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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.

2016 Armand Rousseau Chambertin

France Direct
Expected Arrival:
10 weeks from purchase date
WS  99   
WA  98   
VN  98   
BH  96-99   

2016 Armand Rousseau Chambertin Clos de Beze

France Direct
Expected Arrival:
10 weeks from purchase date
BH  98   
WA  97-99   
ST  94-96   

2016 Coche-Dury Meursault Les Caillerets

Lightly depressed cork

WA  93   

2016 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

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

2017 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti La Tache

WA  96   
VN  96   
BH  96   
JR  19   

2017 Realm The Absurd

1.5ltr

WA  98   
JD  97   
VN  96+    

2017 Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques

VN  95-97   
BH  94   
JR  18.5   
WA  91-94   
2 available
Bid *

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   

2017 Château Ausone

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Light case condition issue

WA  98   

2018 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

WA  100   
VN  98+    
JD  97   

2018 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Echezeaux

VN  92-94   

2018 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

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

2018 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  97-100   

2018 Château Lafleur

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case

JS  100   
JD  100   
WA  98+    
VN  97   
JR  19   
4 available
Bid *

2018 Alain Hudelot-Noellat Romanee St. Vivant

3.0ltr

VN  97   
WA  95-97   

2019 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
WS  96   

2019 Armand Rousseau Chambertin

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

2019 Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

JS  99   
JD  98   
VN  97+    

2019 Charles Lachaux Vosne Romanee Les Suchots

WA  90   

2019 Accendo Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

6.0ltr

Etched bottle

WA  98+    
WS  96   

2020 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Richebourg

Light label condition issue

BH  97   
WA  95   

2020 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-St. Vivant

WA  96+    
BH  96   
2 available
Bid *

2020 Armand Rousseau Chambertin

VN  96-98   
WA  95-97   
4 available
Bid *

2020 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

WS  97   
WS  #8 of 2023   
2 available
Bid *

2021 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

VN  98-100   
JD  96-98+    
3 available
Bid *