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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.

2021 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

JD  92-94   
WA  91-93   
VN  91-93   
7 available
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2005 Joseph Phelps Insignia

RP  95   
ST  93+    
WS  92   
JR  17+    
6 available
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2014 Joseph Phelps Insignia

WA  97+    
JS  97   
JD  96   
VN  94-97   
WS  90   
5 available
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1994 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

4 available
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2019 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   
CT  92   
JD  92   
WA  91-93   
VN  90-93   
4 available
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2010 Joseph Phelps Insignia

WE  97   
ST  96+    
RP  95   
WS  94   
JS  93   
4 available
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1989 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

3 available
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2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  95   
WE  92   
JR  15   
WS  #1 of 2005   
3 available
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2014 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

JS  93   
RP  92   
JD  92   
VN  89-92   
2 available
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2019 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   
CT  92   
JD  92   
WA  91-93   
VN  90-93   
2 available
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2021 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JD  92-94   
WA  91-93   
VN  91-93   
2 available
Bid *

2013 Joseph Phelps Insignia

RP  98+    
WE  98   
VN  97   
JS  95   
CT  94.1   
WS  93   
2 available
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2021 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light label condition issue

JS  98   
JD  98   
VN  97   
WA  96   
DE  96   
CT  93.9   
2 available
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2012 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

WS  97   
VN  97   
RP  95   
JS  95   

2013 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Lightly depressed cork

VN  97   
RP  96   
JS  93   

1978 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

VN  90   

1978 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

VN  90   

1980 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue

1980 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

1980 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

1998 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

2010 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

WA  94   
ST  91   
WE  90   

2012 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

ST  89-91   

2013 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

JS  92   
RP  91   
VN  91   
JR  16   

2021 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

JD  92-94   
WA  91-93   
VN  91-93