1986 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (39) Median Score: 93 points

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  1/25/2024 - galewskj wrote: 96 Points

  Semi-guys night (My house): This was a killer old school Napa cabMethod: pop and pour; cellar temp; Cab glass; bottle in great condition. Forest floor, tobacco, leather, plum, red fruits, mushroom. The nose is expressive while the palate is elegant and boisterious.

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  1/25/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points

  Guy's Night: Aged Bordeaux/Bordeaux Blends (Joe & Khem's Place, Mpls): Dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over 3 hour next to the '84 Dominus. I had never had Eisele from Phelps, so it was really great to try this. This has a more classic Napa profile than the Dominus, with riper fruits that are slightly candied. Blackberry, leather, earth, deep cherry, horse saddle on the nose. The palate is darker fruits, blackberry pie, blackberry liqueur, some blue fruit underpinning, dense and sultry, with a sweet essence, raspberry chocolate, nice pepper and spice on the back end and very long. Loved this in it's riper style. I got some onion skin after a couple hours as it seemed to change a bit.

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  1/25/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine: 94 Points

  5 Guys and a Gal! (Casa Joe & Khem): Live and learn! I admittedly didn't even know that Phelps had a wine designated from this vineyard! This was quite a treat, and my WOTN!
  
  This was a great pairing with the 84 Dominus. Like the Dominus, this showed plenty of tertiary character and flavors. Unlike the Dominus, it showed only dark fruit (no red fruit), and more importantly (at least to my palate), it showed more fruit!
  
  The flavor profile was a fair amount dark fruit wrapped in a heavy cloak of leather, earth, sweet oak, tobacco and notes of coffee and dried herbs.
  
  94+ points easily and so delicious! Drink or hold, but if your palate is like mine, this is peaking right now!

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  10/22/2023 - JRockEsq Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Method: pop and pour; cellar temp; Cab glass; bottle in great condition
  
  Nose: forest floor, wet tobacco, leather, plum, potting soil; really beautiful nose
  
  Palate: plum, forest floor; dry; medium- body; high- tannin; medium tartish acidity
  
  Update: after a couple of hours, the tannins really softened up.
  
  Overall thoughts: Really beautiful nose, which was the strongest aspect of this wine. On the palate the wine has a surprising (for me) amount of tannins, and that acidity was just a bit towards the tart side, and the wines seemed maybe just a bit tired (other than the tannins). At first, I gave it an 89. After a couple of hours, it opened up and softened up nicely and it was great. At least a 91.

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  2/11/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: 94 Points

  Blind Flights with Boston Dinner Club: Outstanding nose of ripe blackberry, licorice, espresso bean, eucalyptus and tomato leaf. Nice expression of the loamy site and ripe pure fruit characteristics that you get here.
  
  Palate is quite vivid still at this age with plum, blackberry, cassis and more mint/herb notes. Graphite, leather and a trace of juniper emerge the longer this is open. Exotic in some ways.
  
  Finish is the hold back on this particular Eisele. I was looking for more length and grace, but the dark fruit impact was still quite nice with graphite and cedar notes. Trailed off somewhat quickly.

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