Phelps Backus Cabernet Sauvignon - 2012 (750ml) Size:750ml Forget it for 5-8 years

Forget it for 5-8 years and drink it over the following 20+

Best from 2006 through 2014

There is lovely acidity & the mid palate is quite full with silky-smooth tannins

- Tim Fish (2024)

and floral characteristics are accompanied by striking elegance

Phelps Backus Cabernet Sauvignon - 2012 (750ml) Size:750ml Forget it for 5-8 yearsThe Cabernet Sauvignon Backus is their single vineyard wine made on the lower hillsides of the Vaca Mountains at the Oakville crossroads. The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Backus, a blend of 93% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Malbec and Petit Verdot, spent 24 months in 100% new French oak. There are 2,900 cases of this massive wine, which is certainly the most backstrapping, highly extracted, muscular Cabernet in the Phelps portfolio. It is inky bluish