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2004 Joseph Phelps - Insignia Bordeaux Blend - USA - California - Napa - Napa Valley - Red

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USA - California - Napa - Napa Valley

Red Bordeaux Blend
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Since its founding in 1972, Joseph Phelps Vineyards has been on the cutting edge of many California wine developments. From the Bordeaux-blend Insignia, first made in 1974 and Wine Spectator's wine of the year for the 2002 vintage; to the resurrection of California Syrah, also first produced in 1974, the winery has earned critical acclaim for its many estate-grown wines.
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94
WA 95
WS 94
IWC 93(+?)
Drink Dates
Comm: 2010-2017 WA: 2007-2027 WS: 2010-2020
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IWC 93(+?)
Source International Wine Cellar
Issue Issue 132

($200; cabernet sauvignon with 14% merlot, 12% petit verdot and 2% minerals) Bright ruby-red. Complex nose melds cassis, black cherry, lead pencil and cedar. Sweet and fat but with a firm structure and very good vinosity. There's a sappy quality to the currant, cedar and chocolate flavors. Boasts the density of the vintage's best examples but, in comparison to the Backus, the tannins hit the palate a bit earlier. The very long finish hints at cedar and graphite. I'd put this aside for a couple of years.

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WA 95
Source Wine Advocate
Issue 174
Drink Dates 2007-2027

The 2004 Insignia (the first to be 100% from the estate vineyards) is a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot, 12% Petit Verdot, and the rest Malbec. I had this wine several times in Napa, and it is a beauty. A flashy, exuberant style for Phelps, with dense ruby/purple color, a gorgeous nose of creme de cassis, incense, licorice, smoke, and spice, the wine has supple tannins, a flamboyant, full-bodied mouthfeel, and tremendous length. Despite its precociousness and up-front style, this wine should evolve easily for 20 or more years.

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WS 94
Source Wine Spectator
Issue Advance
Drink Dates 2010-2020

Tight and complex, with a deep, potent core of ripe currant, herb, sage and dusty berry fruit, shaded by light toasty, cedary oak. Deftly balanced, intense and concentrated, this is young and closed in now, yet you can taste the depth and richness. Tannic. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Malbec.

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Community Tasting Notes average score of 94 points based upon 8 reviews

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Author Ronn L
Site / Blog   Trust Rating 88.797%
Tasted On 04/29/2013

Drinking very well; I've uprated it by a point from the last tasting.

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Author Michael N594
Site / Blog   Trust Rating 98.276%
Tasted On 07/03/2012
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excellent.

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Author Serl Z
Site / Blog   Trust Rating 98%
Tasted On 03/21/2012
Drink Dates 2010-2022
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Bryon 93
Author Bryon
Site / Blog   Trust Rating 98.276%
Tasted On 12/11/2011
Drink Dates 2011-2015

CEO Alliance Dinner we compared the 2004 Caymus Napa Cab with the Phelps Insignia. Both wines are excellent and worthy of aging. The Phelps has a few more years left and was a bit more rounded from start to finish, the fruit was a bit more fibrant as well. The Caymus had a better oak profile combined with berries from beginning to finish. Overall the Insignia was a better drink but if I look at it from a cost benefit stand point I would buy more Caymus Napa as it was really good and half the price.

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Author Jeffrey M989
Site / Blog   Trust Rating 96.99%
Tasted On 10/15/2011
Drink Dates 2011-2012

Very good to excellent. One of my favorite Insignia vintages, it is smooth, well integrated, and has "classic" Insignia nose and flavor profiles. It really seems to be in a sweet spot now in terms of age -- I will probably drink my last two bottles in the next year or so.

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Site / Blog The Wine Forum Trust Rating 96.638%
Tasted On 09/07/2010
Drink Dates 2010-2020

Wonderful texture, weight, concentration and depth without feeling weighty and bulky. Balance is the key here, and this one has it all. One of the best Insignia I have ever had. Color: Dark and brooding, red edges. Nose: Deep blackberry, currants and mocha-choclate like aromas, atouch of sweet oak. Palate: More of the above with a silkyness that was exquisite, tannins were there but structured well and integrated perfectly into the balance of this wine.

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Author gd10102
Site / Blog   Trust Rating 83.775%
Tasted On 09/30/2009
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Author Rick H.
Site / Blog   Trust Rating 95.402%
Tasted On 02/21/2009
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