If you've ever listened to a sommelier ramble on about tannins or whatever, you were probably surprised to learn about all of the seemingly miniscule environmental and chemical elements that have an impact on how wine hits the tongue. Even so, I'm almost certain the rhythmic frequencies that were attached to this Nier Automata-branded wine barrel as it aged, as immaculately vibey as they no doubt were, had absolutely no effect on how the wine actually tastes. It was just for fun.
And it is fun! I'll admit, if it weren't for the roughly (converted from Japanese Yen), I would probably be buying 's slightly out-of-left-field Nier Automata wine (cheers, BrandoSP and ). The kit comes with two bottles - each aged to their own differently curated Nier playlists - as well as two lovely glasses emblazoned with the Lunar Tear. But my skepticism aside, it's the novelty of knowing the wine you're drinking spent time - years, potentially, depending on the vintage - vibing out to Nier Automata's stellar OST that elevates this sublimely stupid marketing gimmick into impulse buy territory.
You can see in the image below that the barrels were actually wired up with speakers while the wine aged, which could only have been Yoko Taro's idea. Of the two varieties, the 2B vintage has been forced to contemplate its own existence to the existential vibrations of The Sound of the End, Rebirth & Hope, Crumbling Lines, Girl's Memories, and perhaps most devastating of all, the English version of Weight .
