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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.

1989 Chateau Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; 4 cm ullage; label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  97   

1989 Chateau Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; 3.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

MB  *****   
RP  97   

1990 Domaine Ramonet Montrachet

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

WS  96   
RP  93   

1992 Henri Jayer Vosne Romanee Cros Parantoux

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

BH  90   

1993 Three Rivers Shiraz

1.5ltr

RP  99   

1994 Harlan Estate

RP  100   
ST  96   
WS  95   
8 available
Bid *

1994 Petrus

1.5ltr

Label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   

1995 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti La Tache

3 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WA  95   
WS  95   
ST  95   
BH  94   

1995 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots

WA  92-94   
WS  92   
7 available
Bid

1995 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots

Light capsule condition issue

WA  92-94   
WS  92   
3 available
Bid *

1995 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots

Depressed cork

WA  92-94   
WS  92   

1995 Chateau Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve

RP  99   
WS  91   

1995 Domaine Robert Arnoux Romanee St. Vivant

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

ST  95   

1996 Château Lafite-Rothschild

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

RP  100   
ST  96+    
WS  95   
JR  19   

1996 Colgin Herb Lamb Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

3.0ltr

Light writing on label

RP  97   
WS  94   
ST  93   

1996 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanee Les Beaux-Monts

Light capsule condition issue; 3.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WA  96   
WS  92   
ST  92-96   

1996 Armand Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Beze

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

ST  94   
WA  92-94   

1996 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

RP  96   
ST  95   
WS  92   

1997 Harlan Estate

Base neck fill or better

RP  100   
WS  97   
ST  97   
2 available
Bid *

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

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

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

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

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+    

1997 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cask 23

5.0ltr

Light label condition issue

ST  91   

1997 Dalla Valle Maya

6.0ltr

RP  99   
ST  95+