Walk the streets today and you’ll see them: the robots of the 70s and 80s. Remember them? We sold them a dream of Cylons and The Terminator, a world where they were the driving force behind all major decisions and actions. They grew up watching Westworld and The Black Hole and knowing, just knowing, that one day they would be the ones in charge. But now? Now the Thomas Alexander Winery turns around and slaps those robots across their often-faceless metal faces.
Because these three bottles of Rhone Inspired 2009 Les Origines didn’t begin with nuclear-powered metal claws. This wine began with hand-picked grapes- by human hands! -from the early morning harvest, crushed and cooled before the onset of fermentation began. And this wine wasn’t carried by harsh cyber-creatures to some futuristic metal cans. Nope, the Thomas Alexander Winery uses wooden French Oak barrels, in a regimen that allows for a better balance between grape and oak organoleptic properties. Do you think a robot would ever come up with a word as unwieldy as organoleptic? Or flavors that mix soft mineral notes with the spice of dark plums and berries? Or a nose with wild berries and a hint of oaken forest? That’s the kind of thing only a human could do!
The 2009 Les Origines was made to reproduce the Old World style of the Southern Rhone and Chateauneuf du Pape, and that’s wonderful, but what place is there for robots in a classic Old World design? We told them they’d be crushing our civilizations and invading our moon bases, not waiting on the corner with tomorrow’s trash. Remember, please, that buying this Thomas Alexander Rhone-Inspired Red 2009 Les Origines is like telling a robot it just doesn’t matter, or telling the world that classic tradition is more important than eye-catching chrome.
Please, think of the robots.
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