This was our first experience with the wines offered by Scout & Cellar of Texas. They seem to have a little bit of something for just about everyone, especially if you are budget-minded, as most of their offerings are in the $19 - $36 range. At those prices you can find a daily drinker, no doubt! This wine is the 2020 Fieldhouse 301 Red Wine (blend) from California. You would typically find Cabernet Sauvignon in a red blend, but this one is a combination of Zinfandel (48%), Merlot (23%), Petite Sirah (12%), Carignan (9%) and Barbera (8%). You don't find Carignan in too many California wines, even as a blending grape, so that was interesting to us. This wine had a great medium purple color with blackberry, coffee bean and menthol nose. With a lighter-to-medium mouthfeel, flavors of sweet blackberry preserves, roasted coffee beans, pepper and red licorice. This is not a sugar bomb (if we have given that impression) but it is on the sweeter side. The really cool things about this wine is that it is vegan, unfined and unfiltered. Scout & Cellar prides itself on offering wines that are more "hands off" and clean. We like that idea and we enjoyed this wine!
ABV: 13.9%
California
Suggested retail price: $24.00
Drink The Bottles score: 87/100
