Community Tasting Notes 4

• cabinbor wrote: 86 points

  May 9, 2016 - Wine is getting up there in age and I think beyond its consumption date but still had body, legs and a medium finish. We enjoyed it as a memory of Joe Phelps loading a case of wine into our trunk many years ago.
  The wine was tawny colored with moderate sediment in the bottle. It smelled like forest floor and medium toast.

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• Dave Dalluge wrote: 89 points

  October 13, 2007 - Thirty Years of Phelps Insignia (1974 through 2004): The nose is much less assertive than the other two wines in this flight, and gives a straightforward red fruit. In the mouth this comes across as being much more structured. What fruit there is is darker. The finish is very drying. Still a very nice wine.

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• Siggy wrote: 89 points

  October 13, 2007 - Insignia Vertical Tasting 1974-2004 (WA Frost, St. Paul): Great nose of earth/leather and rose petal. Carries through on the palate. Well-structured but the fruit is a little more faded here. The finish is a touch drying.

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• zazim wrote: 89 points

  November 26, 2005 - Fairly light red color, some bricking at edges. Not much fruit left in this one, but still a nice. elegant wine. Just a hint left of the mint that once was so prominent in this wine. Drink up! (60% Cabernet, 28% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1981
• Type Red
• Producer Joseph Phelps
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Insignia
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley
• UPC Code 010465708601

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• In Cellars 65 (64%)
• Consumed 36 (36%)

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