SLOAN Proprietary Red Rutherford 2020

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Procuring Sloan Estate wines is next to impossible. But not today, not here... ACME has ACCESS. With a limited annual production of 600 cases and 100-point scores by critics many times over, Sloan safeguards an ironclad mailing list reserved for the most elite and long-standing collectors. These wines are so rare and sought-after that they are not even featured on our website. Sloan’s wines exude elegance, beauty, and poise, and we are elated to share our cherished annual allocation from the epic 2018 vintage with our top clients.

Sloan Estate was founded in 1997 when Stuart Sloan purchased 40 acres of coveted land in the eastern hills of the Rutherford AVA, just above Auberge du Soleil. Sloan quickly put together an all-star team to help accomplish his goal of making one of the greatest Cabernet Sauvignons in all of Napa Valley. First, he hired famed Vineyard Manager David Abreu to plant just 13 acres of vines. The perfect blend of white tufa soil, a cool marine influence, and generous sun exposure forms the ideal site for growing fruit of distinct quality and crafting exceptional wines that are compelling expressions of these elements. Martha McClellan (Harlan, Levy & McClellan, Checkerboard) took over winemaking in 2004, and it became clear Sloan Estate's luscious, dense, and complex Bordeaux Blends were not to be taken lightly. Along with world-renowned consulting oenologist Michel Rolland, this A-list team has been responsible for handcrafting these epically exquisite and celebrated wines ever since.

The estate's flagship wine since its inaugural 2000 vintage, the SLOAN Proprietary Red is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. Layered with remarkable complexity and intensity of flavors and aromas, Sloan exhibits a gorgeous tension between elements of grace and power, balance and opulence, as well as age and vibrancy. Crafted with meticulous care from vine to bottle and exacting standards for achieving the highest quality, this uninhibitedly rich and extraordinarily pure wine is a beautiful, raw expression of the estate's terroir.