100-Point Wines
100-Point Wines
There is a huge difference between a good (or even great) wine and a heavenly blend of perfected fruit nectar concoctions. Only the finest wines can even get close to receiving the coveted 100-point score, a mark of quality that propels the producers into an elite club of world-class artisans. A single taste of one of these masterpieces can turn a normal person into a passionate wine aficionado, as these bottles each provide a unique, soul-enriching experience. Everything has to be perfect to justify a 100-point score; the texture, elegance, and complexity of the design, the carefully crafted flavor combination, and many other qualities.Every blend from this glorious court can singlehandedly serve as the centerpiece of your collection – a sentiment amplified by how difficult and expensive most of them can be to acquire. That’s where we come in. As a top-class wine retailer, we aim to guide you through the enchanting world of excellent wines, as your childlike wonder awakens anew in the face of these mouth-watering works of art. Our goal is to help you understand what makes these wines so desirable among passionate enthusiasts and eventually get your hands on them. There is a perfect blend for everyone in the world, and finding yours can be a life-changing moment. Let’s explore this
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1971 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo - 750 ml98VMAvailability: In StockMaria Teresa Mascarello made one of the wines of the vintage in 2016. Her 2016 Barolo is soft and sensual, but also quite hushed - as many wines are in this vintage in the early going. Medium in body with silky tannins and exceptional balan..." Learn More- 750 ml$999.00 -
1982 Mouton Rothschild - 1.5L100JDAvailability: In StockA wine that’s singing today, the 1982 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild is one of those wines that needs to be tasted to be believed. It almost has a California Cabernet-like sexiness and opulence paired with pure Bordeaux class. Still solid ..." Learn More- 1.5L$4,850.00 -
1982 Lafite Rothschild - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThe 1982 Lafite possesses a dark, dense ruby/purple color with only a subtle lightening at the rim. Spectacular aromatics offer jammy cherry and black fruits intertwined with lead pencil, mineral, and smoky wood scents. Powerful for a Lafit..." Learn More- 750 ml$4,349.00 -
1982 Pichon Lalande - 750 ml100DECAvailability: In StockMay Eliane de Lencquesaing had been at Pichon since 1978, so four years by the time the 1982 rolled around. The Merlot levels are a little higher than they are today (it was a favourite grape of her father's), but this flamboyant, fleshy st..." Learn More- 750 ml$939.00 -
1982 Cheval Blanc - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThis wine has proven to be one of Bordeaux's modern day legends. Absolutely spectacular for its first 7-8 years after bottling, the wine has gradually begun to reveal more delineation, structure, and tannin. In 1995, the wine appears even y..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,149.00 -
1986 Lafite Rothschild - 1.5L100RPAvailability: In StockThe 1986 possesses outstanding richness, a deep color, medium body, a graceful, harmonious texture, and superb length. The penetrating fragrance of cedar, chestnuts, minerals, and rich fruit is a hallmark of this wine. Powerful, dense, rich..." Learn More- 1.5L$4,375.00 -
1986 Lafite Rothschild - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThe 1986 possesses outstanding richness, a deep color, medium body, a graceful, harmonious texture, and superb length. The penetrating fragrance of cedar, chestnuts, minerals, and rich fruit is a hallmark of this wine. Powerful, dense, rich..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,399.00 -
1988 Guigal Cote Rotie La Landonne - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockAn opaque purple color and a closed but exciting nose of truffles, minerals, Asian spices, and fruitcake. When the wine hits the mouth with its enormous weight and extraction of flavor, one can't help but be seduced by such enormous richnes..." Learn More- 750 ml$899.00 -
1989 Montrose - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockA wine of unreal depth, it is armed with a powerful personality that glides across the mouth like liquid silk. A seductively sensual wine, it drowns the palate in waves of seamless dark fruits. One of the greatest Saint-Estephes I've ever t..." Learn More- 750 ml$895.00 -
1989 Haut Brion - 750 ml100JGAvailability: In Stock(Château Haut-Brion) It had been more than a decade since I last tasted a bottle of the 1989 Haut-Brion (having absolutely zero interest in opening any bottles out of my cellar before this wine has fully apogee), so I was very happy t..." Learn More- 750 ml$2,499.00 -
1990 Montrose - 1.5L100RPAvailability: In StockThe final blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc was harvested between September 14 and October 3. The spring was cold, yet summer was extremely hot and dry – one of the hottest vintages since 1949. The fact..." Learn More- 1.5L$2,149.00 -
1990 Beausejour Duffau - 375 ml100RPAvailability: In StockOne of the most singular Bordeaux I have ever tasted, it verges on being port-like, but it pulls back because of the extraordinary minerality and laser-like focus. The wine is massively concentrated, still black/purple-hued to the rim, and ..." Learn More- 375 ml$525.00 -
1990 Margaux (12-Pack OWC) - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In Stock...It offers an extraordinary aromatic display of spring flowers, camphor, sweet red and black fruits, a hint of licorice, and no evidence of its 100% new oak cask aging. Round and generous with low acidity, but an opulent, full-bodied rich..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,999.00 -
1990 Petrus - 750 ml100JSAvailability: In StockThis is a legend and lives up to it. Dense and opulent with layers of ripe, powerful, pure and rich fruit across the board. I have been lucky enough to drink this a number of times and it doesn't change.
