Chateau Nicot 2006 aka "The Princess Wine"

MONDAY MARCH 14th 2011 (Pt. 2 of 4)

Album: "Mine is Yours" by Cold War Kids (vinyl)

Chateau Nicot 2006 aka "The Princess Wine"

Bordeaux, France.

There is some confusion in regards to the region of origin for this wine and the difference between Bourgogne and Bordeaux. It is confirmed by T.B. that this wine is from Bordeaux. L.S. confirms [using Google maps] that these are in fact two separate regions in France.

L.S. "Okay, so it's a Bordeaux."

A.V. "No it's a Cab Sauv."

A.D.M. "It's from Bordeaux."

L.S. "It's bottled in castle and aged in the bottle."

A.V. "Oh, it's a princess wine."

L.S. announces it's graded XD for Extra Dry. N.A. states that she has a feeling it will be sweet.

Nose & Bouquet

"Alcohol-y" "Juicy Fruit" "Jammy" "Red Meat" "Very leggy" "Anise"

Taste & Structure

"Jammy" "Smokey" "Tannic" "Pizza!" "Tomatoes"

Finish

"Anise" "Mushroom finish" "Super short"

In detail

A.D.M. "Who said 'juicy fruit'?"

T.B. "I said 'juicy' 'fruit'"

N.A. "I can drink this no problem. This is rolling off the tongue"

T.B. "Just write 'jammy'"

N.A. "Once I drank a whole bottle of Chianti alone and it was the best night of my life. I woke up and saw the empty bottle, a [Swiss Chalet] chicken carcass, and my underwear on the floor and I was like 'what happened?'"

T.B. "Star of Ah-niss"

N.A. "Piave goes very well with this."

A.D.M. "Because of the pizza!"

N.A. notes that stemless wine glasses are not appropriate for whites and not large enough for a proper swirl and A.V. notes that she is getting fingerprints all over the glass from eating too many chips. L.S. asks what do they want, she just purchased the stemless glasses today.

5/5 like this wine.