What bottle(s) are you most excited to open from your cellar?

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Inspired by this thread on Reddit, what bottle (or bottles) are you wanting to open most?

For me:

  • A bottle of Selosse Substance I’m saving for my wedding day + a magnum of Cedric Bouchard Ursules to share with friends/family on that day
  • A bottle of Corison Kronos 2017 from the first time I went wine tasting with my soon-to-be fiancee. Might open that one to celebrate the engagement. :slight_smile:
  • Chateau d’Yquem (birth year) 750 ml. Probably for a major bday celebration down the road!
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Montrose 2020

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2021 Thomas (My first order)
2019 001 Vintners
2020 Andremily Slide Hill
2021 Kinsman Eades Cabernet Sauvignon Hierothesion

Most are to check out before next offer comes out…

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All of them? Seriously, I have rarely bought anything where the idea of opening it wasn’t exciting, even as part of exploration.

There’s a few things that raise the bar, but they also raise the expectations, and that’s often dangerous. How does that singular, potentially irreplaceable bottle measure up to the imagined experience. It honestly makes me more nervous than excited.

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Makes sense to me and I definitely appreciate the sentiment. I think there are some I’m very excited to try but they don’t necessarily have the same weight as say, the bottle I bought when I went wine tasting for the first time with my partner. Are there any bottles you’re specifically holding for a special occasion?

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Well I was holding a bottle of 2001 DRC Richebourg for my dad’s 80th birthday, but he sadly didn’t quite get there. It’s one of the things (along with cleaning out his wine cellar) that has shifted my perspective on holding for the right occasion. Sounds like your special occasions are more near term, so that’s good. Corison Kronos is a hell of a wine.

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Couple bottles, 2007 Coche Caillerets and a vertical of DRC Echezeaux.

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One of my Kinsman Eades Cabernet Sauvignon, but looking forward to some others as well as they age and evolve over time.

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I like the topic! Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) there are many I am excited to open, even if it’s just checking in on the evolution. But at the end of the day, I’m most excited to open vintages with personal meaning - birth year (own or children) or anniversaries.

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Great topic. I’m planning to open the first bottle I ever bought for my collection, a 2012 Mongeard-Mugneret Grands Echezeaux I somehow found on a grocery store shelf for half the WS low, on my 50th birthday in 15 years or so. And I have a bottle of birth year Madeira that I’ll hopefully open when I’m in my 70s or 80s.

Also, I don’t own it yet, but I want to find some 1994 Dow’s. I had it at a celebratory dinner for my college graduation in 2010 and it was the first wine I can remember drinking that really stuck with me.

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I just opened it the other day.

  • 2002 Kusuda Syrah - New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough (6/30/2024)
    The 2002 Kusuda Syrah was a generous gift from Sonoe Hirabayashi and I saved it for an opportunity to drink it with another syrah slut like myself. Hiroyuki Kusuda’s first Syrah vintage. At 22 years of age this wine drank with the youthful exuberance of a teenager. Classic black olive tapenade, menthol, blackberry, white pepper nose. Medium bodied, lithe, sweet black cherry, velvety texture, mouth puckering acidity, wet stone minerality and a balanced tannic structure that screams “lay me down for 10 more years and I’ll really knock your socks off!” Mel is headed back to his hotel and I am savoring the last couple pours of this wine. Damn I love Syrah but this wine is really a game changer for me. It’s a crime that these wines are not available in the States. Just WOW! World class Syrah! Thank you Sonoe for the opportunity to experience this wine.

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Also have a few ‘87 Cabs Dunn, Togni, Spottswoode and an ‘85 Ridge Monty I’m excited about that are on deck for my next offljne.

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2009 Roumier Bonnes Mares
1990 Jaboulet La Chapelle
2010 Edmond Vatan Sancerre Clos la Néore
2010 Pierre Gonon Saint Joseph if it ever ever ever is ready to drink

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Get to that Jaboulet sooner rather than later.

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This just inspired an idea for another topic: what verticals is everyone building / holding on to?

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Well there’s the 23 vintage vertical of Dönnhoff Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spätlese…among other things.

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Highlands 2024!!!

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Oh, and thanks to my dad, a 32 vintage vertical of Chateau Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.

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14 vintages of Chevillon Les Cailles.

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Yum

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Most looking forward to, probably:

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