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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.

1994 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

3 available
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1977 Joseph Phelps Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon

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

2015 Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards Ovation Brut

1981 Joseph Phelps Insignia

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

1983 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Base neck fill; light label condition issue

1988 Joseph Phelps Insignia

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

1989 Joseph Phelps Insignia

5.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; signs of past seepage; base neck fill

1983 Joseph Phelps Insignia Auction Reserve

6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

2000 Joseph Phelps Insignia Auction Reserve

1.5ltr

2011 Joseph Phelps Napa Valley Syrah

5 available
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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

1990 Joseph Phelps Insignia

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

WS  90   
RP  87-90   

1997 Joseph Phelps Le Mistral

Lightly depressed cork

WS  90   
WE  90   

2000 Joseph Phelps Insignia

WS  92   
ST  92+    
RP  91   

2000 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

WS  92   
ST  92+    
RP  91   

1977 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Lightly depressed cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  92   

1986 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   

2013 Joseph Phelps Pastorale Vineyard Pinot Noir

VN  93   
RP  90   
2 available
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1985 Joseph Phelps Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

RP  93   

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 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