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We Are Pleased to Introduce Our 2019 Wine List. We Have We are pleased to introduce our 2019 wine list. We have listened to our customers feedback, sampled a wide range of wines (this was particularly challenging!) and of course worked closely with our wine suppliers to provide a wine list which befits City Social and the style of cuisine. Our intention is to offer uncompromising quality at affordable prices and we really do feel that these wines deliver on all counts. So, whether you are here on business, for a celebration or just for pleasure, we are confident that you will find a wine to complement the occasion. We hope you enjoy reading our wine list. Sincerely, Head Sommelier Gaetano Giangaspero Please note from time to time vintages may vary All prices are in Pounds Sterling Please note a discretionary service charge of 12.5% will be added. INDEX SIGNATURE COCKTAILS & THE CLASSICS Page 3 SOCIAL BEERS & SOCIAL MIXERS Page 4 SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY Page 4 CHAMPAGNE & APERITIF Page 5 WINE BY THE GLASS Page 6-7 SWEET & FORTIFIED WINE BY THE GLASS Page 8-9 HALF BOTTLES Page 10-11 CHAMPAGNE Page 12-14 DOM PERIGNON COLLECTION Page 15 SPARKLING WINE Page 16 WHITE WINE FRANCE CHAMPAGNE & ALSACE Page 17 LOIRE VALLEY Page 18 BORDEAUX Page 19 JURA, SAVOIE Page 19 BURGUNDY Page 20-23 RHONE VALLEY Page 24 LANGUEDOC/ROUSSILLON, REGIONAL FRANCE & CORSICA Page 25 ITALY Page 26 SPAIN & PORTUGAL Page 27 GERMANY Page 28 AUSTRIA Page 29 REST OF EUROPE Page 30 AUSTRALIA Page 31 NEW ZEALAND Page 32 SOUTH AFRICA Page 33 CHILE, CANADA, USA & URUGUAY Page 34 ROSE’ WINE FRANCE & NEW ZEALAND Page 35 RED WINE CHAMPAGNE, JURA, LOIRE VALLEY Page 36 BORDEAUX Page 37-40 BURGUNDY, BEAUJOLAIS Page 41-45 RHONE VALLEY Page 45-46 PROVENCE, LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON & CORSICA Page 47 ITALY Page 48-50 SPAIN Page 51 PORTUGAL Page 52 AUSTRIA & GERMANY Page 52 REST OF EUROPE Page 52 SOUTH AFRICA Page 53 AUSTRALIA Page 54-55 NEW ZEALAND Page 56 UNITED STATES & CANADA Page 57-58 ARGENTINA & CHILE Page 59 CHINA Page 59 SWEET Page 60-62 CHÂTEAU D'YQUEM COLLECTION Page 63 FORTIFIED WINES Page 64-65 LARGE FORMATS Page 66-70 2 S I G N A T U R E C O C K T A I L S Summer Breeze 12.00 Ketel one, watermelon syrup, Edinburgh pomegranate & rose liquor, lemon juice, egg white Meravigliosa 12.00 Ketel one infused with Lavender, clear grapefruit juice, Italicus Social tai 12.00 Mount gay rum, Wray & Nephew over proof rum, lime juice, pineapple syrup, Fortunella liquor Reina del Sol 12.00 Arette tequila, Cointreau, Ratafia, lime juice, pineapple tepache Sea Waves 12.00 Edinburgh sea gin, Social liquor, pineapple squash, pineapple & passion fruit foam Bubbles…Bish!!! 13.00 Waqar Pisco, cucumber syrup, lime juice, Moët & Chandon Champagne American Aperitif 12.00 Bulleit bourbon, lemon juice, passion fruit syrup, aperitif essence made of Aperol & Italicus, orange bitter, Bitters Betters Hennessey Old fashioned 13.00 Hennessey V.S Cognac, almond syrup, Frangelico liquor, Peychaud bitter T H E C L A S S I C S Aperol Spritz 9.00 Aperol, Prosecco, soda water Aviation 10.00 Bombay Sapphire gin, lemon, maraschino Luxardo, Violette Bloody Mary 9.00 Ketel One vodka, tomato juice, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, lemon, salt, pepper