Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard 1985 Rheinhessen The palate impression is impressively

The palate impression is impressively rich with excellent volume along with plenty of the hallmark minerality suffusing the sleek

from a cooler zone of the valley

but elegant and complex

A Napa Valley classic

the 2011 impresses for its depth and polish

Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard 1985 Rheinhessen The palate impression is impressivelyThe backward 1985 Eisele Vineyard is marvelously concentrated, but extremely tannic and at least 5 10 years away from full maturity. Impressively endowed, well focused, dense, powerful, thick, and tannic, this wine leaves little doubt that the extract, ripeness, and quantity of fruit are more than sufficient to balance out the wine's tannic ferocity.