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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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DRC La Tache 2015, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tâche 2015 750ml

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"The 2015 La Tâche Grand Cru is a young classic, soaring from the glass with an exotic and stunningly complex bouquet of dark berries, plums, hoisi...

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Sine Qua Non Patine Syrah 2011 750ml

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"A wine that needs to be forgotten in the cellar for 5-6 years, the 2011 Syrah Patine checks in as a blend of roughly 97% Syrah and the balance Rou...

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Continuum 2010, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Continuum 2010 750ml

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"This has been an impressive, serious wine since the debut vintage, and Tim Mondavi's estate high on Pritchard Hill has fashioned a 2010 blend of 7...

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Colgin, Cariad 2002, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Colgin Cariad 2002 750ml

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"Probably the least evolved, although certainly accessible, stunningly complex, and just a point short of pure perfection is the 2002 Cariad. It is...

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Colgin, Cariad 2001, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Colgin Cariad 2001 750ml

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"My original score for the 2001 Cariad was 98 points, and there are 250 cases of this 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 7% ...

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Sloan 2001 750ml

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"The practically perfect 2001 Sloan (only the second effort released by Stuart Sloan) is aging magnificently. Made from very young vines planted on...

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Schrader T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon 2009, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Schrader T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon 2009 750ml

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"The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard is another big, implosive wine bursting with dark blackberries, blueberries, tar, smo...

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Sena Aconcagua Valley 2019 750ml

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"The 2019 Seña was produced with a Bordeaux blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Malbec, 15% Carmenere and 4% Petit Verdot with the Chilean charact...

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Copy of Sassicaia 2018, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Sassicaia 2018 750ml

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"This is a classic vintage of an Italian icon now celebrating its 50th vintage. The Tenuta San Guido 2018 Bolgheri Sassicaia lays out a familiar bl...

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Schrader T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon 2007, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Schrader T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon 2007 1.5L

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"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard T6 is just starting to move into tertiary spice box and meat...

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Château Trotanoy 2016 1.5L

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"Composed of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Trotanoy is characteristically a little closed at this youthful stage, slowly unfurling to ...

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Petrus 1998, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Petrus 1998 750ml

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"The 1998 Petrus is unquestionably a fabulous effort boasting a dense plum/purple color as well as an extraordinary nose of black fruits intermixed...

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M. Chapoutier Ermitage 'L'Ermite Blanc' 2016, 750ml - World Class Wine
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M. Chapoutier Ermitage 'L'Ermite Blanc' 2016 750ml

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"My favorite of the white Hermitages, the 2016 Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc boasts aromas of gently toasted marshmallow and ripe pear. It's full-bodied ...

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Margaux 2009, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Château Margaux 2009 1.5L

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"A brilliant offering from the Mentzelopoulos family, once again their gifted manager, Paul Pontallier, has produced an uncommonly concentrated, po...

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Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard 2019, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Schrader Colesworthy Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard 2019 1.5L

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"The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Colesworthy is a barrel selection. All Clone 337, all new French oak, all Thomas Rive...

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Realm 'Farella Vineyard' Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Realm Farella Vineyard 2016 1.5L

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"Realm took over the management of the vineyard starting this year, with a view to eventually assume possession of the property. Made up of 100% Ca...

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Myriad Cellars Beckstoffer Dr. Crane 2018, 3L - World Class Wine
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Myriad Cellars Beckstoffer Dr. Crane 2018 3L

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"The deep garnet-purple colored 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr Crane Vineyard is made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It comes bounding out o...

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Realm Cellars Beckstoffer To Kalon 2013, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Realm Beckstoffer To Kalon 2013 1.5L

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"The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and again aged in 100% new oak. The production is slightly hi...

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Palmer 2009, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Palmer 2009 1.5L

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"Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Palmer delivers a beguiling array of black fruit—warm plums, cassis and black cherry compote—with kirsch and wild sa...

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Sine Qua Non Dark Blossom Grenache 2011 750ml

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"The 2011 Grenache Dark Blossom is probably the best Grenache-based blend in the vintage. A blend of 75% Grenache, 12.5% Syrah, 11.5% Mourvedre and...

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Pavie Decesse 2009, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Château Pavie Decesse 2009 1.5L

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"Bottled the week of January 16 (a week before I tasted it), the 2009 Pavie Decesse (from a tiny 9-acre vineyard on the limestone slopes above Pavi...

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Peter Michael Cuvée Indigène 2019 750ml

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'"Cuvee Indigene is a top barrel selection of the Belle Cote vineyard with some fruit from Ma Belle Fille and Mon Plaisir. Winemaking consultant Lu...

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Penfolds Quantum "Bin 98" 2018, 750ml - World Class Wine
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Penfolds Quantum Bin 98 2018 750ml

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A bold trans-Pacific project uniting Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and South Australian Shiraz, Quantum Bin 98 is Penfolds’ most ambitious modern ...

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Lafite 2016, 1.5L - World Class Wine
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Château Lafite Rothschild 2016 1.5L

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"The 2016 Lafite Rothschild is a blend of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Merlot, with 15% of the press wine contributing to the blend this year. Dee...

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