The 1996 vintage chez Togni is really outstanding and at age eighteen, this wine is really
starting to drink brilliantly. The stunning bouquet soars from the glass in a mélange of sweet
cassis, black cherries, a touch...
The 1996 vintage chez Togni is really outstanding and at age eighteen, this wine is really
starting to drink brilliantly. The stunning bouquet soars from the glass in a mélange of sweet
cassis, black cherries, a touch of mint, dark soil tones, cigar ash and incipient notes of the
chipotle peppers that will be more pronounced with further bottle age. On the palate the wine is
deep, full-bodied, pure and now quite wide open, with a great core of vibrant fruit, superb soil
signature, melting tannins, lovely acids and outstanding length and grip on the beautifully balanced and very, very classy finish. One of my absolute favorite vintages of this wine in the
decade of the 1990s! It is just starting to reach its apogee and is drinking with great style at age
eighteen, but it is in essence still a young wine and it will be even better to drink a decade down
the road. 2014-2040+.