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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.

1997 Domaine Leroy Gevrey-Chambertin Les Combottes

3 cm ullage

WA  94   
ST  90-92+    

1997 Domaine Leroy Gevrey-Chambertin Les Combottes

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

WA  94   
ST  90-92+    

1995 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots

Light capsule condition issue

WA  92-94   
WS  92   
2 available
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1995 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots

Depressed cork

WA  92-94   
WS  92   

2019 Armand Rousseau Chambertin

BH  98   
WA  96-98   
JG  96+    
VN  95-97   
JR  18+    

2020 Armand Rousseau Chambertin

VN  96-98   
WA  95-97   
4 available
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2017 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

VN  95-97   
BH  94   
JR  18.5   
WA  91-94   
2 available
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2017 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage

VN  95-97   
BH  94   
JR  18.5   
WA  91-94   

1994 Tenuta Dell'Ornellaia Masseto

1.5ltr

VN  95   
WS  92   
RP  91   

1998 Tenuta Dell'Ornellaia Ornellaia

3.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

GR  3 Bicchieri   
JS  97   
WS  96   
ST  94   
JR  18.5   
WS  #1 of 2001   

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   

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 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  99   
JS  98-99   
JR  18.5   

2018 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  97-100   

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
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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
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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   

1989 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano di Neive

Light label condition issue

WA  98   
WS  90   

2020 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

WS  97   
WS  #8 of 2023   

1985 Hospices de Beaune Mazis-Chambertin Cuvee Madeleine Collignon elevage Leroy

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  91   

1984 Diamond Creek Lake Vineyard

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

WS  94   

1982 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino

Elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

WA  97   
WS  91   

2003 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  99   
ST  96-99   
2 available
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