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Tasting notes
Score 92/100 · Drink 2003-2025, Robert Parker, Jan 2000

The dense ruby/purple-colored 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon Backus Vineyard reveals a gorgeous nose of sweet cassis fruit, chocolate, iron, and licorice. Full-bodied, powerful, and weighty, with moderately high tannin, it requires 3-4 years of cellaring. It should last 25+ years. Tel. (707) 963-2745; Fax (707) 963-4831

Critic scores

Critic scores
92
92/100

Robert Parker

About the producer

Joseph Phelps - Producer
Joseph Phelps

California winery Joseph Phelps is best known for its flagship Insignia cuvée, one of the first and finest proprietary red wines in the Napa Valley.

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Grape Blend

Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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