Just my $0.02 worth.
It is made to be drank.
Pick an event to enjoy it. Retirement. 50th wedding anniversary. Promotion.
Maybe you are the last of 8 siblings. Have a drink on each of their birthdays. (Or the day they passed away)
Something meaningful. Or just pop it open and drink it right now.
Make an old fashioned with it. Drink it how you damn well please.
It is yours, and enjoy it the way you want.
I have one or two "special" bottles that I am saving for a special occasion, but once that happens it
will be an annual thing. (Maybe when Mom and Dad are gone, I'll pick a day and celebrate them and
my Grandma and Grandpa. It may sound bad, but I am glad they aren't here today. I'm not sure they could understand or deal with
today's society. Hell, I was born in 1962 and I have problems. So much today is just plain WRONG!)
Sorry about getting up on my soapbox.
Drink it and enjoy it how you want, ignore the snobs.