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2015 Alpha Omega Era

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased direct from winery

Ends Sunday, 7pm Pacific

RATINGS

98Jeb Dunnuck

Cassis, toasty oak, licorice, smoked tobacco, damp earth, and graphite all flow to a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon that’s impeccably balanced, has building, sweet tannin, and serious length.

95The Wine Advocate

Full-bodied, richly fruited and packed with expressive black berry preserves and savory notions, it has a gorgeous velvety and lively backbone with some spicy nuances coming through on the long finish.

94Wine Spectator

Strikingly complex, deep and layered, with tiers of dark berry, mocha, licorice and gravel flavors, enlivened by a soothing texture.

94James Suckling

This is a big and juicy wine with so much fruit and chocolate character. Full and layered with round and ripe tannins. A long, flavorful finish.

92+ Vinous / IWC

Plum, lavender, mocha and bittersweet chocolate are some of the many notes that are pushed forward.

REGION

United States, California, Napa Valley

Napa Valley AVA is the most famous winemaking region in the United States and one of the most prestigious in the world. With nearly 43,000 acres of vineyards and more than 300 wineries, it is the heart of fine wine production in the United States. Winemaking started in Napa in 1838 when George C. Yount planted grapes and began producing wine commercially. Other winemaking pioneers followed in the late 19th century, including the founders of Charles Krug, Schramsberg, Inglenook and Beaulieu Vineyards. An infestation of phylloxera, an insect that attacks vine roots, and the onset of Prohibition nearly wiped out the nascent Napa wine industry in the early 20th century. But by the late 1950s and early 1960s Robert Mondavi and other visionaries were producing quality wines easily distinguishable from the mass-produced jug wines made in California’s Central Valley. Napa Valley’s AVA was established in 1983, and today there are 16 sub-appellations within the Napa Valley AVA. Many grapes grow well in Napa’s Mediterranean climate, but the region is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay is also very successfully cultivated, and about 30% of the AVA’s acreage is planted to white grapes, with the majority of those grapes being Chardonnay,