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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.

1979 Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs

WS  93   

1998 Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes Mares

Capsule condition issue; label condition issue

BH  94   

1999 Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes Mares

Light label condition issue

WA  96   
ST  95+    
BH  95   
WS  94   
JR  18   

2019 Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes Mares

VN  96-98   
WA  94-96+    
JR  17.5+    

1982 Henri Jayer Echezeaux

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

WS  94   
CT  93.3   

2011 Comte Liger-Belair

3-bottle Horizontal, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

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2011 Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee

1.5ltr

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

2008 Domaine Georges Mugneret (Mugneret-Gibourg) Ruchottes-Chambertin

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

WA  94   
ST  94   
BH  93   

1989 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; 3 cm ullage or better

WS  90   

1997 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

Light label condition issue

WS  91   

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   

2018 Kinsman Eades Rhadamanthus

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

VN  100   
WA  97   
WS  97   
JS  95   

2014 Domaine Roulot Meursault Bouchères

1.5ltr

ST  93   
BH  93   
WA  90   

1997 Domaine Roulot Meursault Perrières

Light label condition issue

WS  94   

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   

2021 Domaine Duroche Griotte-Chambertin

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case

VN  95   
WA  92-94   

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