Boulevardier 10.00 Bulleit Bourbon, Campari, Cocchi di Torino vermouth Clover Club 10.00 Bombay Sapphire gin, lemon, egg white, raspberry syrup Daiquiri 10.00 Bacardi rum, sugar, lime Margarita 10.00 Arette tequila, lime, Contreau Negroni 10.00 Bombay Sapphire gin, Campari, Cocchi di Torino vermouth 3 SOCIAL BOTTLES Peroni 4.50 Z.E.E.P Mediterranean Pale, UK 3.5 % 5.00 Untitled IPA, UK 5.5 % 5.50 BrewDog Punk IPA 5.6 % 6.00 SOCIAL MIXERS Hendrick’s, Indian Tonic, Mint, Violet, Cucumber 10.00 Cambridge Dry Gin, Mint Spring, Olive Bitter, Tonic Water 12.00 Bosford Rose Pink Gin, Maraschino Liqueur, Franklin & Son’s Rhubarb, hibiscus Tonic 10.00 Panarea Island Gin & Aromatic citrus Tonic 12.00 Edinburgh Gin, Rosemary, Grapefruit, Light Tonic & Orange Bitters 10.00 Martin Miller’s, Indian Tonic, Orange, Raspberries 10.00 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SPLINTER & TONIC 7.00 Seedlip 108 & and aromatic tonic MELONCELLO 7.00 Melon, syrup, melon juice, lemon juice, Egg White, melon meringue LIQUOR ICED TEA 7.00 Liquorice and peppermint tea, Citrus Sugar, Light tonic SPICY BREAKFAST 7.00 Kiwi Puree, banana syrup, pineapple juice, Spicy banana chips 4 WINE BY THE GLASS CHAMPAGNE 125ml Moët et Chandon, Grand Vintage, Brut 2012 16.50 125ml Dom Pérignon, Brut 2008 38.00 Dom Pérignon, ‘’Plénitude 2‘’ 2002 75.00 ROSE CHAMPAGNE 125ml Ruinart, Rosé, Brut NV 19.00 SPARKLING WINE 125ml Gusbourne, Blanc de Blanc, Kent, England 2014 17.50 SHERRY 100ml Amontillado, Bodega La Cigarrera NV 9.50 5 WINE BY THE GLASS WHITE 125ml 175ml Tokaji Dry, Château Dereszla, Hungary 2018 7.00 10.00 Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur Lie, Gras Moutons, Haute Févrie, Loire Valley, France 2017 9.00 12.00 Riesling, Maximin Grunhaus, Monopol, Mosel, Germany 2017 9.50 13.00 Grüner Veltliner ‘Weinzielberg’, Stadt Krems, Austria 2018 10.00 14.00 Chardonnay, Calera, Central Coast, U.S.A. 2015 13.00 19.00 Sauvignon Blanc, Cloudy Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand 2018 14.50 22.00 Chassagne-Montrachet, Domaine Bertrand Bachelet, Burgundy, France 2017 24.00 34.00 WHITE WINE 50ml 125ml 175ml Riesling, Joh. Jos. Prum, Graacher Himmelreich, Auslese, Goldkapsel, Germany 2016 17 35 56 Bourgogne Blanc, Arnaud Ente, France 2015 22 55 78 Ornellaia Bianco, Ornellaia, Italy 2015 23 50 82 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru, Domaine de Montille, France 2010 25 58 88 Meursault 1er Cru Sous le Dos d'Âne, Domaine Leflaive, France 2016 26 56 95 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, France 2008 50 110 175 6 WINE BY THE GLASS ROSÉ 125ml 175ml Touraine Rosé `Les Cabotines`, Domaine Joël Delaunay, Touraine, Loire 2018 9.00 12.00 RED 125ml 175ml Château Pesquié, Le Paradou, Ventoux, France 2017 7.50 10.50 Garnacha `Mimetic`, Gallina de Piel, Spain 2018 9.00 12.00 Blaufrankisch, Muhr van der Niepoort, Samt & Seide, Austria 2016 11.50 16.00 Côtes du Rhône ‘Brézème’, Éric Texier 2017 13.00 18.50 Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot, Leeuwin Estate, Prelude, Australia 2012 14.00 20.00 Shiraz/Grenache/Mataro, Henry's Seven, SGV, Henschke, Barossa, Australia 2016 16.50 24.00 Gevrey-Chambertin, Domaine Duroche, Burgundy, France 2017 23.00 32.50 Cabernet Sauvignon, The Ranch, Snowden Vineyards, Napa Valley 2014 26.50 37.00 RED WINE 50ml 125ml 175ml Carmenère ‘Purple