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Joseph Phelps Insignia 2002

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Winery:
Joseph Phelps Winery
Varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region:
USA > California > Napa
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2017
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User Tags:  berry, resinous, fruit, rich, smooth, bramble fruits, blackberry, oak, balance, color descriptors 


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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

Nice balance, with spice, herb, currant and cedary lead pencil flavors. Turns elegant and polished, firming up on the finish, where the tannins flex their strength.

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Rating: 95/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 120, May/June 2005 ($150; a blend of 78% cabernet sauvignon, 14% merlot, 7% petit verdot and 1% malbec) Ruby-red. Sexy aromas of black raspberry, cedar, coffee, tobacco and bitter chocolate. Lush and smooth on entry, then dense and juicy in the middle, with intense, layered, sharply delineated dark berry and dark chocolate flavors saturating the entire palate. A powerful wine that is already quite expressive. Builds impressively on the back half, showing superb extract and a sweet finishing flavor of dark chocolate. This is consistently one of California 's very few great cabernet-based wines that is read more...


 

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Source: JJ Buckley
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...Once again showing the extraordinary combination of polish, fruity depth and wonderfully rich oak that is particular to the very best of the Insignia lineup, this concentrated, intensely aromatic wine comes up long on character and style. Its evid... Connoisseur's Guide. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2002 Phelps, Joseph Insignia Proprietary Red Wine 1500ml


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Source: JJ Buckley
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A rich, polished, seductive style with layers of complexity built around a dense, concentrated mix of currant, blackberry, plum and exotic mocha- and cedar-scented oak. This mouthcoating young wine is powerful yet elegant and deftly balanced, finishi... Wine Spectator. A Proprietary Blend wine from California in USA. 2002 Phelps, Joseph Insignia Proprietary Red Wine 750ml


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Jancis
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Rating: 15/20 - As reviewed by Jancis Robinson Very healthy crimson - more nuanced to look at than most of the California wines. Sweet, alcoholic overripe nose though. Not appetising. Very simple drying tannins and ordinary fruit. Not completely exaggerated but not a pleasure to drink.


 

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