Field Recordings, Fiction Red
Staff Pick
Organic

Field Recordings, Fiction Red - 2020

Item # 46987 750mL
$18.96/ Single Bottle
$227.52 $204.77/ Case of 12
You Save 10%
Add to Cart
Color
Red
Vintage
2020
Country
USA
Region
California
Sub-Region
San Luis Obispo
Appellation/Village
Paso Robles
Producer
Field Recordings
Grape Variety
Zinfandel
Alicante Bouchet
Cabernet Franc
Charbono
This item is being featured in a tasting on: tasting date
This item is featured in: WineClub
This item is featured in AstorCenterClass at Astor Center

Production Methods

Organic

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

Tasting Notes

A blend of 10 different red grapes from 10 different vineyards, this dry red is a delicious hodgepodge. Vinified separately, some are whole-cluster fermented, and others undergo carbonic. An easy drinking, fruit-forward red with medium plus body and a touch of new oak. Pair with chorizo tacos.

Need Help Deciding? Get personal recommendations from our staff

Staff Pick Notes

Some people believe that blends are not as good as single varietal wines. Maybe in blends you can't taste fully the characteristics of a single grape but in a blend the result can be harmonious and fully satisfying. Each varietal in a blend brings its own good quality. This wine is a blend of eleven grapes, where Zinfandel, Sangiovese, Petit Syrah are the most used. Andrew Jones worked for a long time in a vine nursery and spent a lot of time planting vineyards for farmers. He knows the Central Coast in California very well and found the places where the grape varieties used in this wine grew the best. This wine shows great quality, it's full-bodied and fruit forward. Simple and intense at the same time, showing notes of blueberries, blackberries and a bit of licorice. Delicious!

- AFR

Astor's Glossary of Terms

California

California makes more wine than any other state in the United States. Not only does the state grow a variety of noble grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, there are also plantings of lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo, Roussanne and Mourvèdre to name just a few.

Zinfandel

Zinfandel is widely thought of as “America’s grape,” but in fact the variety is of Croatian origin, and is genetically extremely similar to Italian Primitivo, which thrives in the warmest parts of southern Italy. Like Primitivo, Zinfandel requires warm but not hot growing conditions, as its skins are relatively thin: this can cause its berries to shrivel into raisins if left on the vine a little...

Read More

Cabernet Franc

Relegated to moderate obscurity in modern times, Cabernet Franc is in fact the proud parent of the attention-hogging Cabernet Sauvignon (after an illicit affair with Sauvignon Blanc a hundred-odd years ago). Cabernet Franc has remained close to its roots in France, enjoying small pockets of popularity primarily in the Loire Valley (specifically in Chinon), where it is often bottled as a varietal...

Read More

You May Also Enjoy

Dashe Cellars Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley

Dashe Cellars Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley 2017

$19.99
Dashe Cellars "Vineyard Select" Zinfandel

Dashe Cellars "Vineyard Select" Zinfandel 2021

$21.96
Valravn Zinfandel

Valravn Zinfandel 2019

$21.96
Sign up. Get 10% Off.

Get a promo code for 10% off when you sign up for our emails.

Get My Discount

Offer available to new subscribers. Cannot be combined with any other offers. Does not apply to items on sale, solid cases, corporate orders, or orders containing an item priced at more than $10,000.

close