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• WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 97 points

  February 16, 2024 - Fairest Creatures and Where to Find Them (K&L Wine Merchant - Redwood City): Nose: Dark twigs and gently spiced herbs, wet earth, and dark red and black cherries.
  
  Palate: Dark, ripe and brooding blue fruits, deeply black earth that dominates but thankfully in a good way. The earth here melds quite nicely with the fruits. Dark graphite and an herbaceous earthiness lingers into the finish with the fruits.
  
  Drank very true to Melka and his style, very on point. Definitely reminded me of a few of his wines that I have tasted. Brooding with a sense of softness, allowing for an easy-going and pleasurable experience on the palate.

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• bsumoba Likes this wine: 97 points

  February 16, 2024 - Mirror Mirror on Wall, who's the Fairest of them All? (KLWines and Flemings): This format really stresses more the winemaker. When speaking to Jayson, his approach was to move away from the SVD model and instead, showcase the winemaker and the styles of each. When asked about the vineyards, he did not want to disclose the vineyards used in the wines. Winemakers allowed to make the vast majority of the decisions, whether it is barrel choice, new vs old oak, how much juice from which vineyard, etc. Jayson was involved in the final blending for all wines.
  
  Loads of dark bing cherries. Full body, big wine. Will need time in bottle but it is clearly a very good wine. After having a few Melka wines in the last couple months, I can see the style coming out in the wine.

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• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Fairest Creature "Polyspline"
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 10 (83%)
• Consumed 2 (17%)

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