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Joseph Phelps

Joseph Phelps Vineyards is a family-owned winery based in St. Helena. It was founded in 1973 when Joseph Phelps, a building contractor from Colorado, arrived in Napa Valley to build wineries. He soon decided to make his own wine and purchased a former cattle ranch near St. Helena. Phelps Vineyards now owns or leases 560 acres of vineyards in Napa Valley and the Sonoma Coast. The estate owns choice properties in St. Helena, Stags Leap, Oakville, Rutherford, South Napa Valley and Oak Knoll. Phelps is best known for Insignia, its flagship Napa Valley blend of red Bordeaux varieties first produced in 1974. Awarded Wine Spectator’s “Wine of the Year” in 2005, Insignia is widely regarded as a qualitative benchmark for California winemaking. Besides Cabernet Sauvignon and small amounts of Petit Verdot, Merlot and Malbec, Phelps also grows Chardonnay, Syrah, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Scheurebe. The estate produces 50,000 cases annually from Napa Valley and an additional 15,000 cases from the Sonoma Coast.

2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  95   
WE  92   
JR  15   
WS  #1 of 2005   

2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  95   
WE  92   
JR  15   
WS  #1 of 2005   

2006 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

RP  95+    
WS  94   
WE  94   
ST  90+    
JR  17   

2007 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Missing back label

RP  99   
WE  97   
WS  96   
ST  94   
JR  17   

2012 Joseph Phelps Insignia

375ml

Light label condition issue

RP  97-100   
JS  97   
JD  97   
VN  96   
WS  93   

2013 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

RP  98+    
WE  98   
VN  97   
JS  95   
WS  93   

2016 Joseph Phelps Insignia

WA  99   
JS  98   
VN  97   
JD  97   
WS  95   
JR  17.5   
8 available
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2018 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JS  99   
WA  97+    
JD  95-97   
VN  93-96   
JR  17   

2012 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6-bottle Lot, Wood Case

RP  97-100   
JS  97   
JD  97   
VN  96   
WS  93   

1983 Joseph Phelps Insignia Auction Reserve

6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2000 Joseph Phelps Insignia Auction Reserve

1.5ltr

1997 Joseph Phelps Le Mistral

Lightly depressed cork

WS  90   
WE  90   

2011 Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Syrah

5 available
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2014 Joseph Phelps Pastorale Vineyard Block 212 Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

VN  94   
2 available
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2014 Joseph Phelps Pastorale Vineyard Block 212 Pinot Noir

VN  94   

2013 Joseph Phelps Pastorale Vineyard Pinot Noir

VN  93   
RP  90   
2 available
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2011 Joseph Phelps Quarter Moon Vineyard Pinot Noir

WE  95   

2013 Joseph Phelps Quarter Moon Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

VN  94   
2 available
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2013 Joseph Phelps Quarter Moon Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

VN  94   

2013 Joseph Phelps Quarter Moon Vineyard Pinot Noir

VN  94   

2014 Joseph Phelps Quarter Moon Vineyard Pinot Noir

VN  94   

2014 Joseph Phelps Quarter Moon Vineyard Pinot Noir

Light label condition issue

VN  94   

2021 Joseph Phelps Vin du Mistral Red

2 available
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2021 Joseph Phelps Vin du Mistral Red

1.5ltr

6 available
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2012 Joseph Phelps Viognier

Light label condition issue