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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.

2005 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light label condition issue

JS  100   
WS  98   
JR  19.5   
ST  97   
RP  96   

1997 Domaine Leroy Gevrey-Chambertin Les Combottes

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; 4 cm ullage

WA  94   
ST  90-92+    

2013 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  99   
WS  93   
2 available
Bid *

2000 Château Haut-Brion

Light label condition issue

RP  99   
ST  96   
WE  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

1976 Domaine Ponsot Clos de la Roche

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3 cm ullage; label condition issue

BH  90   

2017 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

VN  95-97   
BH  94   
JR  18.5   
WA  91-94   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   
2 available
Bid *

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

1979 Krug Brut

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

DE  *****   

2003 Bond St. Eden

1.5ltr

WE  96   
RP  94   
ST  93+    
WS  91   

1982 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano di Neive

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; base neck fill; label condition issue

VN  97   
RP  93   
WS  90   

1997 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   

2016 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98+    

1885 Barbeito Verdelho Madeira

JR  17   

2003 Bond Melbury

1.5ltr

RP  97   
WE  94   
ST  93   
WS  90   

N.V. Pierre Peters Grand Cru Heritage Blanc de Blancs

1-bottle Lot, Plastic Case

WA  99   
JS  93   

2009 Domaine Bizot Vosne-Romanee Vieilles Vignes

BH  87-90   
5 available
Bid *

2019 Charles Lachaux Vosne Romanee Les Suchots

WA  90   

1989 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano di Neive

Light label condition issue

WA  98   
WS  90   

1982 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano di Neive

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; light label condition issue

VN  97   
RP  93   
WS  90   
5 available
Bid

1982 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano di Neive

Light capsule condition issue; base neck fill; label condition issue

VN  97   
RP  93   
WS  90   
2 available
Bid

1961 Château Lafite-Rothschild

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

MB  *****   
WS  94   
VN  91   
JS  90   

1990 Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Blanchot

Light label condition issue

BH  92