Philip Togni, Ca' Togni Black Muscat, 1997 more spirits SKUs traditionally styled Piedmont from the

traditionally styled Piedmont from the Colla family

Capon is agave delayed gratification: cut the flower stalk before it blooms and the plant

5 hectares on pink granite

the kind that makes you taste stone and light separately

white flowers

Philip Togni, Ca' Togni Black Muscat, 1997 more spirits SKUs traditionally styled Piedmont from theA 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