Napa Valley Legend? A Critical Review of Joseph Phelps Insignia

Insignia by Josephs Phelps is a Napa Valley legend, they call it a True American wine icon, they say it received “critical acclaim’’ and achieved ‘cult status’’, but is it worth the hype, is it worth the money, what is it all about, should you buy this more rather than a good similarly-priced Bordeaux? Is it better than Opus One for example? What do I like about, the things that annoy me with it. All of this in today’s video. I spent $300 on this bottle so you don’t have to.

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Joseph Phelps is one of Napa Valley's most prominent wine producers, an estate and winery established in Northern California since 1973 so over 50 years ago by now which is a long time for Napa. The story in short, Joseph Phelps himself was running a construction company in Colorado when he invested in Napa where he started making wine from grapes imported from Denver initially believe it or not. But then he bought a cattle ranch in the valley and started planting vineyards to make his own estate wines. The now iconic redwood winery is located just outside of St Helena and crops vineyards across Napa, notably in Stags Leap, Oak Knoll, Rutherford and Oakville, and I believe they buy grapes to growers too.

You can check out the video by Jospeh Phelps Vineyards’ channel about 2019 Insignia as featured here    • 2019 Joseph Phelps Insignia  

00:00 - Insignia's Tasting & Review Intro
01:00 - The Story behind the Wine
04:39 - Tasting Joseph Phelps Insignia
08:04 - Conclusion and Rating - Worth the Price?