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0 Krug - Brut Champagne Grande Cuvée
NV Krug - Brut Champagne Grande Cuvée
Varietal: Champagne | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 95 
Pinot Meunier adds a hardy character that forms the backbone for blended Champagne, such as Krug Grande Cuvee NV. This Champagne is rich and assertive, and further distinctive for using oak casks for primary fermentation, which... Read More
Current price:  $159.99
Remy Martin - Cognac Louis XIII (750ml)
Remy Martin - Cognac Louis XIII (750ml)
Varietal: Cognac & Armagnac Size: 750ml
WE 95 
Extraordinarily rare Grande Champagne Cognac by Remy Martin. It is a blend of eau-de-vie spirits, some of which are more than a century old. It is then aged in tiercons, oak barrels that are several hundred years old, in its own... Read More
Current price:  $2,799.00
1995 Valandraud - Saint-Emilion
1995 Valandraud - Saint-Emilion
Varietal: Merlot | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WA 95 

 

Current price:  $499.99
1998 Château La Mondotte - Saint-Emilion
1998 Château La Mondotte - Saint-Emilion
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 98  WA 96  WC 91 
Unbelievable nose of black truffle, meat and blackberry. Breathtaking. Full-bodied and very tight, with superpolished tannins and a finish that goes on for minutes. Really is exceptional. Still a baby; give it years. I am blown... Read More
Current price:  $399.99
2000 Château Vieux-Château-Certan - Pomerol
2000 Château Vieux-Château-Certan - Pomerol
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 95  WA 95 
A gorgeous wine of grace, elegance, and power, this youthful 2000 will benefit from another five years of cellaring. It appears to have 25 more years of life ahead of it. A deep ruby/purple color is just beginning to lighten at... Read More
Current price:  $249.99
2000 Haut Brion
2000 Haut Brion
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 94  WA 99 
Its bigger sister, the 2000 Haut-Brion (a blend of 51% Merlot, 43% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc) showed incredibly at the tasting, and for me is one of the three or four most prodigious wines of the vintage.... Read More
Current price:  $799.99
2003 Cheval Blanc - Saint-Emilion
2003 Cheval Blanc - Saint-Emilion
Varietal: Merlot | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 96 
Blackberry, mineral and lightly toasted oak. Subtle and complex. Full-bodied, with wonderfully sweet fruit character and ultrarefined tannins. Goes on and on. Gorgeous and seductive. Best after 2009. 5,055 cases made. Mar 31,... Read More
Current price:  $475.00
2005 Chapoutier - Cote-Rotie La Mordoree
2005 Chapoutier - Cote-Rotie La Mordoree
Varietal: Syrah | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 95 
M. Chapoutier's roots in the Rhône date back to 1808, when the family first settled in Tain l'Hermitage from the Ardèche Mountains. The family purchased a winery owned by Comte Monier de la Sizeranne and over time, acquired a... Read More
Current price:  $139.99
2005 Château de Fargues - Sauternes
2005 Château de Fargues - Sauternes
Varietal: Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 96  WA 95 
This is so creamy, almost milky in feel, with toasted coconut and cashew notes giving way to sweet peach, apricot and glazed pear flavors that glide along, while ginger, green tea, lychee and kumquat flavors extend through the... Read More
Current price:  $99.99
2005 Château Guiraud - Sauternes
2005 Château Guiraud - Sauternes
Varietal: Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 97  WE 95  WA 91 

