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1996 Scout's Honor

A blend of 88% Zinfandel and 12% Sangiovese named after the family's late yellow Labrador. Deep black cherry spice with a sweet, chewy chocolate cherry flavor. Full bodied and very juicy in the mouth. Firm and fleshy with layers of toasty oak and smoky spice...completely delicious and compelling in every way.

280 cases bottled on March 8, 1998

Cost: US$ 22.00

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Scout's Honor Wine Information

Scout's Honor began as a blend of two very popular varietals: Zinfandel and Sangiovese. It was comprised of a three-barrel lot of excellent, rich Zinfandel which became available from a neighbor in Oakville who didn't have the time to mess with a such a small amount of wine, and another friend of Saddleback's who had to move and couldn't take her barrel of flavorful Sangiovese made from her own grapes with her to her new home. So flow the tides of fortune! These two well-made, small batches were "artfully" blended by Nils at Saddleback to become the 1994 Scout's Honor.

The response of friends to this ultra-small production wine have been overwhelming. Although initially Nils had intended it as a one-time release, there has been so much positive response to this rich blend of Sangiovese and Zinfandel that he has decided to make Scout's Honor on an annual basis to be released in the Fall of each year. Scout's Honor is no longer always a Zin and Sangio blend.

Note: This wine is produced and bottled by Venge Vineyards. This is the only Venge family wine that Nils Venge continues to sell at Saddleback.

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