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 — 2 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

Michael Patrone

9.8

Fruit and alcohol! — 5 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

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. — 5 years ago

Donna Adams

9.4

Tasted this at the Jamie Sloan tasting room in Santa Barbara. — 6 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