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Current price:  $74.99
2005 Château Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac
2005 Château Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 98  WE 99  WA 96  WC 97 
While the 2005 is another brilliantly classic Lafite Rothschild, for my taste, it comes in slightly behind their extraordinarily opulent 2003 as well as the dramatically powerful 2000. A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11%... Read More
Current price:  $1,999.99
2005 Château Léoville Las Cases - Saint-Julien
2005 Château Léoville Las Cases - Saint-Julien
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 100  WE 96  WA 98  WC 95 
Another titanic effort from the Delon family, the 2005 Leoville Las Cases is probably the greatest wine made at this estate since Jean-Hubert Delon’s father produced the 1986 and 1996. Only 37% of the production... Read More
Current price:  $299.99
2005 Château Mouton-Rothschild - Pauillac
2005 Château Mouton-Rothschild - Pauillac
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 95  WE 95  WA 96  WC 95 
The 2005 Mouton Rothschild will have to take a back seat to the prodigious 2006, but administrator Philippe Dalhuin deserves considerable credit for pushing Mouton to higher quality levels over recent years. A blend of 85% Cabernet... Read More
Current price:  $999.99
2005 Château Palmer - Margaux
2005 Château Palmer - Margaux
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 95  WA 97  WC 94 
This spectacular offering should continue to improve, and may merit an even higher score after additional aging. Stunningly rich and powerful, the dark purple-tinged 2005 Palmer is a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot,... Read More
Current price:  $299.99
2005 Château Pavie - Saint-Emilion
2005 Château Pavie - Saint-Emilion
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 97  WA 98 
Now that the 2005 Pavie is in the bottle, I would place it, qualitatively, a notch below the prodigious 2000, and a few notches above the blockbuster 2003. There are 7,000 cases of this 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10%... Read More
Current price:  $399.99
2006 Château Bellevue-Mondotte - Saint-Emilion
2006 Château Bellevue-Mondotte - Saint-Emilion
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WA 95 
This tiny, 5-acre vineyard with nearly 50-year old vines produces only 4,000 bottles from a blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. The broodingly tannic, backward 2006 is remarkably concentrated, pure, and deep. It is an... Read More
Current price:  $199.99
2007 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape
2007 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape
Varietal: Grenache | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WA 96 
Beaucastel’s 2007 Chateauneuf du Pape has turned out even better out of bottle than I predicted. An inky/ruby/purple color is followed by a glorious nose of blue and black fruits, truffles, pen ink, licorice, and meat juices... Read More
Current price:  $115.00
2007 Jean Louis Chave Hermitage Rouge
2007 Jean Louis Chave Hermitage Rouge
Varietal: Syrah | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 95  WA 95 
The spectacular 2007 Hermitage boasts a dense purple color along with notes of creme de cassis, loamy soil, crushed rocks and acacia flowers, a rare opulence and a full-bodied style. Reminiscent of the 1991 Hermitage (a great... Read More
Current price:  $159.99
2007 Michel & Stephane Ogier - Cote-Rotie La Belle Helene
2007 Michel & Stephane Ogier - Cote-Rotie La Belle Helene
Varietal: Syrah | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 96 
This tiny estate, located in the village of Ampuis, consists of 15 acres (6 acres are within the Côte Rôtie appellation). Prior to 1980, Michel, the father, sold off both his fruit and the wines he produced to the large negociant... Read More
Current price:  $299.99
2008 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - Saint-Julien
2008 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou - Saint-Julien
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 92  WE 94  WA 95 
One of the stars of the vintage, and a remarkable achievement in 2008, with impressive richness, this dense purple colored wine is almost as opaque as the 2010. Spring flowers, crushed rocks, creme de cassis and some subtle oak... Read More
Current price:  $149.99
2008 Château Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac
2008 Château Lafite Rothschild - Pauillac
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 91  WE 97  WA 98 
A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 should have been purchased before it began to soar in value because of the significance of the number 8 in the Chinese culture (denoting good luck). Representing 40% of the production,... Read More
Current price:  $1,200.00
2008 Château Latour - Pauillac
2008 Château Latour - Pauillac
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WA 95 
An extraordinary wine, the classic 2008 Latour (13.5% natural alcohol) is composed of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Franc (40% of the production made it into the grand vin). Its dense purple color is followed... Read More
Current price:  $999.99
2008 Château Montrose - St.-Estèphe
2008 Château Montrose - St.-Estèphe
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WA 95 
One of the superstars of the vintage, this classic Montrose is not as showy or opulent as the 2010, 2009 or 2003, but it offers a dense purple color followed by gorgeously sweet black raspberry and black currant fruit intermixed... Read More
Current price:  $119.99
2008 Château Pontet-Canet - Pauillac
2008 Château Pontet-Canet - Pauillac
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France | Size: 750ml
WS 90  WE 92  WA 96 
A candidate for the wine of the vintage,Pontet Canets 2008 boasts an opaque purple color as well as copious aromas of sweet blueberries, blackberries and black currant fruit intertwined with lead pencil shavings, subtle barbecue... Read More
Current price:  $99.99
2008 Clos de Tart
2008 Clos de Tart
Varietal: Pinot Noir | Location: France | Size: 750ml
BH 96 
Mild but not invisible wood frames very ripe yet cool and airy dark fruit aromas that speak of earth, violets, underbrush and a hint of menthol that leads to reserved, intense and tautly muscular broad-shouldered flavors that... Read More
Current price:  $299.99
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