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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.

2009 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

WS  97   
RP  96   
ST  96+    

2014 Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon

JS  99   
RP  97   
VN  97   

1985 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti La Tache

Light capsule condition issue; light signs of past seepage; 4.5 cm ullage; light label condition issue

WS  93   
RP  90   
BH  90   
CC     

1985 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Richebourg

Capsule condition issue; lightly depressed cork; light signs of past seepage; 3.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

WS  100   
RP  96   
BH  94   

1990 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-St. Vivant

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

RP  92   
BH  92   
WS  90   
JR  18   
CC     

1991 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-St. Vivant

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

RP  94   
BH  94   
CC  18.5   

2005 Harlan Estate

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

Light label condition issue

RP  97   
ST  95-98   
WS  94   

2005 Château Lafite-Rothschild

Light label condition issue

JS  100   
WS  98   
JR  19.5   
ST  97   
RP  96   

1982 Château Mouton Rothschild

Light capsule condition issue; top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  100   
JS  100   
JD  100   
WS  98   
VN  98   
ST  97   
JR  18.5   
MB  ****/*   

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   

1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia

3.0ltr

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

2002 Schrader MMII (Old Sparky)

1.5ltr

RP  100   

2006 Schrader MMVI (Old Sparky)

1-bottle Lot, Wood Case, 1.5ltr

RP  100   
WS  99   

1959 Château Haut-Brion

Capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; 4.5 cm ullage; label condition issue

JR  20   
MB  *****   
WS  98   
RP  93   
ST  93   
CC  17.5   

2000 Château Haut-Brion

Light label condition issue

RP  99   
ST  96   
WE  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

2000 Château Haut-Brion

3.0ltr

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

RP  99   
ST  96   
WE  96   
WS  94   
JR  18   

2003 Bond Pluribus

1.5ltr

RP  98   
ST  93   

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   

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  ****   

1971 Petrus

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

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****   

1971 Petrus

Light capsule condition issue; lightly elevated cork; very top shoulder fill; light label condition issue

RP  95   
WS  94   
MB  ****