Phelps Insignia (Auction Reserve) - 2000 (6L) Saperavi and the oak felt better

and the oak felt better integrated and less obvious here

This modern red shows toasty oak

tobacco and ground clove

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

single-barrel Canadian whisky imported by the Sazerac Company and bottled at Buffalo Trace Distillery

Phelps Insignia (Auction Reserve) - 2000 (6L) Saperavi and the oak felt betterThe 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