2022 Philip Togni Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

97 POINTS

Jonathan Cristaldi - Decanter

Leads with beautiful capsicum notes and fresh, minted black fruit. Very black. It’s very lively, with excellent acidity and a wonderful mineral freshness. Super fine tannins are just ripe and right now showing nicely. Tasted with Lisa and Philip Togni in their winery atop Spring Mountain. Lisa explained that this wine would see one more racking before bottling, but it had all the natural proportions of the free run and press juice when I tasted it, and wow, what a youthful barrel sample. It's a real standout of the vintage, showing a rich, ruby-purple hue, which is a great sign given the challenges of the heat spike that rocked the valley beginning 31 August. But at 2,000-feet of elevation, the temperature on the valley floor in St. Helena below was 5°C hotter than at the estate. Harvesting began on 23 August and finished around 12 September, and the Tognis felt the law of averages made a difference for them. The slightly underripe fruit picked in late September blended with the riper fruit picked post-heat wave has melded together to create a fantastically approachable Togni! This will be an exciting wine to re-taste once it has gone through that final racking, is bottled, and can settle for a bit. I will re-taste in 2025. Release: 2025. (Barrel sample tasted at the winery)

97 POINTS

Joe Czerwinski - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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.

94 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

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.

93 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is a dark, potent, brooding wine. Black fruit, graphite, tar, leather and incense are all amplified. This huge, deep Cabernet is quite promising. All it needs to do is shed some of its imposing tannic clout. Harvest started on August 23, the earliest ever. Points: 92-95