Angel`, Vina Montes, Chile 2016 12 28 39 Vega Sicilia, Valbuena 5º, Ribera del Douro, Spain 2014 22 55 68 Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Italy 2014 25 62 88 Château Latour, 1er Grand Cru Classé, Pauillac, France 1985 47 118 175 Vosne-Romanée ‘Cuvee Duvault-Blochet’, DRC, France 1999 99 255 390 Château Mouton Rothschild, 1er Cru Classé, Pauillac, France 1982 100 250 380 7 BY THE GLASS SWEET 100ml France Cider Poiré ‘Granit’, Château de Hauteville, Normandie 2017 8.00 Château de Cérons, Cérons, Bordeaux 2009 11.00 Maury Tradition, Domaine de la Coume du Roy, Roussillon 2015 11.00 Château Rieussec, Sauternes 2015 19.00 Domaine Barmes Buecher, Cuvee Sophie, Vendange Tardive, Alsace 2007 22.00 Italy `Ben Ryé`, Passito di Pantelleria, Donnafugata 2016 30.00 Japan Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu Plum, Akashi-Tai, Hyogo, Sake NV 9.50 Hungary Disznoko Mad Tokaj Aszu 5 Puttonyos 2008 28.00 100ml France Chateau Chalon, Domaine Chevassu-Fassenet, Vin Jaune, Jura 1999 25 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 1er Cru Classé, Sauternes 2014 35 Chateau Suduiraut, 1er Grand Cru Classé, Creme de Tete, Sauternes 1989 70 South Africa Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance 2008 35 Canada Rebel Pi, Roussanne 2016 25 8 BY THE GLASS PORT 100ml Tawny Quinta do Passadouro LBV 2012 11.00 Graham's, Tawny (Rehoboam) 20 Y.O. 17.00 Graham's, Tawny (Rehoboam) 40 Y.O. 45.00 Graham's, Single Harvest Tawny (Rehoboam) 1994 25.00 MADEIRA 100ml Barbeito, Malvasia Old Reserve 10YRS 13.50 H.M. Borges Sercial 1999 18.50 H.M. Borges Sercial 1990 30.00 SHERRY 100ml Very Old Oloroso, Don José Maria, Vinicola Soto NV 9.00 Amontillado, Bodega La Cigarrera NV 9.50 Pedro Ximenez, Solera 1910, Bodegas Alvear, Montilla-Moriles NV 35.00 SAKE 100ml Shiraume Ginjo Umeshu Plum, Akashi-Tai, Hyogo NV 9.50 Honjozo Genshu, Akashi-Tai, Hyogo NV 11.00 9 HALF BOTTLES CHAMPAGNE 4253 AR Lenoble, Brut intense NV 65 4178 Philipponnat, Royale Réserve, Brut NV 65 4177 Perrier Jouët, Grand Brut NV 70 4254 Ruinart, R de Ruinart NV 78 4181 Ruinart, Blanc de Blanc NV 95 4002 Krug, Grande Cuvée NV 145 HALF BOTTLES ROSE CHAMPAGNE 4179 Philipponnat, Royale Réserve, Brut, Rosé NV 68 4182 Ruinart, Rose NV 95 HALF BOTTLES WHITE FRANCE BURGUNDY Meursault 4223 Jean-Philippe Fichet 2016 90 4222 Domaine Coche-Bizouard, Les Chevalières 2015 80 Puligny-Montrachet 3939 Domaine Alain Chavy, 1er Cru Les Folatières 2015 110 6158 Jean Marc Boillot 2015 98 Chassagne-Montrachet 6158 Domaine Philippe Colin 2016 98 Montagny 6159 Jean Marc Boillot, 1er cru 2018 55 Macon Uchizy 4140 Gerard et Philibert Talmard 2018 25 LOIRE VALLEY 4005 Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie, Pierre Luneau-Papin 2017 45 AUSTRIA KREMSTAL 3939 Riesling, ‘Pfaffenberg’, Rainer Wess 2015 110 GERMANY MOSEL 1978 Riesling, Schloss Lieser, Lieser Niederberg Helden, Spätlese 2006 82 10 HALF BOTTLES RED FRANCE BURGUNDY 6160 Brouilly, Reverdon, Chateau Thivin 2016 48 4256 Cote de Nuits Villages, Domaine Gerard Julien & Fils 2016 56 4131 Morey St Denis, Domaine Heresztyn, Clos St Denis, Grand Cru 2006 150 6161 Chambolle-Musigny, Vielles Vignes, Fedric Magnien 2014 75 BORDEAUX 6153 Petit Cheval, 2nd wine from Château Cheval Blanc 2005 250 4139 Château Méaume, Bordeaux Supérieur
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