Conrad Green

9.9

From Mag. An absolute wow of a bottle. The nose is crazy intense, lucid and profound. Dark plum fruit with a whiff of band aid, iron, black pepper, a tangy meatiness. Loads of delicate floral notes floating around, but a soulful and pristine bottle. As fresh as an early 2000’s bottle but so much age and precision going on. Wonderful. Just spectacular. — 9 months ago

Joseph Barsky

9.5

2012 Vintage. 15.2% Alcohol. 78% Syrah, 14% Grenache, 8% Mourvèdre. Several of us did a zoom wine tasting and three of us had this bottle. It is singing now. Loved it. I was too busy talking and Gail took advantage.... — 5 years ago

Paul J

8.9

Young wine with mild OH on the nose paired with very nice fruit. Plums, prunes, and blackberry on the palate, but lighter than most cabs. Nice finish, and the recommendation was spot on as this wine definitely punches above it's weight at $20+. Curious as to other opinions. — 8 years ago

Taylor Spivey

9.4

Beautiful and delicate — 8 years ago

David L

9.5

07' Ornellaia Bolgheri ( Bordeaux blend). Predominately Cabernet. I'm also guessing it's mostly all new oak. Slightly tannic & a little heavy on the oak. That absolutely subsides with a decent decanting . Must decant, so the fruit can move forward in the wine. Layers of elegant & beautiful black fruit, with hints of tobacco & dark chocolate. It just lays on the back of your palate for 30+ seconds. A little more patience/time?? I would love to try this again in 3-5 years. Recommend highly!

I've got to get some more of the great vintages of this! My better half..."We need to get some of this" 😉 — 9 years ago

Jen Tietz

9.9

Drinking so well. Red fruits, leather, dried herbs, cedar. Lots of color still. Freshness, tannins present, beautiful acidity. Really solid. — 12 years ago

John Malcolm

9.2

Beautiful wine. Slightly prefer the 1999, which I had last night. The ‘99 was musty and tasted lots of mushrooms. The ‘01 is still earthy, but fruitier. Dark fruits, with a bit of tobacco and cedar. — 10 months ago

Gor

9.3

Sweet nose of ripe blackberries, black cherries, plum, licorice and a hint of herbs. Not much complexity but what beautiful concentration and purity of expression against soft tannin structure and balanced acidity. Good stuff and will likely continue aging@for another decade,. — 4 years ago

Personal Fowl

9.4

A beautiful wine that ended a run of fantastic Phelps Insignia vintages. Unfortunately, more recent vintages have not met this standard. — 6 years ago

Moin Rastegar,C.S.W

9.2

Beautiful is a great name for this wine! — 8 years ago

Jen

9.9

1996 vintage. Caramel, buttery goodness. Beautiful. — 8 years ago

Miguel Ostrowski

9.6

Beautiful notes of cigar box, violets, black berry, drank great. I want more! — 9 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.5

What a beautiful wine! 1966 and still full of life! Wooow — 10 years ago

KD

9.1

Medium straw colour with a beautiful mousse. On the nose, lemon, pear, yeast and toast. Nice light body with perfect tiny bubbles that made the perlage super velvety in the mouth, a nice contrast to the crisp acidity. Notes of asian pear, white peach and apple, lemon and at times almost like ethanol and some toast with lingering hazelnut and ginger on the long finish. Not sure if our bottle was slightly off with the ethanol taste that came up once in a while. Will have to try another bottle. For science. — 3 years ago

Howard Schoenfeld

9.5

Dark red. Big beautiful nose of red fruit spice. Rich like a Bordeaux cassis spice tobacco. — 5 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Lovely soft-edged blue fruit. Blackberry and an iron roundness. All kinds of savory stuff in the middle, but really classy, with beautiful plush mouthfeel. A soft and salty character and lovely poised length. Spectacular — 7 years ago

with BOT, Matt and 2 others

Pete Hamill

9.3

1999 vintage opened in march 2017- beautiful! — 8 years ago

Kelly Carey

9.3

Love this wine. Very smooth. — 9 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.5

Beautiful. Green herbs and blackberry bramble give way to tight stony blackberry and dried flowers. — 10 years ago

Jeff Hollinden

9.9

Wow, what a beautiful wine. Well balanced, drinking nicely. — 11 years ago