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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.6 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by Curtispm32 on 4/9/2024 & rated 95 points: Too young but double decanted for 6 hours before dinner. Very delicious already with the structure to improve for decades.
The most Bordeaux-like characteristics I’ve had in a Napa cab. Dark fruit, spices (clove, cinnamon), vegetal notes. Highly structured and tannic but very delicious already.
Will have to get some more to try in 5 & 10+ years (622 views) | | Tasted by brasstab on 1/22/2022 & rated 97 points: Big and muscular even after a six-hour double decant. Great acid and pepper. Reminiscent of all the great Italians. (3722 views) | | Tasted by canan on 5/7/2021 & rated 94 points: BYO - Erik: Insanely young and very difficult to really get a reading on. Over time this will probably be a very lovely wine. 94-95p (3876 views) |
| By John Szabo, MS WineAlign (11/1/2023) (Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Sara d'Amato WineAlign (11/1/2023) (Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Michael Godel WineAlign (10/28/2023) (Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley red) Subscribe to see review text. | By David Lawrason WineAlign (10/27/2023) (Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW JancisRobinson.com (1/31/2023) (Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck JebDunnuck.com, Napa Valley's 2019s: Part 3 (5/4/2022) (Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon Estate) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni Vinous, Napa Valley’s Thrilling 2018s & 2019s, Parts 1 & 2 (Jan 2021) (1/1/2021) (Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni Vinous, 2017 & 2018 Napa Valley In Depth (Jan 2020) (1/1/2020) (Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Napa Valley Red) Subscribe to see review text. | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of WineAlign and JancisRobinson.com and JebDunnuck.com and Vinous. (manage subscription channels) |
| 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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