A Vertical of SLOAN

Fair Market Value: $5,000

Donated by: Alice G. Givens ’94

This auction item contains a six-bottle vertical selection (2013-2018) of the critically acclaimed Napa cult wine, SLOAN Proprietary Red, in a keepsake wooden box. SLOAN ESTATE, perched on the eastern hills of Rutherford across 40 spectacular acres, overlooks the Napa Valley floor at elevations ranging from 875 to 990 feet above sea level. 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. It is a precise wine with defined structure and immense aging potential and at the same time, a seductive wine of exceptional fruit finesse, minerality and multilayered mouthfeel. 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 terroir — a reflection of soils, climate, and its place of origin.

The successful bidder will receive one 750-ml bottle of each of the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Sloan Proprietary Red in the 2013 original wooden box from Sloan Estate. Each bottle was purchased by the donor though allocation directly from the estate and has been stored in temperature and humidity-controlled wine storage since release. The donor will honor a request for a replacement if a bottle is cork tainted. The donor will hand-deliver within the Virginia, Maryland or Washington, D.C., area or will arrange to ship the wines domestically to the winning bidder. Delivery must be arranged on or before June 2, 2024.

Ratings from Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate: 2013 – 99 points; 2014 – 98 points; 2015 – 100 points; 2016 – 97-100 points; 2017 – 96+ points; 2018 – 98+ points