Joseph Phelps Insignia 2021 750 ML

James Suckling: 98 Points A standout vintage for one of California's most collectible cabernet sauvignons. The color is black throughout but with a dark garnet rim. Gorgeous aromatics of spearmint pencil shavings toasted oak and dark plums before a silky fresh but firm texture takes over the palate and dusky blackcurrant tobacco-leaf rose-petal and cedar notes emerge and linger. Full-bodied and saturated with rounded well-integrated tannins that emerge on the lingering finish and keep melting in the glass. It will drink best from 2028. Jeb Dunnuck: 96-98 Points Not yet bottled the 2021 Insignia has a pure concentrated medium to full-bodied style that shows the vintage beautifully. Cassis blue fruits graphite lead pencil shavings and floral notes all define the bouquet and it has beautiful tannins a great mid-palate and outstanding length.