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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.

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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1995 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  91   
ST  91   

2010 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

VN  96   
WA  94-96   

2013 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  97   
RP  96   
JS  93   

2018 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  97   
JD  97+    
WA  96+    
WS  96   
VN  94-97   
6 available
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2019 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

JD  99   
WA  98   
JS  98   
VN  97-98   
3 available
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2021 Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

JD  99   
WA  97+    
VN  97   
6 available
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2019 Joseph Phelps Bootlegger's Hill Pinot Noir

WA  96   
JS  96   
VN  94   
JD  93   

2019 Joseph Phelps Bootlegger's Hill Pinot Noir

WA  96   
JS  96   
VN  94   
JD  93   

2021 Joseph Phelps Bootlegger's Hill Pinot Noir

JS  97   
WA  95   
2 available
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2021 Joseph Phelps Bootlegger's Hill Pinot Noir

JS  97   
WA  95   
2 available
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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

2003 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Light label condition issue

2014 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

Lightly depressed cork

JS  93   
RP  92   
JD  92   
VN  89-92   

2019 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  92   
CT  92   
JD  92   
WA  91-93   
VN  90-93   
3 available
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2019 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

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

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JD  92-94   
WA  91-93   
VN  91-93   

2022 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  92   
JD  91   
WA  90   
5 available
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1991 Joseph Phelps Eisele Cabernet Sauvignon

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

RP  92   

2019 Joseph Phelps Freestone Estate Proem #3 Pinot Noir

JS  99   
WA  96   
2 available
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2019 Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyard Pinot Noir

WA  96   
WE  94   
JD  94   
VN  93   
WS  92   
3 available
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2019 Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyard Pinot Noir

WA  96   
WE  94   
JD  94   
VN  93   
WS  92   
2 available
Bid *