2012 Insignia
United States
Napa
Red
75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec, 2% Cabernet Franc
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2022 - 2034
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2019 - 2032
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Winemaker Ashley Hepworth describes 2014 as a year with a more balanced and consistent growing season than the 2013, a vintage in which the skins were thicker. As a result, Hepworth adds, she was able to leave the wines on the skins longer on 2014. Overextraction was the main risk in 2013, so Hepworth responded by lowering temperatures. I continue to be impressed with the level and consistency the Phelps wines deliver considering the scale on which these wines are made. Something that is all the more impressive considering that the Cabernets are made with 100% estate fruit.
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2018 - 2037
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This is a very strong set of new and upcoming releases from Joseph Phelps and winemaker Ashley Hepworth. The 2011s are strong, the 2012s capture the personality of the year, while the 2013s are shaping up to be superb.
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Two thousand eleven was the first time that the team here had to sort their Freestone chardonnay, owing to the cold, damp late-season weather, said director of winemaking Damian Parker. "And it's a good thing 2012 brought good conditions because we had full, tight clusters and rain would have been brutal." Parker rates 2009 and 2012 as the best recent vintages for pinot at Freestone and considers 2013 outstanding for chardonnay. The top 2011 cabernet-based wines here are not particularly fleshy by Napa Valley standards but offer noteworthy energy. Winemaker Ashley Hepworth compared the 2011 Insignia to the 2005 at the same stage, but noted that the 2005 was riper.
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2018 - 2030
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Winemaker Ashley Hepworth has done a fabulous job with these new and upcoming releases, especially the 2011s, which are superb. In 2011, Hepworth shortened macerations by about five days relative to the 2012s, all of which saw longer periods of skin contact. Since 2009 Phelps has moved to only estate-grown fruit, which is a huge commitment to quality for a winery operating on this scale. For more on Phelps, readers might want to take a look at this short video shot with Hepworth during the 2013 harvest.
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