Community Tasting Notes 39

• ruppdavey@yahoo.com wrote: 91 points

  January 7, 2023 - Sweet fruit on the nose with ripe blackberry and a prune like sweetness. I was pleasantly surprised how this vintage has continued to evolve from my tasting last year. Dark fruits followed by hints of tobacco and oak blend well with the ripe tannins. 3 bottles left to try over coming years.

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• KeithAkers wrote: 93 points

  May 14, 2022 - Where the 05 came off as refined though large in stature, this has a lot of flesh, purity, and forwardness with red and black currants, raspberries, dark red cherries, tobacco, spice notes, kirsch, violets, and crushed berries. The Full bodied feel shows off a richer side with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. If one wants a Cab showing off a more upfront side while still having some restraint, this is perfect. If you want more development, this will need another 5+ years and may always show a more fleshier character.

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• Philip67 Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 1, 2022 - Mid to full weight. Blackberry and forest fruits. Long complex. Some leather. Drink now and over the next 15 years.

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• timewithwine Likes this wine:

  February 20, 2022 - The continues to display a rim of cranberry that then segues to an opaque plum at the core. The nose is all about cassis, mint, cherry and red currants, vanilla and perhaps a bit of cedar on the finish. The integrated tannins deliver a round, satisfying mouthfeel. A balanced wine that still has years of life. A fair amount of sediment. Very approachable and inviting to drink … or hold for several more years. With a huge tomahawk grilled ribeye of beef 02.20.22. Recommended.

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• forceberry wrote: 88 points

  February 4, 2022 - A blend of mainly Cabernet Sauvignon (80-85%) with some Merlot (approx. 15%), Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot (0-5%). Aged for approximately 20 months in oak barriques (40% new). 14,5% alcohol. Tasted in 2011-2000 Togni Cab vertical.
  
  Dark, quite inky and almost fully opaque blackish-red color. Sweetish, somewhat evolved nose with aromas of wizened dark fruits, some pruney notes, a little bit of strawberry, light sweet notes of toasty oak spice, a hint of blueberry and a touch of boysenberry jam. The wine is ripe, silky and somewhat sweet-toned on the palate with rich flavors of black cherries, some wizened dark fruits, a little bit of savory wood spice, light toasty notes of cocoa, a hint of jammy blackcurrants and a touch of raisiny fruit. The overall impression is somewhat mellow and rather soft, thanks to the slightly modest acidity and ample but also very ripe and gentle tannins. The finish is ripe, somewhat warm and a bit mellow with round, sweetish flavors of blackcurrants and almost overripe dark plums, some savory wood spice, a little bit of boysenberry jam, light toasty notes of cocoa and a hint of bilberry. The high alcohol starts to show more towards the end of the aftertaste.
  
  This was the first vintage in our vertical tasting that tasted more like Napa Cab than Bordeaux-inspired Cab. The fruit department here was noticeably on the ripe side that emphasized the sweeter flavors, whereas structurally this was probably the softest vintage we tasted. Although the wine doesn't feel particularly tertiary, the soft structure and the sweet-toned fruit flavors verging on pruney don't give that much promise in regards to the cellaring potential. Unlike the surrounding vintages 2010 and 2008, which seemed like wines built for the really long haul, this came across as an earlier-maturing vintage that is surprisingly close to its peak at the moment. All in all, this was an enjoyable Napa Cab, but quite unlike most of the more "old-school"-styled Togni Cabs we tasted: this was softer, sweeter and showing a bit more oak influence - and thus not really in my wheelhouse.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Philip Togni
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Spring Mountain District
• UPC Codes 055467847507, 400002358534, 451287357507

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• In Cellars 1,162 (64%)
• Consumed 641 (35%)

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