97

Antonio Galloni

Vinous

The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate has only recently started to open after a long period of dormancy. It’s classic Togni all the way: dark, intensely savory and built to age. Once a brute, today the 2014 is all understatement, all class. Sage, mint, graphite, dried flowers, blood orange and mocha weave through a core of dark-toned fruit. Despite drought conditions, yields were quite generous at three tons per acre. 12/2025

96

Joe Czerwinski

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

Togni's 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate, tasted at the winery as the 10-year anniversary release, is just starting to show some maturity, with complex, compelling notes of earth, cassis, mocha, tobacco, cigar box and vanilla. It's medium to full-bodied, somehow both firm and silky in feel, with a ripe, lingering finish. Looking back at Robert Parker's notes from its release, it's fascinating to see that he rated this wine 94+ and considered it "one of his [Togni's] more forward and precociously styled Cabernets." 07/2024

95+

Jeb Dunnuck

Jeb Dunnuck

The flagship cuvee is the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate and it comes from the estate vineyard on Spring Mountain and is 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It's a deeper, richer wine than the Tanbark Hill release and offers terrific creme de cassis, tobacco leaf, cedarwood and incense aromas and flavors. Ripe, medium to full-bodied, concentrated and yet elegant, it shows the hallmark purity of the vintage, has ripe tannin and impeccable balance. It's approachable today yet really needs 5-6 years of cellaring to show its potential and will keep for two decades or more. 12/2017