Discover SLOAN Wines: Napa's Elegant Powerhouses

We at GRW absolutely love SLOAN. You can find back vintage offerings that are a fraction of what current release is currently going for (north of $700/bottle). If you love wines with immense structure but tied in with amazing elegance, then you will love this wine from any vintage. We do find similarities to those of Harlan Estate and BOND. That may be due to Martha McClellan, the talented winemaker at SLOAN, being married to Bob Levy, who is the winemaking director at Harlan. 

"Stuart Sloan’s operation on a beautiful hillside just above Auberge du Soleil has taken off in less than a decade. They produce slightly more than 600 cases, but they hope to eventually reach 1,000 cases. This spectacular vineyard is treated like a spoiled child and Sloan boasts an impressive winemaking team of Martha McClellan and globe-trotting consultant Michel Rolland." - Robert Parker 

This collection below has loose bottles and original wooden cases that are priced the best in the country. Do not miss your opportunity to secure some of these Napa gems! 

2003 SLOAN

"The 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, now in bottle, is an amazing wine with a dense purple color and a gorgeous nose of new saddle leather, espresso roast, licorice, chocolate, and enormous quantities of black currant, cherry, and fruit intermixed with smoked meats. Full-bodied, powerful, with a broad savory mouthfeel, a multi-layered texture, and no hardness in the finish, this wine has evolved beautifully, and can be drunk now or cellared for 25+ years."

96+ Pts Robert Parker 

2004 SLOAN

"The 2004 Sloan’s spectacular inky/purple/garnet color is followed by notes of high quality espresso roast, chocolate, black currants, truffles and a striking minerality. Full-bodied and super-rich with that roasted character that one finds in Cote Rotie and some of the great Haut-Brions from Pessac-Leognan, this full-bodied, rich 2004 is a super-star of the vintage. Although the tannins are elevated, they are extremely sweet and well-integrated. This spectacular 2004 is performing even better now than it did following bottling. It is also one of the more developed and evolved vintages of Sloan, no doubt because that was the nature of the 2004 vintage."

98 Pts Robert Parker

2007 SLOAN

"The 2007 Sloan, now in bottle, has lived up to the extraordinary quality it exhibited from barrel. A world-class, perfumed nose of charcoal, espresso roast, white chocolate, black currants, sweet plums, Asian soy and a Grave-like scorched earth aroma soars from the glass of this dense purple-colored wine. Full-bodied and seamlessly constructed with a multidimensional mouthfeel as well as a phenomenal finish, this 2007 carries considerable tannin, but at present it is concealed by the wine’s luxurious levels of fruit, glycerin and intensity."

100 Pts Robert Parker

2009 SLOAN

"The 2009 Sloan possesses lots of espresso roast, chocolate fudge, baking spice, cedarwood, incense, creme de cassis, blackberry and subtle smoke characteristics. Surprisingly soft tannins are atypical for this vintage, but they work well and frame this full-bodied, concentrated, multidimensional wine. One of the finest Sloan's made to date, it can be drunk now or cellared for 25-30 years."

98 Pts Robert Parker