Philip Togni, Ca' Togni Black Muscat, 1997 more spirits SKUs Zabala Vineyard sits on land

Zabala Vineyard sits on land granted to the Zabala family before California statehood

the kind that makes you taste stone and light separately

and blackberry fruit layered with herbal notes of bell pepper

The benchmark domaine of Gevrey-Chambertin (mentioned in the same breath as Roumier

traditionally styled Piedmont from the Colla family

Philip Togni, Ca' Togni Black Muscat, 1997 more spirits SKUs Zabala Vineyard sits on landA genuine Napa curiosity: a sweet red dessert wine from Black Hamburg (a. k. a. Black Muscat), thought to be the only planting of the grape in the valley. Philip Togni farms it on a quarter acre at his estate near the top of Spring Mountain, the same legendary site behind his ageworthy Cabernet. The wine is grapey and perfumed in the Muscat way but built on a dark, red fruited frame, sweet without being cloying. A 1997 like this has had decades to