2009 The Other Guys Cabernet Sauvignon Leese-Fitch

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 86.7 points

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  7/24/2018 - bradfriedlander Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This has improved with age. Needed about an hour to open. Deep black cherry taste. Soft tannins. Medium finish. Paired nicely with spicy food and chocolate. Too bad it's the last bottle from this vintage. The plastic cork/stopper seems to have worked.

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  5/3/2016 - HWgeek Likes this wine: 92 Points

  The wine has mellowed and integrated nicely. Color is a deep burgundy, needed to be aerated to open up. Tasted this along side the '11 and '12 vintages (didn't have any '10 left) The nose had some fig and plum, not alcohol present. Palate came across smooth and deep or full, not watery - with plum, dark chocolate and some subtle spice. Good structure. Finished slightly forward with some tannins, no alcohol taste on the finish. Not sure this can get any better without losing flavor.

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  3/3/2015 - bradfriedlander Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Drinkable, but not memorable. It was better when it was younger.

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  5/25/2014 - fullofvices wrote:

  Gone bad

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  12/9/2013 - HWgeek wrote: 92 Points

  Nice darker color than one would usually see from a Cab. Bouquet came across as having blackberry, fig, some earthiness and some spices (maybe nutmeg like?). Flavors of black cherry, currant fig and coffee with just a slight hint of alcohol on the finish and some mild oak. Nice complexity, not single note at all. Very very pleasant to drink.
  
  Color dark, not specifically noted. Bouquet of blackberries, cassis, fig, spices, coffee, and earth. Flavors of black cherries, currants, fig, licorice, chocolate, toffee and coffee. For 10 dollars this showed fairly well; not getting the watery finish and oak chips noted by others. An array of full flavors offering mild at least mild complexity and structure that you don't usually see for CA Cabs in this price range. Apparently this scored a "94" in the California state fair.

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