2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
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Based on 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, and the rest Petit Verdot and aged 20 months in 40% new French oak, the 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon reveals a complex perfume of cassis, smoky tobacco, lead pencil, and graphite that gives it a remarkable Saint-Julien-like profile. It's medium to full-bodied on the palate, has a fresh, lively, elegant mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It's easily one of the most successful 2022s in the vintage and is well worth your time and money. It might also be one of the longest lived in the vintage as well. Drink 2025-2040.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Philip Togni's 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is another impressive effort from this 10-acre vineyard high on Spring Mountain. It's medium- to full-bodied, weighing in at just 13.8% alcohol, but delivers masses of ripe black cherries. Richly concentrated and dense, it's balanced by bright acids, while hints of mocha and fresh raspberries mingle easily on the long, tannic finish. "It's going to be alright," said Togni as we tasted it. "Just give it long enough." Like some of the vintages in the 1990s, the 2022 looks to have all the ingredients to be a 30-year wine.
The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a very pretty, aromatic, fresh mid-weight offering from the Togni family. A wine of grace and understatement, the 2022 is quite restrained. Sweet floral and spice notes meld into a core of red/purplish fruit. All the elements are very nicely balanced. Even so, there is no getting around the fact that this is a lighter vintage.
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.