1983 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon 3000mlTasting Notes The 1983 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley is remembered as a surprisingly successful wine from a challenging vintage, showing sweet cherry fruit, cedar, tobacco, vanilla, and anise, with balanced tannins and a long finish when well stored, though bottles today are highly variable depending on format and provenance. About Winery Joseph Phelps Vineyards is a family owned and operated wine estate with vineyards and wineries

The vines are an average of more than 30 years old

The winery was designed and developed to accommodate every aspect of de Villaine's winemaking philosophy of minimal intervention

13th century Tuscan castle winery complete with high walls and five defensive towers and over 30 acres of estate vineyards

As the newest owners in a lineage of pioneering caretakers spanning numerous generations

“I go to bed with a few drops of Chanel No

stone fruit blossom

blueberries with crisp acidity

a rich structure

with a pronounced flinty backbone that reflects the terres blanches terroir

Cocoa-powdery tannins provide a pleasurable mouthcoating texture

The elegance and old world structure of Seven Hills Vineyard adds complexity to the earthiness and minerality of the basalt soil from Ferguson

offering both freshness and depth