Omen Origins Zinfandel
WHY WE LOVE IT
- 100% AVA Grapes – Only top quality fruit from AVA vineyards is obtained.
- Vegan Friendly – Low Sulfites – No Residual Sugar – No Additives.
Varietal Composition: 93% Zinfandel, 7% Petite Sirah
Breakdown: 93% Zinfandel (Sierra Moon Vineyard-Fair Play AVA, Sierra Foothills, CA), 7% Petite Sirah (Element 79 Vineyard-Fair Play AVA, Sierra Foothills).
Elaboration: Each vineyard is picked separately, crushed/de-stemmed, cold soaked for three days and the grapes are fermented at 85 degrees fahrenheit. They undergo 10-20 days of skin maceration, and are aged and blended in French oak for 9 months before being released.
Just south of Placerville, at an elevation of 2400 feet you will find the Fair Play AVA. High mountainsides and deep granite soils develop grapes for intense wines. It’s astounding to us that this area has been growing incredible wine grapes since the California Gold Rush, yet it is still a relatively unknown, untapped goldmine of high quality fruit!
Tasting Notes: Lush and fruity.
“This perfumed, full-bodied and well-built wine starts with aromas of cedar, toasted oak and wild berries, followed by rich and ripe blackberry and raspberry flavors that are generously spiced with clove, cedar and cinnamon from oak aging.” ~ Jim Gordon, Wine Enthusiast
PRESS
2018 – 91 Wine Enthusiast
2015 – 90 Wine Enthusiast
PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Omen is produced by Atlas Wine Co, a new generation winery with family roots and that specializes in a vineyard to bottle approach with minimal winemaking intervention. Atlas Wine Co. was created in 2014 by three families and is currently operated by those same families – The Belli’s, The Cybulski’s, and The Remy’s. Their brand, Omen, is dedicated to the movement of Craft. Finding some of the best-hidden gem wine appellations throughout the West Coast. Omen wines are meant to be bold, with a lot of personalities.