'96 Phelps Napa

[winoweenie]

ddf68, Agree and agree on both topics. IMHO I think the 96 like many of the 96`s is showing more oak is because the vintage begs for more time. Seems like some of the concentrated vintages are much harder in their youth than lush suckers like 97. Phelps has always, IMHO, put out some wonderfully concentrated Napa cabs. Think I may be redundant, (I probably posted this somewhere before, but you know, the memorys` the 2nd thing to go) but every 10 years the Phelps Napa has been outstanding....75, 85, and now 95.Must be something to do with mid-decade crisis? Oh Vell, what was the question? WW