Jeff Aubry, owner of Coyote’s Run, described this wine as “what the perfect girlfriend should smell and taste like”. Good thing for Patti (his wife) they have yet to make Axe Red Paw Pinot Noir Body Spray – her married life is safe. But this wine will become quite extinct the moment enough people find out about it. With only 650 cases made it might sound like a lot, but this is not a wine you buy one bottle at a time, it’s a 4-6 bottle lie-a-few-down type of purchase. First, when you pour it, you’ll notice its beautiful colour. Then with a sniff you’ll pick up ripe black cherry, raspberry, rhubarb, a touch earthy and slightly smoky. The taste is ripe and juicy black and red fruit, earthy and smoky, with firm yet smooth tannins that are velvety across the tongue. This is a very feminine Pinot, with lot of rounded, smooth curves that feel supple in the mouth and especially on the tongue, “like licking the skin of a supermodel”. Now that does sound like the perfect girlfriend, the only thing missing is the high-maintenance factor; the good news is that Coyote’s Run has taken care of that part for you, tending to her every need for her 14-month stay in French barrique; now all you have to do it take her out for a good time once in awhile. This wine is still quite young but it shows so much potential that on that alone it deserves its 5-star rating. Price: $25.00 – Rating: *****