2020 Fieldhouse 301 Red Wine
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 i...