Phelan Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Really great color for its age. Tart cherry nose, a bit of sharpness. Alcohol is prevalent. Needs food and opened up over an hour in decanter. Drink now.

Getting a bit older, not much fruit, but still with nice flavors. Needs air for the musty notes.

Popped and poured. Very disappointed with this Bob Egelhoff wine. The dark fruit seems to be overripe and there was a distinct taste on raisin and fig on the palate and on the somewhat short finish. The wine seems a little out of balance with some heat on the finish. Drank better on day 2 with the alcohol blowing off a little but overall this is just not enjoyable for my taste. A poor effort from a great winemaker. Maybe …

Not my style - lots of residual sugar (even now - 10 years later). This reminds me of California Zinfandel.

I really like this bottle. Also had 99 silver oak alexander cab this nite. I felt it was was still drinking well. Dark color, cassis, good finish, good balance

napa valley,13.8% alcohol. the label looks like the outline of the great state of indiana. the back label informs of a 1,000 foot elevation hillside vineyard on mt george. bob egelhoff is the winemaker. i believe this is the inaugural vintage. sourced as part of a vintner's collective wineclub sampler. i forget what the damn thing cost, sorry. this wine was, in general, not to my liking. bittersweet on the relatively short finish, i thought it smelled a bit syrah-like. …