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There is a lot of nonsense written about the benefits of decanting or serving in the original bottle, especially when there is a prestigious name to waft in front of your guests. But really it’s a done deal for some wines the only answer is to decant and put your precious liquid into a handsome decanter like the one in the Sapphire Range.

Why Decant

You need to decant an older wine so you can separate it from its sediment. This is pretty darn vital to the enjoyment of older wines which harbour some nasty secrets down the bottom.
And the second one is to decant younger wines to let them breath and increase aeration, so they can show more of those complex smells and tastes you look forward to and don’t want to miss.  

No Recanting!

Wine masters recommend that for young wines you open them up to half a day prior to drinking so they can breathe. Well nobody has that sort of time to worry about open bottles in the kitchen, so the alternative is to decant the wine, as this is a shortcut to improving the all important  aeration process. Then it’s a matter of an hour or so. Scientifically this is to allow the preserving agent, the carbon dioxide to escape and allows a more mature flavour to develop. Like booting the kids out after university, it allows them to stand on their own feet.

Be Fuity

The experts will also tell you that decanted wine is fruitier, and we don’t mean saucy, but it brings out all the full fruit tastes in red wines while knocking back the tannins and making the whole experience more pleasurable.

Steady Not Greedy

On an older wine, steady does it, is the rule in decanting to get the wine not the sediment. So slowly pour the wine into the decanter without allowing any sediment to leave the bottle. Kind of commonsense but be brutal. Don’t try and get the last of the last as you’ll inevitably get some sediment.

 

Save a Few Bob

 

And if you know or are a lover of fine wine and want to experience fine wine in all its glory then try this beauteous Sapphire Wine Decanter, hand cut in lead crystal it will improve any wine lover’s experience. And with its current special offer price you can afford to treat yourself to a bottle or too of something very special. Mm, Saint-Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé anyone?  Slàinte!