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• WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 99 points

  February 16, 2024 - Fairest Creatures and Where to Find Them (K&L Wine Merchant - Redwood City): Nose: A hint of neon but in such a airy and subtle way that provides intrigue and excitement. There’s a brooding black fruit and a deep earthiness while having an awesome freshness to it, thanks to the subtle neon notes (think Jolly Rancher or clean, bright and pure gummy notes? I know.. I'm not doing this descriptor justice).
  
  P: Amazing balance, grace and intensity. Soft dark fruits with great depth, leading to great complexity. Both fresh and slightly ripe light and dark blue fruits. Gentle stems, river pebbles, and a gentle dusting of graphite. There is a fine threading of neon berries, giving the wine a delicate intricacy. Finally, neon berries done proper and applied correctly.. never thought I'd see the day.
  
  Not sure why this is notably different than the its older sibling. This has a lot of similar, if not the same, notes than the '19 but this delivers in spades.
  
  This is definitely the wine of the line up. I haven't felt like this with a wine in a while. Iron fist in a silk glove? More like a soft, supple hand in a laced glove with strong intentions.

• bsumoba Likes this wine: 99 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.
  
  Was told 100pts JD by Jayson and I understand why. Wow wine. Good fruit, great balance. Beautiful long finish. Has it all. Great now. Not much more needs to be said. 98-99 and quite possibly deserves the 100 pt score. To be honest, I did not want to like this wine when Jayson said this got 100pts from JD, but you have to call balls and strikes and this is a very very good wine.

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• Vintage 2021
• Type Red
• Producer Fairest Creature "Sine Fine"
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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