James Suckling | 10..." Learn More- 750 ml$4,295.00 -
1990 Montrose - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThe final blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc was harvested between September 14 and October 3. The spring was cold, yet summer was extremely hot and dry – one of the hottest vintages since 1949. The fact..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,145.00 -
1990 Latour - 750 ml100WSAvailability: Available SoonThis is one of my favorite wines ever. Full-bodied, with layers of silky fruit and masses of currant, mineral and berry character. Amazing. It's a wine with perfect structure, perfect strength. It's 1961 Latour in modern clothes. It's hard ..." Learn More- 750 ml$959.00 -
1995 Margaux (12-Pack OWC) - 750 ml96RP-NMAvailability: In StockWine of the vintage and the greatest Chateau Margaux yet produced. A stunning red. The essence of raspberry, violet and berry, with hints of vanilla and toasted oak. Full-bodied and thick, yet racy, with masses of tannins and a harmonious s..." Learn More- 750 ml$799.00
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1996 Lafite Rothschild - 1.5L100RPAvailability: In StockTasted three times since bottling, the 1996 Lafite-Rothschild is unquestionably this renowned estate's greatest wine. As I indicated last year, only 38% of the crop was deemed grand enough to be put into the final blend, which is atypically..." Learn More- 1.5L$2,799.00 -
1996 Lafite Rothschild - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockTasted three times since bottling, the 1996 Lafite-Rothschild is unquestionably this renowned estate's greatest wine. As I indicated last year, only 38% of the crop was deemed grand enough to be put into the final blend, which is atypically..." Learn More- 750 ml$1,299.00 -
1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia - 1.5L100RPAvailability: In StockAn inky/plum/purple color is accompanied by a stunning bouquet of violets, charcoal, creme de cassis and a hint of toast. Prodigious when it hits the palate with a full-bodied expansiveness, there is not a hard edge to be found in the 1997,..." Learn More- 1.5L$995.00 -
1997 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThe 1997 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select appears to be a clone of the 1994. Like many of the finest wines of this vintage, it is already very expressive (much like the 1994), with an intense, explosive fragrance of flowers, licorice, and..." Learn More- 750 ml$499.00 -
1998 Guigal Cote Rotie La Mouline - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockThe 1998 Cote Rotie La Mouline boasts a dense purple color in addition to an astonishing, pure nose of jammy blackberry, currant, and cherry fruit intermixed with honeysuckle/apricot liqueur. Exceptionally seamless, full-bodied, and voluptu..." Learn More- 750 ml$559.00 -
1998 Cheval Blanc - 750 ml100DECAvailability: In StockThe reference chateau of the vintage, this wine is showing its class here and then some. It was the first year with Bernard Arnault and Albert Frère as owners, with Pierre Lurton coming onboard from his former role at Clos Fourtet. 1..." Learn More- 750 ml$999.00 -
1999 Guigal Cote Rotie La Landonne - 750 ml100RPAvailability: In StockFor drinking today, it doesn't get better than the 1999 Cote Rotie la Landonne (the '99 la Mouline maybe). A monumental Cote Rotie, it offers an incredible perfume of cassis, licorice, smoked game and roasted herbs (among other things), ful..." Learn More- 750 ml$799.00 -
2000 Latour - 3L100JSAvailability: In StockLatour has made truly great wines in the past two decades—and this is one of the best. It has fabulous aromas of black truffles, currants, raspberry and dried flowers. Mind-blowing on the palate, it’s an emotional and soulful re..." Learn More- 3L$5,499.00