Blend: c.55% Merlot, c.30% Cabernet Sauvignon, c.15% Cabernet Franc
Vintage production: <500 cases
2016 SLOAN ESTATE, ASTERISK Proprietary Red, Rutherford 6x75cl
Red ⋅ Napa Valley ⋅ USA
£1,150 / Case£191.67 / BottleDuty Status: In Bond ⋅ Price incl. of Duty & VAT: £1,403.04 / Case, £233.84 / BottleAvailability: Immediate ⋅ ETA to UK address: 2-4 days
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Tasting Notes
Tasting Notes
James Suckling 95
Aromas of blackberries, herbs and green olives with some dried flowers. Full-bodied, yet firm and energetic with lovely intensity and flavors at the end. Smoky. Meaty, too. Drinkable now, but much better in 2022.
Jeb Dunnuck 94
Starting with the 2016 Asterisk, which was bottled in March of 2019, it offers a medium to full-bodied, elegant yet nicely concentrated style as well as plenty of ripe plum, tobacco, sagebrush, and truffle-laced aromatics. It’s a rich, fleshy, beautifully balanced 2016 that has a touch of background oak to integrate, ripe tannins, and a great finish. It’s going to evolve for 20+ years.
Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040
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Delivery & Storage
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We deliver Monday-Friday and charges are £16 ex-VAT for the majority of UK postcodes (Highlands and Islands will incur additional charges).
We can also offer next-day delivery for central London addresses if an order is placed before 12:00 the previous day, and also offer same day deliveries at an additional charge.
Storage and Transfer fees
We can also arrange deliveries to other storage accounts. Prices vary from £12 ex-VAT (within the London City Bond warehouses) to £16 ex-VAT for delivery to all other storage providers (likes of Octavian).
International Deliveries
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Storage
Wines are stored at London City Bond, Creek Road in Barking. All wines are professionally stored under ideal conditions and insured to their full market value. Our current storage fee is £10.50 ex-VAT per 12 bottle case or equivalent per year.
If you have any questions regarding delivery and/or storage, please contact us at team@fourcorners.wine.
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