Recently I haven’t had good luck with French wines. When I took a trip to pick up a bottle of wine recently for some reason I was compelled to have a French wine. Now generally French wines are classified by their origin but some are allowed to use a varietal on the label. This category of French wines is called Vin de Pays. At first I looked for a French Vin de Pays I’ve enjoyed in the past called Georges Duboeuf Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is a good non expensive French wine that is priced to be enjoyed often. The store didn’t have it so I looked around for another French Vin De Pays Cabernet. I found Re’serve Maison Nicolas Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 for $8 for a 750 ML bottle.
When I first tried Re’serve Maison Nicolas Cabernet Sauvignon I thought I was going to have flashbacks to the poor French wines I had previously. Now I’m over that impression and since I’ve had it few times in the past 3 days I can say its not bad. It also far from great but at its price point its a fair choice. Well its imperative that I mention that in the same price range I would rather have Mascarelli Montepulciano Di Abruzzo, Sacred Stone Red Masters Blend (the topic of one of my previous posts) or in the Cabernet line: Beringer Stone Cellars. Anyways back to Re’serve Maison Nicolas Cabernet Sauvignon. So I’d have to say that this wine’s weakness to me is its entry or when you first have a taste. The wine’s strength (again this is my opinion) is how it finishes. As I sit here now and have this wine I do like the taste it leaves on my tongue after about 10 seconds though don’t expect fireworks.
When I searched around the internet I found that there isn’t much written on Re’serve Masion Nicolas Cabernet Sauvignon. Is this surprising? I don’t think so as it is an average wine . So as far a rating, the low 80s like an 81 would be fair. In closing I’m can say I’m satisfied with this wine as I feel that I got some value for my money but I’m not jumping for joy either.
I have a case of Reserve Masion nicolas carbernet sauvignon 2001. Is it worh anything?
Sorry but its an average wine at best so its not probably not worth anymore than you payed for it if anything. Its geared more toward consumption right away and not collecting.