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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.

2001 Harlan Estate

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
WS  96   
ST  96   

2015 Harlan Estate

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  100   
JD  100   
JS  99   
VN  97   

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   

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   

2007 Bond St. Eden

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  99   
ST  94+    
WS  93   

2007 Bond St. Eden

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  99   
ST  94+    
WS  93   

2007 Bond Vecina

2-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
ST  95   
WS  94   

2007 Bond Vecina

3-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
ST  95   
WS  94   

1989 Château Lynch-Bages

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; light label condition issue; Case condition issue

DE  *****   
RP  99+    
WS  98   
VN  95   
JR  17.5   

1983 Château d'Yquem

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 6.0ltr

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue; Light case condition issue

RP  96   
WS  92   
JR  18.5   

2010 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  98+    
ST  96+    
VN  94+    

2018 Promontory Red

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

WA  97-100   

1982 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 5.0ltr

Etched bottle; Light case condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   

1985 Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 5.0ltr

Etched bottle; Light case condition issue

WS  91   
RP  90   

2000 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Case condition issue

GR  3 Bicchieri   
WA  97   
WS  96   
ST  93   

2001 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva Monfortino

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light case condition issue

GR  3 Bicchieri   
WA  99   
WS  95   
ST  94-96   

2000 Château L'Evangile

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  98   
WS  96   
ST  92-95   

2017 Château Ausone

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 3.0ltr

Light case condition issue

WA  98