Why and when to decant wines
01/03/2018
Why and when to decant wine?
The reason you decant a wine is to allow it to come in more contact with oxygen. Oxygen, during its initial contact with a wine can be very beneficial, enhancing a wine’s flavors and softening it. Decanting cheap wines can get rid of a bad smell and make them smoother and more palatable. Decanting expensive full-bodied wines can soften the tannins making them easier to drink. There is hardly a wine that is worse with decanting. It is also a great trick to ensure a wine is more likely to please all of your guests. The contact the wine has with the air rounds out the wine and makes it more pleasing to most people’s taste buds, plus if you have a nice decanter, it looks pretty sitting on the table prior to being served. Remember we taste with our eyes as much as we do with our nose and tongues.
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Allison VanArnam