Philip Togni, Cabernet Sauvignon, 1997 (1.5L) so032025 anne sophie dubois 2023s terroir-sensitive expressions

terroir-sensitive expressions

Sixty-year-old vines push roots deep into the poor soil

The 2022 is fresh and food-friendly in the house style — bright red cherry

This is not Barolo

” and the vineyard’s red slate soils

Philip Togni, Cabernet Sauvignon, 1997 (1.5L) so032025 anne sophie dubois 2023s terroir-sensitive expressionsOne of Napa's great traditionalist Cabernets, made high on Spring Mountain by a winemaker trained in Bordeaux under the legendary Emile Peynaud. Philip Togni planted his estate at around 2,000 feet in the early 1980s, and his Cabernet (with Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot) is built for the long haul: structured, mineral, and built to age for decades rather than impress young. This is the 1997, a celebrated Napa vintage, in magnum, the format