Joseph Phelps, Merlot, Napa Valley has sold at auction 22 times in the last five years across all vintages, at a median of $26 per 750ml. The most traded vintages are 1999, 2006 and 2000.
Auction median, all vintages
$26
22 sales · $22–40 middle half
Last auction sale
Oct 2
2026
Prices by vintage
Wine facts
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Sub-region
- Napa Valley
- Type
- Red
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About Joseph Phelps
Joe Phelps was a construction businessman and amateur winemaker when he established Joseph Phelps Vineyards in Napa Valley in 1973, at a time when the valley was still sparsely developed. From the 1974 vintage he began assembling a single proprietary blend each year from the best lots of the harvest. That wine, Insignia, became the estate's flagship and an early model for the California Bordeaux-style blend. Phelps also built a name with Cabernet Sauvignon and Rhône-style wines, and the company gradually bought vineyards across Napa and later on the western Sonoma Coast. It now farms about 525 acres and belongs to Moët Hennessy, part of LVMH.
- Appellation
- Napa Valley and the Sonoma Coast
- Owner
- Moët Hennessy
- Founded
- 1973
- Vineyards
- 212 ha
- Grapes
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Wines
- Insignia
Sources: lvmh.com