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Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 8:33:59 AM   
mgriffith

 

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Status: offline 		It's almost on top of us, folks. Open That Bottle Night is February 25th this year, a mere 17 days out.

Ladies and Gentlemen - Search your cellars!

What are folks planning on enjoying? Let me live vicariously.
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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 1:09:30 PM   
PinotPhile

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for the reminder. Now I get to thinking....and would like to hear as well what others are planning.

OTBN Cheers!

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 1:50:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Please explain what exactly is OTBN. Thanks!

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 2:24:03 PM   
S1

 

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ORIGINAL: CranBurgundy

Please explain what exactly is OTBN. Thanks!

Open That Bottle Night, generally the final Sat in Feb, is an excuse to find a lone soldier rattling around in the cellar and put it out of its lonely misery.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 2:45:39 PM   
mgriffith

 

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ORIGINAL: CranBurgundy

Please explain what exactly is OTBN. Thanks!


Try this

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 3:06:30 PM   
midpalate

 

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Status: offline 		Hmmm.. Maybe it's time to drink the mag. of '85 Beausejour-Duffau Lagarosse.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 3:06:53 PM   
OceanExpress

 

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From: Reston, VA
Status: offline 		Every time I hit this board i learn something :) Thanks for the education on OTBN..

mgriffith - I especially like number 9 from the link you shared:

9. Enjoy the wine for what it is, not what it might someday be or might once have been.

-Tom

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/8/2017 4:52:13 PM   
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ORIGINAL: S1


quote:

ORIGINAL: CranBurgundy

Please explain what exactly is OTBN. Thanks!

Open That Bottle Night, generally the final Sat in Feb, is an excuse to find a lone soldier rattling around in the cellar and put it out of its lonely misery.

It started with wine writers for the WSJ that talked about people saving bottles for special occasions and never finding a reason. So they came up with OTBN. It could be a rare bottle, one with some sentimentality, or any something you always wanted to try.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/24/2017 3:37:49 PM   
bretrooks

 

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Status: offline 		Ok, it's been a long week, it's OTBN eve, and I for one am looking forward to an excuse to open something fun this weekend... We should have blue sky for the first Saturday in a while, so I'm thinking about getting some beef for the grill and opening a lonely bottle of 1999 Feudi di San Gregorio Taurasi Piano di Montevergine. Anyone else have plans?

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/24/2017 3:53:05 PM   
wadcorp

 

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Status: offline 		I'm considering what to open tomorrow as well.

Have a few good options. Bottles that have been loitering for a "special occasion"… well, this might be that occasion.

(By the way, bretrooks: congrats on 2000 posts.)

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/24/2017 5:26:53 PM   
DoubleD1969

 

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Status: offline 		1999 Rene Rostaing Cote Blonde with a few winos tomorrow night

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 12:04:33 AM   
PinotPhile

 

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Status: offline 		Beef Bourguignon w/modest Cab Sauv currently open, followed by modest Rose' of Sangiovese.

Chose to defer OTBN to a spring weekend. So we are doing OTBNN, I guess. Open That Bottle Night NOT.

Good cuisine, hopefully a good classic movie, keeping it simple.

Later is just better for both of us.

Do Your Own Thing Cheers!

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 4:13:56 AM   
S1

 

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Status: offline 		S2 and Mrs S2 are coming to dinner.
I'll combine flame and bovine.
I imagine we'll find something decent to drink.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 10:03:14 AM   
Rackit

 

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quote:

1999 Rene Rostaing Cote Blonde
Loved this when we had it in December!


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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 12:42:16 PM   
musedir

 

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Status: offline 		So tonight is either Priorat or Pinot Noir... either way its on my buddy's dime at his house (although "last bottle" might be when he kicks us out!)

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 1:26:53 PM   
BornToRhone

 

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Status: offline 		Slow cooking some baby backs on the BGE with some coleslaw and corn/blackbean salad. Think I'll pop a nice Rioja to go with this.

2004 Bodegas Muga Rioja Riserva

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 2:44:19 PM   
MindMuse

 

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Status: offline 		Sous Vide Pork Loin underway, with a Peach Coriander Mustard glaze, some roasted veggies.

Thinking a good Riesling and 2004 Dujac Chambolle Musigny.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 3:09:31 PM   
MaineMark

 

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Status: offline 		I spent the day boiling maple syrup and making Maple Syrup. It is tiring work, so the first "bottle" of the day was a cold beer!

