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Joseph Phelps

Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard

Cabernet Sauvignon · Oakville, US

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9reviews
95median pts
$250median price
Shows the Bacchus profile of ripe blackberry and cassis fruit, pure, strong tannins and exceptional balance. It's a dry, classically structured Cabernet of enormous complexity and interest. So delicious now, it's tempting to drink, but it's way too young. This is a wine to cellar, and it should blossom over the next 20 years. || A big wine, saturated in color and tremendously extracted in fruity richness. Explodes in blackberries, cassis and sweet new oak, and the tannins are strong and refined. Not particularly dr…

Source: Wine Enthusiast

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