Exceptional — 97 to 99 Points
201 bottles from California, Bordeaux and Tuscany spanning 1982 to 2024. Wines here are rated between 97 and 99 points, including 45 in large format. Explore benchmark bottles for the cellar, significant vintages, and collector formats currently available.
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Harlan Estate 2005 1.5L
"Its bigger brother, or sister, depending on the point of view, is the extremely young, fresh, vigorous, yet still exuberant and promising 2005 Har...
View full detailsChâteau Margaux 2017 1.5L
"The 2017 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. Deep garnet-purple colored, it ne...
View full detailsHarlan Estate 2017 750ml
"Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2017 Harlan Estate needs a little coaxing to reveal captivating iron ore, red currant jelly, cloves and crushed r...
View full detailsBond Vecina 2015 750ml
"Bottled in early 2018, the 2015 Vecina is deep garnet-purple in color, with baked blackberries, black cherries and blackcurrant cordial aromas tha...
View full detailsAubert Larry Hyde & Sons 2019 750ml
"Aubert noted that this is his coolest site and usually the last to be harvested. Located near the Hyde Estate winery, by virtue of chilly afterno...
View full detailsChâteau La Mission Haut-Brion 2018 3L
"The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion is a blend of 53.5% Merlot, 42.9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3.6% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it emerge...
View full detailsScarecrow 2021 750ml
The Wine Advocate RP 98+ Drink Date: 2025 - 2040 The 2021 Scarecrow is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from a vineyard on the western edge of R...
View full detailsAubert Larry Hyde & Sons 2018 750ml
The Wine Advocate RP 98 Drink Date: 2022 - 2032 The 2018 Chardonnay Larry Hyde & Sons was of the last vineyards picked, in mid-Sep...
View full detailsPavie 1998 750ml
"The 1998 Pavie is deep garnet-brick in color. So much fruit comes charging out of the gate here: profound crème de cassis, baked blackberries and ...
View full detailsAbreu Cappella 2016 750ml
"Dark and very reserved up front, with an espresso cream frame holding a dense core of steeped fig and black currant paste flavors in check for now...
View full detailsSchrader MB Monastery Block To Kalon Vineyard 2019 750ml
"The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Monastery Block To Kalon Vineyard is 100% clone 169 Cabernet Sauvignon coming from the Monastery Block of the Robert M...
View full detailsSine Qua Non Pictures 2007 750ml
"2007 Pictures Grenache: A blend of 87% Grenache, 11.5% Syrah, and 1.5% Viognier, this wine has wonderful floral notes intermixed with black raspbe...
View full detailsRealm The Absurd 2017 750ml
"Winemaker Benoit Touquette, owner Scott Becker and consultant Michel Rolland had a debate about whether to make a 2017 The Absurd—the estate's übe...
View full detailsChâteau Margaux 2003 1.5L
"This was the finest performance by this wine that I have seen since it was released. I did not expect the 2003 Chateau Margaux to show this well i...
View full detailsSine Qua Non Poker Face 2004 750ml
"Starting off the Syrah-based wines, the 2004 Poker Face (Syrah) is aging beautifully. A blend of 96% Syrah, 2.5% Mourvedre and 1.5% Viognier (from...
View full detailsUccelliera Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2015 750ml
"The Uccelliera 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (with 9,600 bottles made) is a great achievement and is among my top favorite wines from Andrea...
View full detailsHarlan Estate 1996 750ml
"The opaque purple-colored 1996 Harlan Estate reveals extraordinary intensity, a spicy, black currant, tobacco, cedar, and fruit cake-scented bouqu...
View full detailsDana Helms 2015 750ml
"Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Helms Vineyard has a gregarious nose of freshly crushed black currants, black berries and...
View full detailsPaul Hobbs Beckstoffer To Kalon 2016 750ml
"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard slides seductively out of the glass with the most gorgeous n...
View full detailsPeter Michael Cuvée Indigène 2015 750ml
"The 2015 Chardonnay Cuvee Indigene is profoundly scented of honeyed apricots, pear tart, marzipan and brioche with hints of butterscotch, praline ...
View full detailsDominus 2008 750ml
"Made in a more masculine style, the 2008 Dominus has all of that along with bigger body and more structure, fat, density and texture. Both are bri...
View full detailsAbreu Thorevilos 2010 750ml
"The 2010 Thorevilos seemed more tannic and backward than the 2009, which is somewhat of an anomaly in my tastings of these two vintages. Lots of e...
View full detailsAbreu Thorevilos 2012 750ml
"The 2012 Thorevilos is flamboyant, phenomenally concentrated, full-bodied, majestic and totally prodigious. It can be drunk young, but most reader...
View full detailsChâteau Haut-Brion 2020 750ml
"The 2020 Haut-Brion is more aromatically demonstrative than La Mission Haut-Brion, bursting with aromas of blackberries and raspberries mingled wi...
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