Community Tasting Note

• drinknick31 Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 25, 2020 - Lighter than expected on opening with a Very Bordeaux nose and first taste. After an hour Very refined with a lots of astringency. Thick legs after 3 hours in the decanter on this full body cab. Lost the “Bordeaux” after some time and showed its Napa roots Just can’t put my fingers On the taste and i am usually pretty good. Earthy is all I could come up with. That’s when I use the term refined meaning the winemaker was able to put together the flavors perfectly without over weighting any one specific taste. Overall a good bottle but I must admit not worth the price. I can spend much less for better with ease. Phelps insignia is one of my long time favorites but I was hoping for more here. I actually rate insignia higher and prefer it to backus.

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3 Comments

• gymnastpro commented:

  5/2/21, 12:20 PM - The 15 backus needs a lot of time where the 15 insignia is singing right now

• drinknick31 commented:

  5/2/21, 4:11 PM - Agree 100% I have several vintages of both. Just expected a bit more on this. Will revisit again in a few years.

• gymnastpro commented:

  5/2/21, 4:50 PM - Ya when I drank it in 2019 I was not impressed.

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