Community Tasting Notes 11

• Oskiwawa wrote:

  October 19, 2019 - opened and let breathe in the bottle for 3 hours. Last of three bottles purchase 10+ years ago. Good amount of bricking. Flavor profile of a very mature bordeaux. A real treat to drink an Insignia with this much age. Would drink these up if I had more.

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• wineismylife wrote: 93 points

  October 18, 2019 - WIML93
  
  Tasted non blind.
  
  Garnet to dark garnet color in the glass, fairly clear looking. Nose of dried herbs, dishwater, anise and a mix of red fruit. Flavors of red berries, plums and minerals. Medium acidity, medium tannin, full bodied. Drink now.
  
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• petitblanc wrote:

  October 18, 2019 - Madison Offline 2019; 10/18/2019-10/19/2019: It was a treat to taste this again. I loved this wine 9 years ago, but it was already mature and delicate at that time. Since then, it has evolved toward the end of its drinking window. Lovely mature garnet color. A bit of pretty dried tea leaf remains, but bretty bandaid and beef bouillon notes have come forward. Not scored.

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• seijaro Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 26, 2019 - I loved this wine but it was not unanimous around the table. My brother and my wife, the heathens, did not like it at all. Neither is a fan of the oldies, they like the grapey modern ones best. I found this a real beauty, just big and chocolatey, a BIG mouthful of mature CA Cab, smooth as silk with no flaws. What a treat, the barbarians be damned :)

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• Msquared wrote: 93 points

  September 12, 2011 - A gift that our friend Matt shared with us as he prepared to move out of state. This bottle was a treasure he was rewarded with after a charity event he worked at a wine patron's estate. I can't do the wine justice in words but it was delightful in its structure, complexity and balanced maturity- a great wine shared by a good friend on a somewhat sad occasion.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1982
• Type Red
• Producer Joseph Phelps
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Insignia
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 90 (68%)
• Consumed 43 (32%)

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