How many 100 Point wines have you had in the last few years that lived up to its score?

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Atlantis, Poker face, Ode to E (that count? it was 99+) and 05 Alban Lorraine.
Most dissapointing 100 pointer (consistently) Quilceda Creek

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Well said sir.

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Donnhoff 1997 Oberhauser Brucke Auslese
Bonneau 1990 CDP Celestins

I’ve tasted plenty of “100 point” wine over the years, but never experienced/consumed one at a tasting, only with friends over a great meal.

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+1

I’ve had all the recent vintages of Q Creek and none have lived up to the hype. I’ve much preferred older vintages, say the '94, '96 and '98.

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Same here. Usually just 3-4 of us, 5 at most.

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Debates about the merits of the 100pt system aside, it occurred to me recently that i’ve never had a wine that I thought was perfection. Maybe it is time I adjust my personal scale and recognize perfection as a fleeting impossibility: 96pts = 100?

27

I like it. Works for me.

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I doubt I’ll ever have a wine I give 100 points to. How will I know what is a ‘perfect’ wine - I might have one later that is better. Closest I came in my CT notes was the '95 Bollinger La Grande Annee. Had I added the '96 and '97 Chave from my recent Seattle trip, and the '76 (was that the year?) Lalande I had with Philip Robert and gang, I’d have a few more in that range, which is 98 points.

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I’ve only had one that was assigne 100 by someone else and it didn’t come close to the hype. Although that was probably because it was waaaaay too young. 2007 Saxum JBV. Good, but I’ve had better Saxum’s and much better wines. I think that’s the only wine I’ve had that anyone has given 100 to.

As for my personal 100, never had one…I kinda like James Vineyard’s comments above…

30

I was just thinking that the 89 did it for me, but alas, 89 was only 99 pts! I should have dumped it out!

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Or, you could mix it with 2005 Maybach.

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Another vote for Quilceda Creek - in the negative. I have had vintages back to 1995, and they have never done anything for me.

I have a few others in the cellar, with the 2002 Shafer HSS the closest to being ready.

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That would only make it 99.5 points!

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Quick! Add more Maybach!

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90 La Chapelle. Had it twice and 100 pts both times. Both SQN Ode to E’s as well.

36

If the bottle is empty and I did not pour it down the drain…it’s a 100 pointer. QED.

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1997 Harlan (maggie on my 50th birthday - thanks Don!)
1997 Bryant (hanging out at the compound - thanks Don!)
Every bottle of 2001 Yquem I’ve opened from my own cellar.

38

Word!!

Given 100 points by whom?

WE just gave this Williams-Selyem Pinot 100 points, has anyone tried it??

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2001 Yquem
1989 Haut Brion

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The only wine that an established critic rated 100 points that lived up to the billing for me was 1990 Montrose. Every one of the 4 bottles I drank hit that mark in spades. Otherwise, such critically acclaimed wines have not hit the supercalifragilistic fabulousness mark.

Additionally, while I do not assign scores to wines – a silly exercise, at least for me – I have had any number of stunning wine experiences that I rate as highly as my encounters with the 1990 Montrose. Few of those are rated, at least by any established critics, as 100 pointers. Perhaps they just can’t think outside the box?