Phelps Backus Cabernet Sauvignon - 2012 (750ml) Size:750ml and floral characteristics are accompanied

and floral characteristics are accompanied by striking elegance

filled with Asian spice and raspberry tart accents

This wine should drink well for 25-30 years and is somewhat of a sleeper for a 2012 first-growth Médoc

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

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

Phelps Backus Cabernet Sauvignon - 2012 (750ml) Size:750ml and floral characteristics are accompaniedThe 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