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Once in a Lifetime

Once in a lifetime, or we think a lot more often than that, every wine lover should taste some of the world’s rarest, most acclaimed wines. Here are wines from legendary French estates and California cult wineries. Try them. You only live once.

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   

1974 Heitz Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue; signed bottle

MB  *****   
RP  98   
WS  97   

1978 Caymus Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 9.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light writing on label; signed by the winemaker; Case condition issue

RP  98   

1994 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
ST  96   
WS  95   
8 available
Bid *

1996 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light writing on label

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  93   

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92   

1997 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

RP  100   
WS  95   
ST  91+    

1997 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   

1997 Harlan Estate

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  94   
JR  17   
WS  #5 of 2000   

1997 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

RP  99   
ST  95+    

1999 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  97+    
ST  96   
WS  95   

2000 Harlan Estate

1.5ltr

WE  98   
WS  94   
ST  93-96   
RP  91   

2002 Schrader MMII (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  100   

2003 Bond Melbury

1.5ltr

RP  97   
WE  94   
ST  93   
WS  90   

2003 Bond Pluribus

1.5ltr

RP  98   
ST  93   

2003 Bond St. Eden

1.5ltr

WE  96   
RP  94   
ST  93+    
WS  91   

2010 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  98+    
ST  96+    
VN  94+    

2013 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  99   
WS  93   
2 available
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2016 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98+    

2016 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Etched bottle

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98   
WS  94   

2018 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
VN  98+    
JD  97   

2018 Opus One

1.5ltr

JS  99   
WA  98   
JD  97   
VN  95   
WS  94   
JR  18   

2018 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  97-100