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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.

2004 Armand Rousseau Chambertin

BH  93   
ST  92+    
JR  17   

2011 Armand Rousseau Chambertin

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

BH  96   
VN  95+    
WA  93   

2004 Armand Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Beze

ST  92   
BH  91-94   

1982 Château La Mission Haut Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  100   
JR  19.5   
JS  97   
CT  95.9   
ST  95   
WS  94   

1982 Château La Mission Haut Brion

1.5ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork

RP  100   
JR  19.5   
JS  97   
CT  95.9   
ST  95   
WS  94   

2009 Château La Mission Haut Brion

1.5ltr

RP  100   
VN  97   
JS  97   
WE  97   
WS  96   
JR  18   

2009 Château Lafite-Rothschild

JS  100   
RP  99+    
WS  98   
CT  96.6   
VN  96+    
JR  19   

2004 Château Latour

3.0ltr

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  95   
ST  94   
JR  15.5   

2005 Château Latour

1.5ltr

Lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

JS  100   
WS  99   
ST  98   
JR  19.5   
RP  96   

1961 Château Latour a Pomerol

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  94   

2004 Chateau Le Pin

Light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
ST  92-94   

2011 Chateau Le Pin

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

WS  95   
RP  94-96   

1996 Château Leoville-Las-Cases

3.0ltr

RP  98   
ST  96+    
WS  92   
JR  18   

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; base neck fill; light label condition issue; exposed cork

RP  96+    
CT  94.6   
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

2013 Comte de Vogue Musigny Vieilles Vignes

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  96   
ST  96+    
BH  96   
JR  18.5+    

2011 Comte Liger-Belair

3-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

See item details for bottle notes

2011 Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee

1.5ltr

WA  97   
ST  93-96   
BH  93-96   
JR  17+    

1983 Diamond Creek

3-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

See item details for bottle notes

1971 Domaine Clair-Dau Chambertin Clos de Beze

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; 4.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

VN  95   
WA  91   

2014 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Corton

1.5ltr

BH  93   
ST  92+    
WA  91   
JR  18   

2022 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Corton

WA  93   
JR  18   

1999 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Echezeaux

BH  93   
WA  92   
ST  91+    

2003 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Grands-Echezeaux

Light label condition issue

JR  19   
WA  92   
ST  92   
BH  92   

2016 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Grands-Echezeaux

1.5ltr

WA  93-95   
BH  93-95   

2019 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Grands-Echezeaux

WA  96   
VN  96   
JR  18+