JOSEPH PHELPS VINE YARDS來自美國加州那帕谷的約瑟費普酒廠，自1974年份出產的第一瓶英絲妮亞紅酒以來
每年屢獲全球權威性Wine Advocate，以及指標性葡萄酒雜誌，Wine Spectator高分讚賞，這是絕對要珍藏的那帕谷旗艦酒款!
三度擠身Wine
Spectator的TOP 100的行列，且排名都在前五名
WA:98 Drink Date: 2013 - 2033
The 2000 is a mid-weight, elegant effort with lots of black currant, violet, earth and forest floor characteristics. Medium-bodied with excellent ripeness and sweet tannins, it is one of the more successful wines I have tasted from this vintage. The wine is close to full maturity and should keep for another 10-12 years.
2000 was an unusual year as it was cool, but at the time, it was not believed to be that much of a challenge in waiting for maturity to come. However, the lower-than-average temperatures continued through much of the summer, with typical weather not returning until September, which was too late to help many producers, especially those with higher mountain vineyards. This vintage is satisfying, but rarely stunning. The 2000 Insignia, a 15,000-case blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Merlot and the rest Petit Verdot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc, came in at 13.9% alcohol.A wine of great intensity and richness, it displays classic notes of licorice, barbecue smoke, creme de cassis, cedarwood and forest floor. Full-bodied with sensational purity, a multidimensional mouthfeel and a long, voluptuous finish with no hard edges, it has only reached mid-adolescence, and has at least two decades of life ahead of it.
This began as a potentially troublesome year. The early spring was very wet, and unusually cool weather plagued both June and July, two important months in the growing season. Warm weather finally arrived in August (much later than usual), and stayed through the end of October, producing a glorious Indian Summer that allowed growers to delay the harvest. The results are wines that have gotten stronger and stronger in bottle. They easily rival the 1994s, but the 1995s are more streamlined. Phelps produced 10,000 cases of the 1995 Insignia, a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot and 3% Petit Verdot that achieved 13.5% alcohol. Three-quarters of the fruit came from estate vineyards and the rest from growers. It spent 26 months in new French oak.
