2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
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The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is positively ravishing today. This is the best bottle of the 2015 I have ever tasted by a pretty significant measure. Crushed flowers, graphite, blood orange and grilled herbs soar from the glass. The strong savory profile, dark-toned fruit and incisive mountain tannins are classic Togni. Still quite youthful, like Philip Togni himself, the 2015 promises to drink well for another 15-20 years. It's a magnificent, towering wine in every way.
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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Medium garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate has a very classic nose of cassis, warm plums and crushed blackberries with notions of cigar box, garrigue, damp soil and truffles plus wafts of menthol and underbrush. The palate is medium to full-bodied with a firm frame of grainy tannins and wonderful freshness, finishing long and minerally.
A fleshy deep, wine, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate exudes richness and sheer exotic beauty from the very first taste. As always, the Togni wines need bottle age to be at their best. In 2015, time will mostly help the aromatics develop, as the tannins are quite soft for such a young wine. Expressive floral and savory notes develop with time in the glass, but the 2015 is years away from hitting its stride. It will be interesting to see where the 2015 goes in the coming years and decades. Sadly, yields are down a whopping 50%.
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is silky, nuanced and remarkably open-knit for a young Togni Cabernet Sauvignon. Soft contours add to the wine's juicy personality. Even though yields were down a whopping 50%, Togni's 2015 is not a huge or massive Cabernet, rather it is a wine that speaks to finesse above all else.
About the producer
Perched at nearly 2,000 feet atop Spring Mountain, Philip Togni Vineyard is one of Napa Valley’s most revered small, family-run wineries. Established in the early 1980s by legendary winemaker Philip Togni, the estate has earned consistent critical acclaim for its age-worthy, Bordeaux-style blends.