TASTING NOTES:
Our Smoking Loon California Cabernet Sauvignon has great color and inviting vibrant aromas of plum and blackberry. There are spice elements to give it some complexity from the use of the American oak which also helps provide a smooth, silky tannin structure. Black current, raspberry, vanilla, and cedar added by the oak element work well with the plum and blackberry fruit flavors on the palette. This mediumbodied California Cabernet Sauvignon is approachable, well-balanced and lends a long lasting, flavorful finish.
PHILOSOPHY:
Smoking Loon was established in 2000 on a very simple premise: good wine doesn’t need to take itself so seriously. Originally named for Don Sebastiani’s love of cigars and his father August’s passion for water fowl (don’t ask, long story), Smoking Loon offers an irreverent, tongue-in-cheek approach to enjoying wine. Our wines are crafted for those with an appetite for adventure, those in touch with their inner loon, those who consider pretense simply unnecessary. Each vintage provides our winemakers the perfect opportunity to have a little fun and indulge their inner loon. They start by scouring the top wine regions of the world for the finest fruit. Then, they gently guide that fruit to its fullest potential, creating fruit-forward, well-balanced wines that offer a keen blend of approachability, quality and value.