Blind Wine Tasting Showdown: Champagne Exec vs. Wine & Hip-Hop Pro | Bottle Battle

I agree with that so long as I win. Look, everything in France is perfect. I'm the lost son of Burgundy. My name is Jermaine Showtime Stone, a.k.a. The Wolf of Wine, a.k.a. The Czar of Vibes, a.k.a. Young Thanos, because I'm out here collecting infinity stones. Founder of Wine and Hip Hop Podcast. I'm Mathieu Villacar, a.k.a. seventh generation of the Villacar family to live in Champagneville, Castlemont. I don't have any other a.k.a.'s. Mr. Villacar. Exactly, that's the one. Nice to see you, my friend. We're here to bottle battle. Jermaine, I reckon it's white. I think there is a point for the color. I'm kind of feeling a little rosé-ish, but I'm going to steal his answer. You never know with the lighting. Okay, a little pale gold there. Could be a Chenin. In France we know when you don't know what a white crisp wine is, you say it's a Chenin and you're never too far away from the truth. I think that could be it, but it's quite youthful, so you don't get as much as the aromatics. I'm going to steal that. I'm using that, absolutely. It could be Italian. It's not perfect, so maybe it's not French. Everything in France is perfect. You know my name originates from France, right? I know everything about you is French. Exactly, I'm the lost son of Burgundy. I know, I don't think it's French. It doesn't have the accent, listen. Normally, if it's a French wine, it comes with a beret and a bit of garlic around it. Grape varietal, which I don't think it is, but it's the only one I could think of, is Chenin. But I do think it's more like a country like Austria or Germany. The region I wrote, a very long region called No Idea. And the vintage I've said 2022 onwards. I went with Sauvignon Blanc, France, Saint-Cyr, sometime in the 2000s. You know, Germaine, one thing for sure, neither of us are right. I'm fine with that. I'm fine, listen. I think based on that, I would be gobsmacked. I came in letting you know, look, you know what? I'm here to support you today. I'm going to do my best to make you look good. You're the Robin of Batman. I could have thought of that. It's like an Albarino or something like that. Of course, they would throw us way off. Well done. We were both incredibly wrong. You did get it right, it is a white wine. Let's look at the glass half full. The glass half full. It contains sulfite. These are Albarino. I could have thought of that. None of us actually know ----. That's pretty much what we're trying to tell. These are the finest, wisest words about wine. Every time you think you know something, you know nothing. That is the most important lesson. That's quite deep colored. In California. That has weather, that has sunshine. I see California. I was going Tannins and South and then down Pallet. I'm straight in Pinot world. See? We're on the same page right now. If your mind is set on something, it's hard to get it to cloud back. A little vintage there, you're thinking. Old and young. Man, I'm already struggling on the grapevine. Let's not get too carried away. I'm thinking it was harvested between the 6th and the 9th of September. The person picking had a cold that day. I went with Pinot Noir from the United States of America. Sonoma Coast, 2022. I went for Pinot Noir. Country, I went for a region spanning from Chile to South Africa, the neighboring countries. From the well-known region of no idea. And vintage, vintage, I said 2023 onwards. Because it is marked by the yellow badge on the nose. It is incredibly youthful and foot forward. Can I look now? What is it? All right, I got it. Well done, we got the first point. It's Pinot Noir. You were close on vintage. Because these were not white cards. They felt like what? I thought that was the idea of this. That it was all wild cards. Felt like wild cards. I know what it is just by looking at it. I smelled it before it even... Right. Wow, this is dark. This is dark. This is licorice. I have a technical question. Were they all just opened or some of them could have been opened before? Was it 56 minutes? It smells licorice. It smells the color. There is a hint of oxidation there. It could be Bordeaux. This is a high budget. You have a high budget. Lafite then? Lafite 45, I reckon. Well, 1945. You had it last week. That was the other day. Saskia, what's up, man? How was the other day? You were there. It wasn't 45. Was it the 28th? Were you there when we had the 28th? We have to fly the flag. They've got to put a French one in there somewhere. Come on. You're feeling like this is the World Cup. Come on, France. This is La Marseillaise going on just there. First, it was the, I'm going to throw you off. This could be anywhere. Then it's like, okay, US. Boom, Germain. We're going to throw you one. Then, clearly, Mathieu, you've got the next joint. This is from France. We're voting France because if you haven't done it, then I think it's rude. That's all I'm going to say. If it's not French, it's not a mistake. It's rude. I'm writing France and I'm drawing a little French flag because it's got to be French. I'm writing a little heart next to it. I wrote Bordeaux Blend. I don't think you're asking us about percentages of carbonate. Country, I wrote France with a little flag and a heart. Region, Bordeaux. Vintage, I wrote 2019. I got Left Bank, Bordeaux, Blend, France. If you all don't know where Bordeaux is. Region, Bordeaux. Vintage, I was a little off. I just threw 2022. He's going to say Spanish Pinot from 2016. Big reveal. There we go. Wow. Here are the good news. It's Bordeaux. Allez la France. I like it. This is the end of the good news. Clearly, I would have put that. I didn't think Vine had the budget to put in a 20-year-old wine. I'm sorry. Congratulations. I'd like to thank the Academy. My children at home. I see Zeke. I love you. I'll be home soon. He's the host. As a matter of respect, I didn't want to overplay. It's the US home court advantage. In France, I'm sure you got me.