Phelps Insignia (Auction Reserve) - 2000 (6L) Saperavi tobacco and ground clove

tobacco and ground clove

More chocolate on the finish

"goldilocks" wine that falls right in the middle of our red wine portfolio

The wine opens with bold fruit-forward aromas of blackberry and dried cherry

This modern red shows toasty oak

Phelps Insignia (Auction Reserve) - 2000 (6L) Saperavi tobacco and ground cloveThe sensational, prodigious 2001 Insignia Proprietary Red Wine (89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot and 3% Malbec) has never performed better. Still extremely youthful with a dense purple color as well as a beautiful bouquet of cedar, charcoal, incense, creme de cassis and black cherry jam, fabulous intensity, a multidimensional mouthfeel and a skyscraper like texture, it is a Napa classic that is still very youthful and belies its age of ten