Philip Togni, Cabernet Sauvignon, 1997 (1.5L) so032025 anne sophie dubois 2023s chiseled frame

chiseled frame

the same Luigi Scavino hand

It has a super intense palate

terroir-sensitive expressions

Sixty-year-old vines push roots deep into the poor soil

Philip Togni, Cabernet Sauvignon, 1997 (1.5L) so032025 anne sophie dubois 2023s chiseled frameOne of Napa's great traditionalist Cabernets, made high on Spring Mountain by a winemaker trained in Bordeaux under the legendary Emile Peynaud. Philip Togni planted his estate at around 2,000 feet in the early 1980s, and his Cabernet (with Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot) is built for the long haul: structured, mineral, and built to age for decades rather than impress young. This is the 1997, a celebrated Napa vintage, in magnum, the format