2022 Joseph Phelps "Backus" Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
96
Wine Advocate
Review Date: 10/2025From an eastern Oakville site, Phelps's 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Backus Vineyard is a blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Malbec and 7% Petit Verdot. Scents of crushed stone accent ripe cherries and cassis on the nose, the full-bodied palate is richly textural—somewhere between velvety and silky—and the lengthy finish adds hints of vanilla, framed by supremely supple tannins. (JC)
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95
Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 12/2025
Based on 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Malbec, and 7% Petit Verdot and aged 24 months in 100% new French oak, the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Backus Vineyard offers up black and blue fruit, liquid violets, graphite, and crushed stone. It's full-bodied and nicely concentrated, with polished tannins, integrated acidity, and a great finish. 95+
94
Vinous
Review Date: 11/2025
The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Backus Vineyard is a pretty huge, dense wine. Succulent dark-toned fruit, leather, cloves, incense and chocolate stain the palate in this unabashedly flamboyant Cabernet Sauvignon. The more exuberant side of the year comes through loud and clear. The balance here is impeccable, and yet there is no hiding the intense ripeness of the year in this west-facing slope. That expression of place and vintage is what single-vineyard wines are all about. (AG)
Product Details
Origin: Napa Valley, California, United States
Type/Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends
SKU: #2005347