2008 Fisher Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Coach Insignia

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  3/6/2018 - Bloms wrote: 92 Points

  Like other 2008s I had recently, this wine is in a very good spot. Integrated tannins, good primary fruit and the complexity you expect in a blend.

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  11/16/2013 - WI WineLover Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Drank with the 2007, 2009, and 2010 as a vertical and this was the close runner up!!!! Drinking very nicely now, but will be better

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  10/16/2013 - What I'm Drinking Now Likes this wine: 88 Points

  I recently purchased several bottles of the 2009 Coach Insignia and decided to try the 2008 when I found it at The Bistro in Findlay, Ohio while traveling. Sam is the restaurant's proprietor and stocks several high end bottles that are not on the menu. He is also a dear friend but I digress. Coach Insignia is one of the reasons I have such a large collection but this particular vintage falls short of what I, and many others, have come to expect from Fisher. I remember going to certain restaurants just because they had it the bottle on their menu.
  
  As is typical, the wine taste more like Bordeaux than a Napa Meritage and features more red fruit than black or blue. It maintains a sweeter profile which makes the wine more drinkable than its French counterparts. However, the wine taste a little diluted. The finish is pleasant but fleeting. All of the right flavors are there but lack enough intensity to shine as brightly as I would have liked.
  
  All that said, the wine is still above average and make no mistake...Fisher makes outstanding wine. I would liken this bottle to Babe Ruth hitting a single....a base hit is a base hit but you expect a homer every time he's at bat! Cheers!

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  6/26/2011 - GCru wrote: 70 Points

  What happEned here? Fred, what happened o your wines, this was not good. Tasted like weak cheap wine. No body, high alcohol, too much wood. I miss the Fisher from The mid to late 90's. could not finish the bottle.

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