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| Chateau/Producer: | Joseph Phelps | | Wine Name: | Insignia | | Region: | Napa Valley | | Wine Score: | 90 | | Notes: | Beet red-dark in color; nuance of black currants, slightly diluted, medium-light bodied, very dusty tannins that seem to decay rapidly. It's a toss up as to whether this wine is a flop, or merely in a dumb phase - it reminded me of the magnum of 97 Montelena Estate I tried that didn't seem ready for prime time, but this wine could simply be over with. The hosts seem to think this is one of the greats of the flight - I totally disagreed, as did most everyone else.
Considering Parker wrote in 97 that the 95 was as profound as the 94, maybe the wine is in a dumb phase? It didn't hold a candle to the 94 IMO but maybe I got a bad bottle? | | Tasting Date: | 2003-11-20 | | Varietal: | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc | | Additional Notes: | This is from a special Insignia vertical wine tasting at Disneyworld/Epcot during their "Food and Wine Experience". | | Source: | Joseph Phelps Vertical Tasting |
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