Smoking Loon Pinot Noir 2006

simply awful. the nose actually has some nice terroir, but this is just revolting. Looks like a rose. might need 100-150 years of cellaring. In all seriousness though, this wine actually goes well with sesame sticks.

January 2008

A cheap Pinot. Not a whole lot else to it. It's fruity and light on the nose, but pretty shallow beyond that.

June 2008

i think most of the raters here drank this vintage far too young. as of October, 2009 it's very pleasant. perhaps not the richest or most complex of pinots, but it's easily worth the ten dollars i paid. give it another year or two in the cellar and it may drink quite well.

October 2009

Brilliant garnet color with a seductive rose petal green teaaroma. The palate is ripe with heavily extracted cherryand strawberry flavors with a slight astringency akin topomegranate seeds. This very generously fruit driven wine is a must withsmoked game hen with bitter greens or wild salmonwith a rich bearnaise sauce and roasted beets with achampagne vinaigrette.

Good pinot noir for the price and available in the local grocery.

December 2008

Literally looks and tastes diluted. But a little less acidic than its 2005 pinot.

August 2007