Color: a blend of dark ink and coffee with hints of crimson and brick on the rim. On the nose: very expressive fresh fruit like black cherry, cassis and jam with wood, pepper and cinnamon balanced with coconut, milk chocolate, vanilla flower and violet. On the palate: sweet attack turning into a festival of jams of blackberry and raspberry balanced with fresh oranges, tobacco and orange chocolate.

Color: deep black cherry with touches of ruby and purple on the rim On the nose: explosion of black currant and blackberry balanced with spices of cedar, cigar, nutmeg, black pepper and thyme with hints of rose petal, lavender and violet On the palate: dense entrance of fresh picked blackberry balanced with fresh acidity and velvety tannins, spices, oak, licorice, plum, chocolate and raspberry evolving on black currant jam

Review

"Structure defines this wine. It has a great architecture of tannins, acids and oak, with a firm, dry finish. That stands it in stark relief to today's modern cult style of fruity softness, and to the wine's credit. It's Bordeaux-like, with cherry, currant, herb and cedar flavors, and should develop over the next decade. A winery to watch." - Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Wine maker notes

2005 was a very high yield year where only the people that heavily dropped fruit succeeded in making great wine. The consequences when the plant has more and you reduce it, is you have very powerful grapes. The winemaker adapted to that, and extracted quite a bit with a long cold soak and a slow but steady fermentation. All of this is maximized by the fact that the wines are unfined and unfiltered. But by adding more Merlot it changed the balance completely and makes it a more feminine and round wine. * Information obtained from www.aowinery.

Technical notes

69% Cabernet Sauvignon and 31%Merlot. Fermented in stainless steel and aged in oak for 24 months (59% New Oak and 41% 1-2year old barrels). Grapes obtained from a variety of appellations both valley floor and hillside to maximize diversity: Yountville, Oakville, Rutherford, Spring Mountain. 1,000 cases produced.

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Alpha Omega, located on the legendary Rutherford Bench in the heart of Napa Valley, is one of Napa’s newest boutique wineries. Surrounded by vineyards and mountains, this rustic farm style winery’s beauty is as captivating as the wine. Alpha Omega’s extraordinary winemakers, along with historic vineyards, combine to create wines that uniquely express the essence of this famous wine region. Talented young winemaker Jean Hoefliger has teamed up with one of the world’s finest palates, Michel Rolland. Alpha Omega’s winemakers are creating wines that reflect their passion and express the unique terroir that is Napa Valley by sourcing prized grapes from the various terroirs of Napa Valley - the valley floor, hillside, mountain and coast. The winemakers believe that by blending the essence of these select terroirs, they can handcraft finesse-driven, complex and balanced wines that express the aromatic profile of the best Napa Valley has to offer. Hoefliger and Rolland’s combined award winning winemaking techniques are creating elegant, approachable and perfectly balanced world class wines of the highest quality through blending the best of Old World and New World wine styles. A gifted young winemaker and a master winemaker are discovering together the excitement of creating world-class wine from world-class grapes in world-class terroir for Alpha Omega. *Information obtained from www.aowinery.com