Phelps Backus Cabernet Sauvignon - 2012 (750ml) Size:750ml There is lovely acidity &

There is lovely acidity & the mid palate is quite full with silky-smooth tannins

Anticipated maturity: 2012-2025

black olive and this bottle perhaps less "feral" than I have noticed on previous examples

filled with Asian spice and raspberry tart accents

This wine should drink well for 25-30 years and is somewhat of a sleeper for a 2012 first-growth Médoc

Phelps Backus Cabernet Sauvignon - 2012 (750ml) Size:750ml There is lovely acidity &The Cabernet Sauvignon Backus is their single vineyard wine made on the lower hillsides of the Vaca Mountains at the Oakville crossroads. The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Backus, a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Malbec and Petit Verdot, spent 24 months in 100% new French oak. There are 2,900 cases of this massive wine, which is certainly the most backstrapping, highly extracted, muscular Cabernet in the Phelps portfolio. It is inky bluish