Now, I will start looking through the wine stash for something to enjoy this evening...

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 3:32:21 PM   
MindMuse

 

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ORIGINAL: MindMuse

Sous Vide Pork Loin underway, with a Peach Coriander Mustard glaze, some roasted veggies.

Thinking a good Riesling and 2004 Dujac Chambolle Musigny.


Gack! Decided to Coravin the Dujac before pulling the cork. Quite lovely aromatics, but the wine is super lean. Not really what I'd call '04 Green Meanies, but fruitless and high acid. I'm not doing it, so I've pulled 2009 Paul Lato Pinot Noir Pisoni Vineyard and decanted it.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 4:42:28 PM   
Wine_Strategies

 

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Status: offline 		2005 Yannick Amirault Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil Les Malgagnes

Purchased on release, good then, hopefully better tonight with roasted duck.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 4:55:17 PM   
skifree

 

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Status: offline 		1986 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou. At least that is the plan; it may change if dinner plans unfold in the next hour or so that makes a white more desirable.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 6:33:37 PM   
oskiwawa

 

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Status: offline 		ok. Technically it will be tomorrow but having an anniversary dinner with a freind who like us was married in 1982

1982 Château Le Bon Pasteur

Got it sitting upright in the cellar now.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 6:46:26 PM   
ChrisinCowiche

 

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Open that bottle night. I forgot where/how I got this bottle, but picked it as an aged French wine in our cellar of WA wines. I really liked it! Tar, lavender, plenty of fruit. Excellent balance. Dark deep color. Very much alive, and a great reminder when I realized, after the fact, that it came from my CellarTracker friends Tom, Dennis, and Malcom during our first meeting/offline in 2011. Cheers guys!

The wine...

2007 Domaine le Sang des Cailloux Vacqueyras Cuvée Floureto

Thank you musedir, MindMuse, mgriffith!

< Message edited by ChrisinSunnyside -- 2/25/2017 6:49:04 PM >

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/25/2017 7:12:58 PM   
jayrod

 

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Status: offline 		One 2007 Beringer Knights Valley left...........had it with a rack of lamb, asparagus and roasted potatoes.

I do like how these Knights Valley's taste with a little age on them

Jayrod

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/26/2017 4:57:48 AM   
mgriffith

 

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Status: offline 		2008 Ramey Claret. Duck breast, roasted fingerling potatoes, sauteed mixed mushrooms, etc.

Very nice!


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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/26/2017 5:58:43 AM   
musedir

 

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Status: offline 		2013 Miura Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir Matador, only about 120 bottles a year and only offed in magnums. Pretty darn tasty.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/26/2017 6:08:26 AM   
racerchris

 

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Status: offline 		2010 Chateau Charmail. With homemade pizzas.
Nice, Cabernet dominant.
A previous bottle one year ago didn't impress, but this one displayed subtle nuances on the nose, palate and finish which I hadn't noticed before.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/26/2017 7:16:50 AM   
DoubleD1969

 

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Status: offline 		Last night with mostly new winos meeting for the first time:

NV Jacques Selosse Initial
1907 Bual Blandy Madeira
1970 Dow VP
1970 Muga Prado Enea Riserva Rioja
1978 Torres Gran Coronas Black Label Pinedes
1986 Clerc Milon
1997 Paolo Scavino Rocche d'Annunziata Riserva
1999 Rene Rostaing Côte Blonde
2001 Paul Pernot Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru
2001 Rocchioli Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast?)
2011 SQN The Moment

The Rostaing was overshadowed by some awesome wines and probably was just entering its drinking window.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/26/2017 11:45:18 AM   
bacchus

 

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Status: offline 		Pretty generous offerings for a first time meet up. People must have already been happy when pulling bottles from their cellars.

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RE: Open That Bottle Night 2017 - 2/26/2017 12:37:59 PM   
primitivo

 

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Status: offline 		Thank you for that. I must say we have been participating in OTBN for some time.......just not on the same schedule as everyone else. The latest being on Valentine's day.

Most importantly, it gives me an excuse to grab that one-off special bottle every now and then, as the supply is getting low. :)


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ORIGINAL: CranBurgundy

Please explain what exactly is OTBN. Thanks!


Try this


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