Sloan
Noble Wines Napa Valley
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Mistletoe
Reserve Hunter Valley Sémillon 2007
One exceptional Australian white wine style-semillon from the NSW Hunter Valley @ 10% alc; lemon curd aged fruit- 7yo; absolutely linear mouth crumbling acidity; yum in every sip with whitebait AUD 22 says owner Ken Sloan — 10 years ago
Sloan & Williams
Lodi Zinfandel
Spice on the nose and at first taste, cherry, blackberry, and oak on the finish. — 8 years ago
Duckhorn Vineyards
Three Palms Vineyard Merlot 2002
02 vintage with John Upton who sold vineyard to Duckhorn recently. I always felt Three Palms was one of great alluvial fans in terroir as the Napa River tributes into this land. And the traditional vineyard management by John and Sloan was pure old world. No Abreu stuff here. But really the only age-worthy Merlot in CA. This bottle still tight but well made and can last 20 more years. — 8 years ago
Screaming Eagle
Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
2009 Screaming Eagle Cabernet. Drank this wine during Adam's dinner for K's bday. We loved this wine. Massively oaky, with vanilla and dark stone fruit notes, but amazingly balanced tannins and a super long finish. While we loved both, K and I favored this to the 2002 Sloan. Amazing. — 8 years ago
Carl Fischer
This wine was in my latest shipment from 750 and reminds me that all great wines don't need to cost $175+++ a bottle or even $100 a bottle. I was drinking this as I was reviewing my offer from Sloan at $447 a bottle and thinking I would much rather have 9 bottles of this than one bottle of Sloan. Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of trophy wines in my collection but it's getting harder and harder to justify their purchase (just read James Laube's article in current WS as @Ryan M reminded me earlier). This is a great wine with an incredible nose of raspberries, licorice and violets. Easy drinking, the flavors of vanilla and red fruits lead the entry. Great acidity and moderate tannins. This is a really nice wine. — 7 years ago