Sloan, Napa Valley 2003 Southern Rhone with rich dark berry fruit

with rich dark berry fruit and firm

This is grounded

flint and roasted meat

black raspberries

fleshy with good acidity

Sloan, Napa Valley 2003 Southern Rhone with rich dark berry fruit96 points Wine Advocate The 2003 was made by Martha McClellan and the viticulture looked over by David Abreu. The 2003 Sloan, if slightly less prodigious than the perfect 2002, remains a young wine. Notes of vanillin, espresso roast, blackberries, scorched earth, camphor and hints of charcoal and barbecue meat jump from the glass of this spicy, rich, provocative Cabernet Sauvignon. With a full bodied mouthfeel, sweet tannin and adequate acidity, the