As many of you know, tonight is Open That Bottle Night (OTBN). It was started a few years ago by two writers at the Wall Street Journal with a rather simple premise: many people have a ‘special’ bottle of wine that they have been waiting for a special occasion to open. The problem was that there was never an event ‘special enough’ to open. OTBN was created to give a reason to finally open that bottle.
It is essentially the Super Bowl for winos.
For me it is a bit difficult. At the risk of sounding obnoxious (which has never stopped me before) I have a few ‘that’ bottles. After much deliberation and plenty of time in the basement I pulled the trigger. We are having dinner at our good friends’ house in the ‘burbs and they had a couple ‘that’ bottles.
Here are the bottles for the night:
2006 Nicolas Joly Clos de la Coulee de Serrant
1980 Christian Brothers Cabernet
1988 Lamberti Recioto della Valpolicella Amarone Corte Rubini
2005 Cosentino The Poet Meritage
Any guesses on which two we brought?
the drunken cyclist 
Yeah, we had a Open way too many bottles night last night, so I am passing on this one…:(
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I have a few! Lets do when I get back. Will save a couple for the Cyclist if/when he gets to A2
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Cool! That should be fun. I’m still in San Antonio (went to Rudy’s btw, and it was awesome!). Home next weekend. Will get in touch once back.
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Looks like the last week in June–you guys going to be around?
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I’ll be around last week of June!
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That should work. We are discussing going to Alaska for the summer, but it is looking less and less likely. Will keep you posted! Would be great to meet you.
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Great! I will get to work on things on this end….
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I hope you opened the 1980 Christian Brothers . . . so curious how that was. And the Amarone . . . I love the “cellar character” on that label! Salud!
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We opened them all and they were all fabulous–notes to come tomorrow!
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We’re guessing the Amarone and the Clos de la Coulee. Just hunches. We adore John and Dottie of WSJ and miss them so much now that they are not writing. They got us starting in the world of wine appreciation. Whatever you opened, hope it was fabulous. Cheers!
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We did bring the Clos de la Coulée se Serrant, but also the Cosentino Meritage… All were fantastic!
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What a brilliant idea!
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Yes it is—if only it were mine!
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We have started doing a version of OTBN, too. You know, just in case something were to happen and all that great wine would be left unopened in the wine fridges. Pretty much any excuse will do- i.e. “It was a good day in the stock market, let’s have a good wine,” or “It was a bad day in the stock market, we need a good wine.”
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I agree! We have another one: “It’s Tuesday.” Or “It’s Thursday.”
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How about every night? Oooops, did I just say that???
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Every night sounds good!
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They all look delicious, no matter which two you brought – Would love to know how the 1980 and 88 wines taste!
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I posted the tasting notes on the following post: What We Have Been Drinking–2/25/2013. They both were extraordinary!
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They all look good. Was it the right phase of the moon to open the Coulée de Serrant?
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Ha! I still can’t listen to those that are hard core BD with a straight face….
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