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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 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

Light label condition issue

WS  91   

1989 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

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

WS  90   

1989 Rene Engel Grands-Echezeaux

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

WS  90   

1990 Domaine Ponsot Clos de la Roche Vieilles Vignes

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  98   
BH  95   
WS  92   
CC  17   
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2006 Château Lafite-Rothschild

1.5ltr

Light capsule condition issue

RP  97   
WS  95   
ST  95+    
JR  17   

1996 Coche-Dury Meursault Les Rougeots

Lightly depressed cork; label condition issue

WS  95   
ST  94   
WA  90-93   

2010 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet

1.5ltr

CT  95.6   
ST  93-96   

2012 Faiveley Chambertin Clos De Beze Les Ouvrees Rodin

1.5ltr

CT  95.2   

2002 Schrader MMII (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  100   

2003 Harlan Estate

1.5ltr

RP  98+    
WE  98   
ST  95   
JR  17   

2015 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Etched bottle

WA  99   
JD  98   
WS  96   

2007 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots

Light capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; 3.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WA  91   

2019 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

WA  95-97   
JG  95   
JR  18.5   

1982 Château Latour

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; base neck fill; light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  98   
JS  98   
ST  97   
CT  97.1   
JR  19   

2005 Schrader MMV (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  100   
WS  95   

2000 Chateau Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape Reserve

Lightly depressed cork; light label condition issue

RP  93   
WS  93   
ST  91+    

2020 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

VN  98   
WS  96   
WA  95-97   
JR  18.5+    

2016 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

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

2003 Sine Qua Non The Inaugural Eleven Confessions Syrah

RP  100   
VN  96   
WS  90   

2009 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  97   
VN  94   
ST  92+    

1990 Domaine Dujac Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes

Light capsule condition issue; label condition issue

BH  92   
RP  90   

2014 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

VN  100   
WA  99   
JS  99   

2018 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  97-100   

2000 Château Pontet-Canet

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue; Light case condition issue

RP  94+    
WS  93   
ST  93   
JR  17.5   

2022 Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes Mares

Lightly depressed cork

WA  96-98   
VN  96-98   
JR  18+