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1987 Phelps, Joseph Insignia Proprietary Red Wine

Proprietary Blend: 750ml

$200.00

about this wine:

The flagship wine, Insignia, is recognized as one of the world's great wines. Thirty vintages have been rated ninety or more points by various wine publications. The 2002 vintage was "Wine of the Year" by Wine Spectator Magazine.

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points awarded:
WS 96

96 points,

Wine Spectator, December 1997

Magnificent. Dark, ripe, dense, chewy and enormously concentrated, it's clearly one of the stars of the vintage. Packed with rich currant, mineral, earth, cedar, spice, anise and coffee notes, it turns plush and thick on the finish, where the flavors are young and vibrant. A wonderful aftertaste keeps pumping out the flavors.--1987 California Cabernet horizontal. Drink now through 2004. 2,500 cases made. –JL


96 points,

Wine Spectator, December 1997

Magnificent. Dark, ripe, dense, chewy and enormously concentrated, it's clearly one of the stars of the vintage. Packed with rich currant, mineral, earth, cedar, spice, anise and coffee notes, it turns plush and thick on the finish, where the flavors are young and vibrant. A wonderful aftertaste keeps pumping out the flavors.--1987 California Cabernet horizontal. Drink now through 2004. 2,500 cases made. –JL


About Winery

In the late 60s, Joseph Phelps was running one of the largest construction companies in the U.S. when he won the bid to build Souverain Winery (now Rutherford Hill) located a few miles outside of St. Helena. Enamored with the beautiful Napa Valley and contemplating a career change, in 1973 he bought the 600-acre Connolly cattle ranch in Spring Valley, and began planting vineyards. The winery was completed in 1974 and that same year the first Syrah was made, the first grapes were crushed at the new facility and the first Insignia was produced. It was a period of unparalleled activity, creativity, ingenuity, entrepreneurship and risk-taking and it put Joe Phelps on the map of top Napa Valley wine producers.

Over the years, the goal of becoming 100% estate grown resulted in carefully planned acquisitions of prime vineyards in the Napa Valley. Today, the Phelps estate consists of the Spring Valley Home Ranch outside of St. Helena, Banca Dorada in Rutherford, Las Rocas and Barboza vineyards in Stags Leap, Yountville Vineyard in Oak Knoll, Suscol Vineyard in South Napa and Backus Vineyard in Oakville.

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