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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.

1961 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

MB  *****   
WS  94   
VN  91   
JS  90   

1953 Château Latour

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1989 Bruno Giacosa Barbaresco Riserva Santo Stefano di Neive

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

WA  98   
WS  90   

1987 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche

Lightly elevated cork; 3 cm ullage; light label condition issue

CC  18.5   
RP  90   

1987 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche

Lightly elevated cork; 4 cm ullage; light label condition issue

CC  18.5   
RP  90   

1987 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche

3.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

CC  18.5   
RP  90   

1987 Domaine Dujac Clos St. Denis

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

RP  92   

1978 Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; label condition issue

RP  96   
ST  92   

2009 J.F. Mugnier Musigny

BH  98   
WA  94-97   
ST  93-95   
JR  18