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Community Tasting Notes 9
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bestdamncab Likes this wine: 92 points
April 19, 2024 - Joseph Phelps Vineyards Spring Release Event (Joseph Phelps Vineyards, Napa Valley): Tasted twice today. I have always enjoyed Napa Cabernet Sauvignon from this vintage and this was no exception. Nose of black berry, black cherry, with lots of allspice, and spring flowers, same on the palate, with perfect winery storage this showed very tasty, at peak, but suggest you enjoy soon, reminded me of 1988 Dunn Napa, medium/big body, lovely, flavorful finish, and a flavorful aftertaste of sweet fruit.
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Javachip Likes this wine: 90 points
April 12, 2024 - Allowed to breathe in glass 1 hour. Clear deep garnet-blood red color with bricking at the rim. Lovely notes of red berries, red plums and their liqueurs; cigar humidor, green tobacco, sage, earthy mushrooms, with hints of tidal mud flats, meat juice. Mostly tertiary at this point. Like a traditional old claret.
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Wine_lvr Likes this wine: 92 points
March 28, 2015 - Out of double magnum: Mature red. Nose shows mint, chocolate and pipe tobacco. Great balance, elegant has a clear 'old world' touch to it. Nice sweetness. Maybe a bit short but out of this 3 liter bottle it was a wonderful wine. Now fully mature.
Normal bottles are likely past its prime, so here it was a clear large format bonus. -
dannyk8232 wrote: 80 points
April 26, 2011 - Fail. Dead.
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iamandyc wrote: 89 points
November 28, 2009 - Red fruits that were still relatively lively. Some bricking. Well aged and fairly well balanced. Some leather on the palate as well. Nothing truly special in and of itself but was a nice test of a 21 year old wine. Probably the vintage is more at fault than the age.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1988
- Type Red
- Producer Joseph Phelps
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Insignia
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 77 (67%)
- Consumed 38 (33%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerJoseph Phelps
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- DesignationInsignia
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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