Cabernet Sauvignon, Omega, Viña VIK 2022
Wine Spectator 91
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Why this wine
VIK built this estate from the soil up, with 6,000 analyses behind the planting and 10,000 vines to the hectare. Omega is the accessible end of that work: Cabernet-led, polished and balanced rather than heavy. It offers serious Chilean winemaking at a price that does not ask for a special occasion.
At a glance
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon 88%, Carménère 10%, Syrah 2%
- Region
- Valle de Cachapoal, Chile
- Alcohol
- 14.00%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Short (3-5 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Cheese, Barbecue
How it tastes
Ripe dark fruit with a strawberry note lifting it and a touch of spice behind. Medium-bodied and balanced, the tannins subtle and rounded, the finish long and clean. Cabernet Sauvignon 88%, Carménère 10%, Syrah 2%.
The producer
Alex and Carrie Vik bought 4,400 hectares at Millahue in the Cachapoal Valley in 2004 after two years of research, and planted 327 hectares across twelve small valleys; Millahue means "place of gold" in Chile's indigenous language, and the estate was named the best vineyard in South America in the 2025 World's Best Vineyards awards. More than 6,000 soil analyses matched variety and rootstock to ground that runs from colluvial and alluvial to sand, clay and gravel, and the vines are planted at 10,000 per hectare, cropped to twelve bunches each, half massale selection and half chosen clones, sustainably farmed and hand-picked. Winemaker Cristian Vallejo works with minimal intervention: the sorted fruit was fermented with wild yeasts in temperature-controlled 18,000-litre steel tanks in the gravity-fed cellar, went through malolactic conversion, then spent 12 months in French barriques, a mix of used, recycled and "barroir" barrels coopered at the winery. Drought made 2022 a hard year in Cachapoal, but it gave fresh, concentrated wines.
Food and drinking
Serve at 16-18°C. Good with roast beef, lamb shoulder, grilled aubergine with herbs, or a firm Manchego. Drinking well now and through to around 2030; give it 30 to 45 minutes in a decanter. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.