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Community Tasting Notes 217
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bryon m Likes this wine: 93 points
March 3, 2024 - Good color, full body, soft mouth feel, round, nice fruit from start to end. Delicious.
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MagicInABottle Likes this wine: 95 points
December 23, 2023 - 3-hour decant. This wine is reaching the end of its prime drinking window. It still possesses cohesive, rounded tannins, dark fruit, leather, tobacco and a long finish. Another very strong vintage of Insignia.
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Winedad53 wrote: 84 points
December 16, 2023 - Usually love this wine, but this well-cellared and decanted magnum was tired, a bit grainy and pruny. This one was surprisingly past its prime.
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Capt Cutlass Likes this wine: 97 points
December 9, 2023 - One of my favourite vintages of Insignia. Difficult year with low yields due to the heat and a lot of raisined fruit but it has always been generous on the fruit and rich in body yet retaining a refreshing beam of acidity in the cassis flavours which accompany the richer dark cherry notes. Still dark and brooding in colour and only just showing a hint of tertiary nuances. Very smooth drinking after an hour + in the decanter now but perhaps there will be a bit more complexity with a few more years of aging, especially if you have a magnum. Paired perfectly with a thick aged Angus beef rib cooked over a wooden fire in the chimney which may have inflated my enthusiastic score! I am wondering if the other tasters had bottles which were not appropriately stored??
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KenCT Likes this wine:
November 25, 2023 - Time to drink up - mouth feel is thinning out but fruit remains and tannins dissapating
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- 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 Codes 010427709608, 010465709608
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 26 (0%)
- In Cellars 5,260 (62%)
- Consumed 3,266 (38%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Chris - Bison, Dry aged rib eye, Elizabeth - Filet, Me - Halibut, Sammie - Antelope, truffle sauceWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerJoseph Phelps
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- DesignationInsignia
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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