The End of Western Civilization As We Know It...Again

Interesting article in Forbes:
ReplicaWines

on Replica Wines, a company that chemically replicates wines & sells them at a cheaper price to milennials.

The wines they choose to replicate??
Kendall-Jackson VintnersReserve Chard, JoelGott Cabernet, and two Meiomi, PinotNoir & PrisonerRed.

Sorta makes me roll my eyes and ponder...why bother??

Anybody tried a Replica Wine alongside the original?? Or even one by itself??

Tom

Yep Tom, I bought a couple bottles of the Replica Block P... 2014 Red Blend. abv of 15.2% not hot at all but VERY extracted, kinda reminded me of Ch. St. Michelle "Indian Wells" Cabernet but even more extracted than that. I have a rather thin whimpy 2011 Cal. cab. that I will blend with the Replica 50/50 and hopefully get two bottles of enjoyable cabernet-ish wine. It should be more interesting that either bottling by itself.

Yep Tom, I bought a couple bottles of the Replica Block P... 2014 Red Blend. abv of 15.2% not hot at all but VERY extracted, kinda reminded me of Ch. St. Michelle "Indian Wells" Cabernet but even more extracted than that. I have a rather thin whimpy 2011 Cal. cab. that I will blend with the Replica 50/50 and hopefully get two bottles of enjoyable cabernet-ish wine. It should be more interesting that either bottling by itself.

Jeez, Jim....you don't feel the least bit guilty on contributing to the end of Western Civilization??
Thanks for taking one for the team. I've not seen any on the shelves around here.
Tom

Wild. I might be interested in trying them side-by-side.

Hmmm, this says they "replicate" with 90 or 95% accuracy depending on which set of characteristics you're measuring.

Totally coincidentally, the Smithsonian says that the genetic overlap between humans and rhesus monkeys is about 93%.

Hey Tom, I'm not worried about the end of Western Civilization. The "Donald" will get us there pronto!