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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.6 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 14 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Michael Moore on 1/22/2022 & rated 90 points: Drinking nicely, no need to decant. (577 views) | | | Tasted by RockinCabs on 9/18/2020 & rated 93 points: Nose: Started off a bit muted, but after about 90 minutes in this became deeply expressive. Blueberry, blackberry, graphite, earth and sweet floral notes. Touches of cedar as well.
Palate: Such restraint in winemaking as one would expect from Togni. Blackberry, cassis, graphite, sweet cedar and a magnificent inner mouth perfume. Very serious terroir, with dark sweet spring mountain fruit.
Finish: perfumed blueberry, blackberry, truffle and graphite. Lingers very long.
A very serious second wine that is really showing off the agability of the 2001s. Pauillac made in Napa. I cannot wait to dig into the first wine from this vintage. (921 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 5/11/2013 & rated 90 points: Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Tasted double blind. Firm black fruit aromas and flavors. Good power and density. Fresh for its age and level. (4097 views) | | | Tasted by yipen on 9/14/2012 & rated 92 points: This wine is in perfect place now, Tannic resolved and still plenty of fruit cassis, a bit tough of vanilla for sure. Great with a steak (3536 views) | | | Tasted by gesusser on 1/24/2011 & rated 91 points: needed airing in decanter; better day #2; ready to drink;nothing great but good solid enjoyable calif cab (4009 views) | | | Tasted by jmetvoice on 3/9/2009: Distinctive note of rubber/vinyl on the nose, so typical of Napa Cabernet. Too young and tightly wound still. (Dedalus Private Tasting) (3761 views) | | | Tasted by prasm on 11/15/2008 & rated 90 points: Popped and poured. Aromas of dark fruits from the glass before I even swirled and sniffed. On the nose, blue berry, violets, strong dark fruits. More dark fruit and a bit of earthiness on the pallate. Subdued finish 30-45 second finish. Another excelllent example of a solid Napa Cabernet. (3729 views) | | | Tasted by schwartzman on 8/12/2007 & rated 91 points: Beautiful Cal Cab, fruit foward, strong cherry and berry, substantial and long finish. (2313 views) | | | Tasted by BlumJ on 2/16/2007 & rated 94 points: Bottle's been open a good 2 hours now and is just starting to strut its stuff. Dark, opaque red. Powerful bouquet, fills the bowl of the glass substantially--its vapor thick as it reaches your nostrils. Getting dark, sweet preserved fruits, wet dust, a hint of vanilla and toasty oak. On the palate this is pure elegance as far as California Cabs go--this could be a dead ringer for Bordeaux (in fact, reminds me of the '03 Pontet Canet). Sweet and abundant tannins and a 40 second+ finish. A nice pucker of acidity gets you at the end. (2166 views) | | | Tasted by gildedwon on 12/27/2006 & rated 86 points: Good medium ruby. Aromatic nose combines cassis, smoke, licorice and leather. Fruity and lively in the mouth, showing firm berry fruit nicely framed by fresh acids. Brighter and more gripping than the 2002 sample, with more complex, primary flavors. Not hugely dense but rich, shapely and persistent. (2091 views) |
| By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2005, IWC Issue #120
(Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Tanbark Hill) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, May/June 2004, IWC Issue #114
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| Philip Togni Producer website Cabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)Spring Mountain DistrictWikipedia article on the Spring Mountain Distric AVA. |
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