1990 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  3/10/2024 - Fuel55 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  From a perfect looking bottle. Fully mature, BDX-like weight but sweetness spells Napa. Lots of classic tertiary notes and a nice long, balanced finish. Certainly won't get better but absolutely nothing wrong with it today.

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  12/23/2016 - nywine68 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Gorgeous nose of graphite and smoke. Drinks like a mature Bordeaux. A lighter body than many Cali cabs but super elegant. The red fruit is deftly balanced by a nice streak of acidity. Super enjoyable!

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  11/7/2014 - levinml wrote: 90 Points

  Didn't have flavors/profile I associate with over the hill wines, rather just seemed thinner than I remember, but otherwise OK. Tannins resolved, but not flabby and good taste, just not as much stuffing as I'd like.

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  10/1/2014 - slywka7 wrote:

  Bordeaux, Aged Cali Cabs and Burgundy with the Benchmark Wine Group in Port Chester (Il Sogno, Port Chester, NY): Unfortunately their was only a sip left of this by the time I got to it. Not really enough to give it a fair shake. From what I had it seemed promising.

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  2/23/2013 - guribh Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great mature cab. Classy. A bit drying, so it is probably on the down slide, but to me - it is good drinking now and in the next few years.

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