By any measure, Philip Togni has led an extraordinary life in wine. Even in his ninth decade, he continues to inspire California’s wine scene. Accolades keep coming. Awarding Togni’s 2021 Cabernet Wine of the Year (2024), Antoni Galloni noted that, “Many of [Togni’s] recent releases have been positively stellar.” That praise applies not just to the iconic 2021—a wine Philip and Lisa Togni believe could be their finest since 2001 or even 1991—but also the 2022, a remarkable triumph from a turbulent year for many Napa winegrowers. Philip Togni has come full circle. The Bordeaux-trained Englishman became Chappellet’s winemaker in St. Helena in 1968. In just his second vintage, he created a Cabernet Sauvignon that became a Napa legend. As Galloni wrote in 2014: “Philip Togni was just a young man when he made the 1969. He could have retired immediately and still left behind an incredible legacy.” Of course, he didn’t retire. Instead, Togni and his wife Birgitta planted a vineyard high above the fog line on the eastern slope of the Mayacamas Range, in Spring Mountain—Napa Valley’s coolest subregion. The rest is Napa history. In 2000, Togni’s daughter, Lisa, joined him. Together, they craft complex Napa Cabernets, among the world’s most distinctive. The results speak for themselves.