Smoking Loon Chardonnay

Tasting notes our 2016 smoking loon chardonnay opens with aromas of honey lightly toasted bread and baked apple. Medium-bodied with flavors of ripe pineapple and melon lingering on the palate. Soft acidity is rounded out by a gentle oak presence leading to a mouth-coating finish. Enjoy alongside shrimp pasta mushroom risotto or chicken piccata. 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 oers 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 wor