JOSEPH PHELPS Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Winemaker Notes: A classic Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with inviting violet, dark fruit, tobacco, subtle baking spice and earthy dried herb aromatics. The palate is filled with expressive black cherry, blackberry and dark plum, hints of spice box and sweet vanilla bean. A focused, concentrated wine with youthful energy and freshness nimbly balanced by supple tannin structure and finesse.

Blend: 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Merlot, 1% Malbec

Press Reviews

94WINE ENTHUSIAST

This wine is lovely in juicy red fruit, dried herb and hints of allspice, the tannin structure firm and giving. Offering refinement and structure, it shows nuances of black currant, cherry and toasted oak. This will do well in the cellar. Cellar Selection

94JAMES SUCKLING

Blackberry and light dried fruit with oyster-shell undertones. Its full-bodied with round, lightly chewy tannins that nicely accentuate the fruit character. Walnuts and wet earth.

93JEB DUNNUCK

A year-in, year-out winner, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley should easily be an outstanding wine capable of evolving for two decades or so. Deep ruby/purple, with classy notes of cassis, blackberries, green tobacco, cedary herbs, and flowers, it’s medium to full-bodied and has a wonderfully elegant, seamless texture, supple tannins, and outstanding length. Range: 91-93

92ROBERT PARKER’S WINE ADVOCATE

The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon boasts lovely cigar box-like French oak, with delicate touches of cedar and vanilla accenting black cherries and cassis. Medium to full-bodied, this is ripe and approachable but not soft or flabby. Concentrated and structured, it’s a solid “entry-level” Napa Cab, simultaneously juicy and velvety on the finish. It’s a blend of multiple vineyards, from Calistoga down nearly to Coombsville.

92WINE SPECTATOR

Dark, with a flicker of charcoal weaving amid steeped plum, loganberry, black currant and boysenberry fruit flavors. Features flashes of sweet bay leaf and licorice root that underline the briary finish, which has good energy.

91WINE & SPIRITS

Floral cherry and currant flavors burst from this wines tannins, which feel chewy, tight-ening around the fruit with their musky and smoky notes. Give it time for the fruit to fully emerge from the tannins, or coax it out with lamb burgers.