• From California
• Deep ruby red with a day-glo sheen. A very thin pink, watery rim (this is a young wine!)
• It wasn't a fruit-bomb. Perhaps a fruit-bucket, but not a bomb. Simple scents of blackberry, vanilla (hello, oak chips), and caramel-spice
• The flavor was almost all simple red-berry fruit. The wine is fairly light-bodied for a Cab. A very brief finish. Not quite enough Cabernet character in the mouth to sell me.

This is a wine you can pop, sip, and forget about. There will be no lasting memories, good or bad. But hey; for eight bucks who cares? If you really want to bring a Smoking Loon home, try the Syrah.