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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.

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   

2000 Château Mouton Rothschild

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96+    
ST  94   
WS  93   
JS  93   
JR  17.5   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

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

2000 Château Cheval-Blanc

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  99   
WE  97   
VN  94+    
WS  93   
JR  18.5   

2009 Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Etched bottle; Light case condition issue

WA  98   
WE  97   
WS  96   
ST  94-96   

2020 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

WS  97   
WS  #8 of 2023   
2 available
Bid *

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92   

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 Château La Conseillante

6.0ltr

Light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue

RP  96   
WS  90   
ST  90-93   
JR  17.5   

2000 Château Ausone

6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

RP  98+    
WE  98   
WS  97   
ST  97+    
JR  18   

2019 Accendo Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

WA  98+    
WS  96   

1997 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23

5.0ltr

Light label condition issue

ST  91   

1988 Château Lafite-Rothschild

3.0ltr

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

RP  94   
WS  90   
JR  17.5   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

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

1996 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light writing on label

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  93   

2000 Harlan Estate

1.5ltr

WE  98   
WS  94   
ST  93-96   
RP  91   

2006 Harlan Estate

1.5ltr

ST  97   
RP  96   
WS  94   
WE  94   

1998 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  95   
WS  92   
ST  92   

2001 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  96   

2016 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
JD  100   
VN  98+    

2018 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

JS  100   
WS  99   
VN  98+    
WA  97-100   
JD  97-99   
JR  18   

2019 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
WS  96   

1996 Château Lafite-Rothschild

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

RP  100   
ST  96+    
WS  95   
JR  19   

1986 Château Mouton Rothschild

1.5ltr

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

RP  100   
JS  100   
WS  99   
ST  95   
JR  18.5   
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