Sloan Estate is located in Rutherford, Napa Valley, and it was founded by Stuart Sloan, a Washington State businessman best known for founding a popular Seattle area chain of supermarkets. Like others who’ve come to Napa Valley in recent years with the aim of making a single, premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Sloan makes only one wine. The first vintage was the 2000, released in 2004. Sloan’s 2002 vintage earned 100 pts from Robert M. Parker Jr., establishing it as one of the newer “cult” Cabs of Napa Valley. Like most of its competitors in the Cult Cab market, the winery is not open to the public and wines are available at release only through a mailing list. The estate’s winemaker is Martha McClellan, who previously was the winemaker for Harlan Estate.