Product Description
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From the Winemaker:
Highlights
-Unique blend of select lots from the Joseph Phelps Backus Vineyard in eastern Oakville
-94% Cabernet Sauvignon from the steeply sloped South Block and vines surrounding the smokehouse
-6% Malbec from the Plateau Block, some 500 feet above the valley floor
-Aged 24 months in a new Taransaud 5 French oak barrel
The Joseph Phelps Premiere Napa Valley 2015 lot was created from our Backus Vineyard, located on the eastern hillsides of the Oakville appellation, home to one of the most coveted grape growing regions in Napa Valley. Joseph Phelps has been the sole producer of Cabernet Sauvignon from this location, with its distinctive red pigmented volcanic soils, since the 1977 vintage. The Cabernet Sauvignon blocks selected for this wine came from both the steeply sloped, tightly spaced South block as well as those vines planted around the property’s iconic smokehouse, known as the North block. The addition of 6% Malbec, grown along a rocky plateau some 500 feet above the valley floor, completes this exclusive blend. The wine will continue aging in a new Taransaud 5 French oak barrel for twenty-four months before bottling. The 2013 vintage highlights classic Oakville black fruit and graphite aromatics with powerful, yet balanced, tannins. Layer upon layer of complexity can be found throughout the lingering finish. Cherish this wine for decades to come.
Wine Facts
-Wine is unfiltered
-Single vineyard wine
-Sustainably produced
-Wine is 100% estate grown and bottled
