Nathan Renfro

9.7

Once again, drinking very well now. Half hour decant and it’s good to go. Stewed plums, iron, black cherry nose. Black and red fruit, softened yet brooding tannins, pipe tobacco, wet stone, incredibly structured, and what a nice finish. Very enjoyable! — 5 days ago

Donna Adams

9.4

Tasted this at the Jamie Sloan tasting room in Santa Barbara. — 7 years ago

with Kelly

Carl Fischer

9.9

My reward for the 1:49:55 finish in the NYC Half Marathon (and for beating my fundraising goal toward cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital!). My prior score and notes on this remain consistent. I just LOVE this wine. — 8 years ago

Al Shikoh

9.3

deep purple; black fruit, coffee beans, dark chocolate, licorice; full bodied, taut acidity, fine tannins, 14.9% ABV; sourced from single vineyard with red rocky soils, property owner also owns Château Le Bon Pasteur in Pomerol and Sloan Estate in Napa Valley — 3 years ago

Michael Park

9.6

McClellan is a Goddess! You need to let Sloan breathe for an entire day to enjoy it at it’s best — 7 years ago

Bill Bender

9.5

I thought this was tremendous. Unlike the Groth cask reserve I get a vibe for the wine barrel treatment here. This is 15 yr old bourbon finished in Chappellet Pritchard Hill cab oak barrels. The bourbon itself has a red hue, possibly owing to the wine barrel. I actually poured my taste in to my wine glass after I finished off some Sloan. To me it's a more successful experiment than the Groth cask. The increased time in French oak has created a smooth, dry whiskey with absolutely zero bite. While I can't specifically pinpoint flavors of wine...or Pritchard Hill...the flavors of cherry and dark chocolate and less obvious sweetness places this smack dab in the middle of my wheelhouse--near my watches, converse and left behind bras. — 8 years ago

B

10

2007 Hundred Acre. Post-Thanksgiving dinner w McC at Jar. Decanted abt 1 hr before drinking. Still huge. Comp against ‘01 Sloan. This lacked some of the finesse that the Sloan showed. This is also so massive and too young to drink. — 6 years ago

Elliott Morgan

9.1

2/25/19
Renz sprinkle party for Sloan — 6 years ago

Benjamin Keator

9.7

Hints of chocolate. Loved this wine! Guessed Sloan in blind tasting. — 7 years ago

with Michael

Carl Fischer

9.4

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. — 8 years ago