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4.5 Star Rating

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Winery:
Joseph Phelps Winery
Varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:
USA > California > Napa
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2016
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User Tags:  resinous, berry, oak, fruit, balance, rich, black currant, closed, dessert, stone fruits 


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What to Expect

California's Napa Valley has been a source of world-class Cabernet Sauvignon for well over a century. Its warm climate and varied terrain allows for many styles of wine. One thread that runs through almost all the Cabernet based wines from Napa is their lush, ripe full-bodied feel and rich flavors of currant and berry. Wines from the valley floor, particularly around Rutherford, are famed for a dusty quality and those coming from the hillsides surrounding the valley, Mt. Veeder, Diamond Mountain and Howell Mountain for example, tend to be a little leaner with more obvious structural elements.

Winemakers Notes

With complex aromas of black cherry, plum, chocolate, currant and toasty oak, the wine displays layers of flavor and richness that disguise its power and longevity. Beautifully crafted and balanced, Insignia reflects a new level of quality from both the vineyards and the growing regions.

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Source: JJ Buckley
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...Wild aromas of black cherry, black raspberry, currant, game, espresso and licorice, with a liqueur-like sweetness. Then fat, broad and sweet, with impressively deep flavors of black raspberry, minerals and dark chocolate. Lush and large-scaled, bu... Stephen Tanzer. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2001 Phelps, Joseph Insignia Proprietary Red Wine 6000ml


January 2009

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[LBK: steak, portos, tomatoes] Initially felt tight and extracted. The nose was great with ripe, lush fruit, smoke and some mint; smelled like Napa; on the palate, menthol, smoke, and tannins. Over 3 hours, settled down with cassis, smoke, mint, minerals, and big tannins. By the 5 hour mark, the tannins and menthol qualities felt more in balance. Overall though it lacks balance, it may be better than the ’97. Look forward to sampling over the next 5-7 years.


March 2005

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Wine.com

With complex aromas of black cherry, plum, chocolate, currant and toasty oak, the wine displays layers of flavor and richness that disguise its power and longevity. Beautifully crafted and balanced, Insignia reflects a new level of quality from both the vineyards and the growing regions. A triumph. Aged nearly two years in all-new French oak, this massive wine stuns with its superb balance. Manages the elusive challenge of reining in hugely ripe black currant, cherry and oak flavors and sweet tannins while keeping the palate impression soft and alluring, almost feminine. Just gorgeous right read more...


 

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Rating: 4/5 - As reviewed by Decanter Cassis and coffee aromas. Soft textured and fresh. Flavours of coffee, cedar, chocolate and cassis. Very long length. Drink up to 2015.


 

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Source: JJ Buckley
Fine Wines


...Wild aromas of black cherry, black raspberry, currant, game, espresso and licorice, with a liqueur-like sweetness. Then fat, broad and sweet, with impressively deep flavors of black raspberry, minerals and dark chocolate. Lush and large-scaled, bu... Stephen Tanzer. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2001 Phelps, Joseph Insignia Proprietary Red Wine 750ml


October 2009

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Snooth User: 97mjr
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[burgers] last taste in Oct was great but more closed down then 2 previous encounters will hold the remaining for >1 year, but if only 1 would hold til 2009


February 2006

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