2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Bottled Spring Mountain Napa Valley
00
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
Philip Togni had not decided whether he was going to bottle his 2002 cabernet under the estate's flagship label or declassify the wine into Tanbark Hill. The fruit in 2002 was picked with a high pH, and Togni's lot of press wine was especially low in acidity. He did not acidify at the outset, and then the press wine "got bacterial" and he had to sell it off. "In retrospect, we should have known that the pH of the press wine was too high," said Togni. The moral of the story is that you can't do everything by the seat of your pants, which is what I had done for 49 years."The blend that I tasted thus comprised only free-run juice, with a very high pH even after a bit of late acidification. Togni had no such problems with the 2001, which should go down as a classic vintage for this estate on Spring Mountain.
00
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
00
Subscriber Access Only
or Sign Up
You'll Find The Article Name Here
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.
- By Author Name on Month Date, Year
I tasted with Togni just before he was to leave for a marathon trip to Belgium, Singapore and Australia, and he seemed genuinely worried that he'd be eaten by a crocodile once he got to Australia, where his daughter was working the harvest at Scotchmans Hill. Togni had his earliest cabernet harvest on record in 2001, beginning on September 8, as his mountain vines are above the fog layer and ripened well. Togni describes his 2000 cabernet as somewhat less ripe and more angular; he picked in October, with a small percentage of the fruit coming in after the rains.
Social
© 2025 Vinous Media LLC · Privacy · Terms & Conditions