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Joseph Phelps Insignia(2002)

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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mwmeyers312
July 2008

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Stephen Tanzer
International Wine Cellar
Issue 120, May/June 2005
95/100
July 2007
($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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Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate
Issue 162
95/100
July 2007
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James Laube
Wine Spectator
96/100
July 2007
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CATCO
New York, NY
May 2008

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