2016 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown Napa Valley

Community Tasting Notes (74) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  2/29/2024 - markcic Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Almost two years since I last tried a bottle. Opened and pnp'd over a few hours. Dark fruit on the nose. The palate was berry, plums, tobacco and mocha. The finish was moderate to long.

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  1/16/2024 - Bacchus.x wrote:

  Delicious

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  12/14/2023 - RayT Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Been at least 5 years since I drank a bottle of this (different vintage). When I have drank these at an earlier stage I always tell myself they need more age. This was a last minute pull so this was a pnp.
  
  This full bodied wine was garnet in color with a nice nose of blackberry, blueberry, coffee, and baking spices. Similar on the palatte with cassis, blackberry, spice, tobacco and earth. This needed some air to come together. Probably best at the 4 hour mark. It was smoother on day 2 but lost some vibrancy of the fruit. Still was fine on day 3 so this wine still has plenty of life left in it. As this wine got more air (2nd and 3rd day) the cassis and tobacco started to dominate the wine.
  
  It always surprises me how this bottling is more powerful than the Insignia but it lacks its elegance and complexity. Ideally I would hold this bottle 1 more year. If drinking now give it a 2-3 hour decant.

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  10/30/2023 - KAT9 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This the sadly the last vintage before there is another style shift. This 2016 Napa is well made, not much oak there. Tomato-y, some green notes, balance of fruits, acidity, tannin. Very Napa in a good way.

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  10/7/2023 - PierreBrusso Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Just a great cab.

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