The 2013 growing season proved to be an excellent year in Napa Valley. It was slightly warmer than 2012, resulting in an overall earlier growing season.

More elegant and refined than the Napa Cab, the 2019 Insignia features restrained cedar and vanilla notes (despite spending two years in 100% new French.

Set to be bottled in January 2024, the 2021 Insignia looks to be another huge success. A blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot, with 2% each.

Joseph Phelps - Insignia Napa Valley 2021 (750ml) available at Empire State Of Wine in New York, NY

James Suckling : 99 Points "Blackberry and black chocolate with mint, conifer and clove. Sweet tobacco, violets and flowers, too. Some graphite. Cool and complex. Full-bodied with ultra fine, dusty…

Joseph Phelps Insignia Proprietary Red Wine Napa Valley 2021 (750ml) available at WineWorks in Marlton, NJ

Insignia - Joseph Phelps- 2017 available at Wine Wise in Greenwich, CT

"The still youthful-looking dark plum/ruby-colored 1980 Insignia exhibits a Provencal, peppery, garrigue note intermixed with a hint of Asian soy, good fruit on the attack and medium body. This wine…

The 2018 Insignia opens with beautifully perfumed floral, dark fruit, anise and cigar box aromatics. A wine of depth, elegance and finesse, the palate is.