟醸 "Premium Sake" (chilled)
Osakaya Cho-bei "大阪屋長兵衛"15.5%
Hyogo
Osakaya Chobei has a rich and fruity aroma and a delicate flavor.
This is excellent with light food such as Sashimi and steamed fish.
Sweet
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Hyogo
"10-step preparation" is adopted, taking more than twice the
time and labour of regular brewing. Rich fruity bouquet and
sophisticated flavour
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
Dry Light-bodied
-3
-2
0
+2
+3
21
39
Full-bodied
Waipara
11.5
This is a smooth, complex wine with aromas of grapefruit,
lemon and toasted almonds with subtle hints of oak. With
citrus fruits and vanilla on the palate.
54
Domain road
15
69
Cottier
Wairarapa
12
This is an elegant medium-full bodied wine, which finishes
with toasty, peaches and cream flavours that carry for some time.
55
95
Black Barn
85
Central Otago
The nose displays attractive dark fruits, which continue on the
palate with plums, cherries, hints of liquorice and spicy integrated
oak. The tannins are fine grained and well balanced.
Misha’s Vineyard
Central Otago
lifted aromas of liquorice, spice, dark cherry and delicately perfumed.
The palate isgentle with ripe lingering dark fruit flavours and with
silky tannin and lovely length.
Merlot/Cabernet
700ml/bottle 188
Glass
12
Alpa Domus
Shiraz
Glass
12
Barwick “Black Label”
12
Hawke’s Bay
Pale-blush pink in colour. Cherry, plum with a hint of oyster
shell on the nose. A succulent mid palate texture, dry with
bright acidity.
Johanneshof Gewürtztraminer
Marlborough
It’s luscious and opulent, with citrusy notes and fresh herbs
providing a counterpunch for the sweet exotic spice and
passionfruit flavours.
56
Hawke’s Bay
The nose displays citrus, figs and nutty biscuity aromas.
This wine has multiple layers and textures and displays
lovely length and concentration.
Sauvignon Blanc
Glass
Bottle
Omaka Springs
Marlborough
This wine displays a burst of tropical fruits - guava, passion fruit,
and a hint of ripe melon, complimented by a vibrant acidity,
herbaceous tomato stalk notes and nuances of green capsicum.
9.5
43
Palliser Estate
12
55
Marlborough
A lovely pungent nose with black currant, citrus and
delicate tropical notes. An explosive palate with intensity
and fruit purity.
Auntsfield
Australia
A lovely full-bodied palate with flavours of red currant and wild
blackberry fruit dominating. Hints of caramel and firm tannins linger,
with some spice and floral notes rounding out the flavour spectrum.
Australia
Typically varietal with a perfumed aroma, dominated by red berries,
black pepper, spice and cedary oak. The palate is full of rich fruit, balanced
tannins and a long finish highlighted with American and French oak.
Bottle
55
Hawke’s Bay
The dry tannin structure of Cabernet Sauvignon is mellowed by
thesoftgenerousbodyofMerlot.AsmallamountofMalbecaccentuates
both varieties providing depth of colour, aroma, flavour and structure.
Gewürtztraminer
Full-bodied
Judan-Jikomi "十段仕込み" 15.5%
Sweet
300ml
Bottle
Waipara Springs
Black Barn Rosé
150ml
Glass
63
Rosé
Full-bodied
Chardonnay
14
Charlk Hill “Luna”
Full-bodied
Bottle
Central Otago
Lifted red fruit of cherry and plum on the nose with dried herbs and
spice. Sweet cherry with some leather and spice on the palate.
A pretty wine with fine grained tannins and a mineral finish.
Northland
The fruit from this wine came from the Okahu Estate vineyards and
shows in the characters of this wine sweet and weighty tannins are
balanced perfectly by dark cherries, berries blackcurrants & black olive
150ml
Glass
NEW ZEALAND
Alex Gold
Okahu
Full-bodied
Junmai-Ginjo 純米吟醸 "Pure Rice Brewing" (chilled)
Sweet
Waipara
Oita
Kumamoto
Kagoshima
JAPAN
Sweet
Gisborne
Glass
12.8
Glass
Bottle
56
56
Bottle
58
Bottle
68
54
Marlborough
Intense aromas of summer fruit with underlying citrus
and lemon grass. Wonderfully intense with great weight
and intensity.
Pinot Gris
Glass
Bottle
Lochar burn
Central Otago
A full-bodied wine made in a dry style, with satisfying citrus,
gooseberry, pear and minerally stonefruit flavours
12.8
58
Tatty Bogler
Central Otago
excellent weight, richness, texture and balance; with the
merest touch of fruit sweetness, tempered by its fresh
acidity and drying “chalky” mineral finish.
13
59
Johanneshof
14.5
65
Marlborough
The bouquet is reminiscent of apricot, guava and pears. The
pallet is luscious white peaches, with soft stone fruit characters.
with a dry but creamy finish, soft acid gives a perception of sweetness.
Riesling
Domain road
Central Otago
A long, slow, cool, ferment retains the fruit and varietal
characteristics of the wine with the fermentation stopped
to retain some residual sweetness giving an off-dry style of wine.
Glass
Bottle
14
63