George Yasutake

9.5

Maybe better than the 2015 Ornellaia tonight. — 3 months ago

Paul T- Huntington Beach

9.8

Franc week ends on another great note, every bottle I’ve tried needed 2-3 days to really open up — 9 months ago

Todd Stone

9.0

Dark garnet with a jammy nose of dark plum and some oak and/or some light leather. Smooth in the mouth with medium tannins & acidity. Also a hint of fruit forwardness or more red fruit like plum and red berry. A very nice blend! Again thanks James- — 2 years ago

with Peggy

Adisorn Chaikit

9.5

Easy taste with great meat — 4 years ago

David Stein

9.6

Va Va voom — 3 months ago

with MRM

William Lauder

9.1

Very good blend of Italian whites. We will drink again. — 2 years ago

Mark Turner

9.9

This was the mystery bottle in our Super Tuscan tasting event. It was up against the 2016 Masseto, Ornellaia, Sassicaia, Solaia, Tignanello, and Redigaffi. This wine was outstanding. Probably one of the top 5 vintages of Insignia since 1994 in my opinion. Deep purple color, blueberry, blackberry, chocolate, some lead pencil and earth on the nose. Super smooth and elegant on the palate. Really well balanced fruit, tannins, acid. Long elegant finish of dark fruit and earthy with a touch of spice that lingered beautifully. We decanted this and all others about 2.5 hours prior to tasting. Second favorite of the night behind the Masseto which was a force of nature. — 3 years ago

with Jared, Craig and 2 others

Ken Z

9.0

Drank 10/6/23. Tasting event.

Scents if Black fruit, earth. On the palate, similar to the ornellaia, but lacking some of the structure and intensity.
3/21/8/4/4 +50 = 90 pts. — 7 months ago

Calvin Liang

9.8

An amazing wine with incredible complexity. Black currants, black plums, dark chocolate, earth, sawdust, cigar smoke, etc. It just keeps going on and on! Better than the 2001 Ornellaia I had earlier. It can be enjoyed for many years to come. — a year ago

Mark Turner

9.6

Part of Super Tuscan Horizontal tasting. All 2016 vintage Masseto, Ornellaia, Sassicaia, Solaia, Tignanello, Redigafi, and a mystery bottle (Phelps Insignia). I got a lot of plumb and black cherry on the nose with a little tobacco and chocolate. On the plate it was soft, rich and balanced. Finished with some spicy notes. Very enjoyable, but did not stand out relative to others in the tasting, but that’s only because of the competition. — 3 years ago

with Jared, Craig and 2 others