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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Ausone 2017 750ml
"The deep garnet-purple colored 2017 Ausone is a blend of 55% Cabernet Franc and 45% Merlot. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious scents of ...
View full detailsChâteau Margaux 2015 1.5L
"The 2015 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Medium garnet-purple colored, th...
View full detailsCaymus Vineyards Special Selection 2009 750ml
"Deep garnet in color, the 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection comes wafting out of the glass with drop-dead gorgeous scents of Christmas cak...
View full detailsTignanello 2007 750ml
"“Big, rich and dense, this is still a bit closed despite being integrated. The velvety texture embraces cherry, plum, tobacco, iron and spice arom...
View full detailsRidge Monte Bello 2019 750ml
"The 2019 Monte Bello includes 9% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc. It has a poised, graceful nose of fresh sage and lilac with savory...
View full detailsSmith Haut Lafitte 2018 750ml
"A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, aged in 60% new barriques, the very deep garnet-purple color...
View full detailsShafer Hillside Select 2019 750ml
"Sourced from specific blocks of estate-grown fruit, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select is another highly successful vintage. All Cabernet...
View full detailsAubert CIX 2024 750ml
"Another terrific year for this bottling, the 2020 Chardonnay CIX Estate—from Montrachet-selection budwood on vines planted in 2008, and matured in...
View full detailsAngélus 2015 750ml
The "Solar" Masterpiece: Opulence Unleashed The 2015 Château Angélus is a vintage of pure exuberance. Marking the first vintage produced under the ...
View full detailsChâteau Angélus 2014 750ml
The Cabernet Franc Masterclass: Elegance & Intensity The 2014 Château Angélus is a brilliant reminder that you don't need a "Century Vintage" t...
View full detailsSolaia 2021 750ml
A modern Super-Tuscan masterpiece from the famed Tignanello estate. The 2021 Solaia offers soaring aromas of blackcurrant, violet, graphite, and ex...
View full detailsEisele Vineyard 2012 750ml
Before Château Latour’s Artemis Domaines stewardship, the Araujo family shaped the Eisele Vineyard into one of Napa Valley’s most celebrated Cabern...
View full detailsPaul Hobbs Beckstoffer To Kalon 2015 1.5L
"Deep purple-black in color, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard opens with seducing notes of crushed black currants, blueber...
View full detailsPaul Hobbs Beckstoffer To Kalon 2014 1.5L
"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard reveals notes of blackberry preserves and blueberry compote ...
View full detailsFonseca Vintage Port 1994 1.5L
"One of the most spectacular 1994s, this opaque purple-colored wine is an exotic, flamboyant, ostentatious port. Extremely fragrant and pungent, wi...
View full detailsChateau de Vaudieu Chateauneuf-du-Pape Amiral G 2010 750ml
"Made from 100% old vine Grenache, the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Amiral G (only 120 cases produced) once again reminded me of Barroche’s Chateauneuf...
View full detailsChâteau Mouton Rothschild 2018 1.5L
"The 2018 Mouton Rothschild is a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc—there is also a splash of all the Petit Verdot t...
View full detailsSloan 2016 750ml
"This is a barrel sample blended of 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, to be bottled the first week of Febr...
View full detailsDana Helms 2013 750ml
"The 57-acre estate vineyard includes the Helms Vineyard in Rutherford, which is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and usually produces small quantities of l...
View full detailsChâteau Ducru-Beaucaillou 2005 750ml
"Deep garnet colored, the 2005 Ducru-Beaucaillou needs a little coaxing before slipping sensuously out of the glass with the most alluring perfume ...
View full detailsAbreu Madrona Ranch 2017 750ml
"Abreu's 2017 Madrona Ranch Proprietary Red features gentle tobacco nuances and dark, loamy notes to go along with its massively concentrated cassi...
View full detailsAubert Eastside Vineyard 2018 750ml
The Wine Advocate RP 97 Drink Date: 2021 - 2030 The 2018 Chardonnay Eastside leaps from the glass with exuberant scents of grapefruit, ...
View full detailsRealm The Absurd 2018 750ml
The 2018 Realm Cellars "The Absurd" is a spectacular cellar selection from a near-perfect Napa vintage. Hailed as a "textbook" year, the 2018 deliv...
View full detailsChâteau Mouton Rothschild 2019 750ml — 6-Bottle OWC
"The 2019 Mouton Rothschild is the most dramatic of the Médoc first growths, soaring from the glass with aromas of cassis, blackberries and violets...
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