1999 Joseph Phelps Insignia Proprietary Red Wine

Proprietary Blend - 1.5L
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REVIEWS

CG 91 WA 91 WS 91 JR 90
CG 91

Connoisseur's Guide, September 2002

...Always in the hunt for top honors in any vintage Phelps's tete du cuvee scores big points again for its stunning impressions of fruity depth its appointment of lovely oak and its altogether impeccable sense of balance...
WA 91

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, November 2013

The 1999 possesses a healthy deep ruby/purple color along with an open-knit, sweet, candied nose of red and black currants, loamy soil, underbrush and forest floor as well as a touch of oak. This medium-bodied, fresh...
WS 91

Wine Spectator, January 2009

Complex, with mature herb, dried currant, fresh earth and sage flavors that are focused and concentrated, gaining depth and complexity from midpalate on and then firming up and ending with chewy tannins. Cabernet...
JR 90

Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, March 2013

Lustrous crimson. Young and fresh and vital on the nose. Racy and silky with quite a bit of alcohol on the finish but lots of vitality too. Still very youthful and unresolved.

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Proprietary Blend
Country USA
Region California
Sub-region North Coast
Appellation Napa
Vintage 1999
Size 1.5L

First produced from the iconic 1974 vintage, Phelps Insignia is the first proprietary Bordeaux-style blend produced in California. Primarily Cabernet Sauvignon, each vintage is comprised of the best grapes from Joseph Phelps Vineyards, initially from both grower and estate fruit, and beginning with the 2004 vintage, from entirely estate-grown fruit sources. Grapes from six of the Joseph Phelps estate vineyards go into Insignia: Spring Valley Home Ranch Vineyard in St. Helena, Banca Dorada Vineyard on the Rutherford Bench, Las Rocas and Barboza Vineyards in the Stags Leap District, Yountville Vineyard in the Oak Knoll District and Suscol Vineyard in South Napa Valley.