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Wine Decanters
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Many of us think wine decanters are for looks only, or perhaps somewhere the idea was that decanters were for that old 1960 Mouton Rothschild hanging around the house.

A Captain's Decanter is simply a decanter style used by ship captains. It's not like a Tickle Me Elmo where they mass produced these things :) Decanters were hand made by individual glass makers all around the world, ...

Decanter - There are two main reasons to decant a wine: to remove the sediment from an older bottle of red wine and to aerate a young bottle of red wine.

Decanter - use a decanter,a flower vase, an orange juice pitcher, whatever - any large liquid container with a wide opening at the top to pour your bottle of wine into.

Decanter
The glass or crystal container that one Decants into. In practice it could be a clean bottle; however, tradition dictates that it be an impressive vessel for the wine.
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Decanters
Simply, decanters are bottles with stoppers that are used to hold drinks until they're served. They're usually quite decorative, and often made of fine glass like crystal.

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Wine decanters are a glass serving vessel into which an entire bottle of wine is poured.

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Many wines benefit from decanting (pouring into a special bottle with a wide surface area), which exposes the wine to more air and can act to mellow tannins and balance flavors.

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Should I ever use a decanter for my wines?
A decanter is used mainly to remove sediment from older red wines. Also, it can be used to open up young red wines. Otherwise, wine will “breathe' enough in your glass and decanting is not necessary.

In the seventeenth century, when Britain was at war with France and could no longer buy its beloved Bordeaux wines, they turned to Portugal to fill their decanters.

To gently pour clear wine from the bottle into a serving container (decanter or carafe) leaving the bottle sediments behind
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Describes a wine of persistently complex and intense flavors
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While there are certainly some very expensive decanters available, an inexpensive, wide-mouthed glass carafe will do. Most decanters have a wider base or neck in order to allow more air to come in contact with the surface of the wine.

Transferring a wine from its bottle to another container, most commonly a decanter. There are two main reasons for decanting. First, bottle-aged red wines commonly have a lot of crud at the bottom, and careful decanting separates this from the wine.

This can take place in the glass or in a decanter and twenty to thirty minutes should suffice. Even young wines can benefit from a little breathing time as it allows the wine to open up and really show what it's made of.

Aeration occurs by pouring the wine into a larger container, such as a decanter or large wineglass. Breathing can be beneficial for many red wines and also for some young white wines.

Pour it into a decanter, then pour it again into another decanter, and let it sit for at least 10-15 minutes before tasting - otherwise it may seem harsh instead of polished, ...

DECANTING A method by which cellar-aged bottled wine is poured slowly and carefully into a second vessel, usually a glass decanter, in order to leave any sediment in the original bottle before serving. Almost always a treatment confined to red wines.

This is done by first decanting the wine into a decanter and then rinsing the original bottle out with non-chlorinated water and then immediately repouring the wine from the decanter back into the bottle.

Decanting - The process of pouring wine from its bottle into a decanter to separate the sediment from the wine.
Dégorgement - The disgorging or removal of sediment from bottles that results from secondary fermentation.

Decant
To transfer wine from a bottle into a crystal or glass container (a decanter).
Delicate
A delicate wine is mild and light in fragrance, flavor, and body. It may have many flavors but none is so strong that it overpowers the rest.

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Decant: Transferring red wine from a bottle to a decanter for the purposes of removing the crust or to allow the wine substantial exposure to air so that it can breathe.

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A process during which a wine is removed from its bottle to another container, usually a purpose-designed decanter, to separate the clear wine from any sediment that has developed in the bottle.

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Decanting: The process of slowly inviting air into a decanter while separating sediment from the wine. Especially important for older wine.

Decant: Transfer of wine from the bottle into another container, usually a glass decanter. Decanting aerates the wine and allows you to leave any suspended particles in the bottle.

Decanting
Decanting a wine is the process of pouring cellar-aged bottles into a glass decanter, in order to leave any sediment in the original bottle before serving.

Decanting
This is the process of pouring wine from its bottle into another container (a decanter) to either aerate the wine or separate it from the sediment.

' Tannins mellow in the air, so high tannic wines should be poured into a glass or decanter at least an hour before serving. Merely removing the cork accomplishes little as there is minimal surface exposure to air.

A process for separating the sediment from a wine before drinking. Accomplished by slowly and carefully pouring the wine from its bottle into another container called a decanter.
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It is backward because the structure (acid and tannin) are in the forefront while everything else (fruit flavors, etc.) are hiding behind the structure. Sometimes a backward wine will open up with additional aeration in a decanter, ...

Opening an old Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah or blended red 20 to 60 minutes before dinner, pouring it into a decanter and allowing it to aerate will bring out the best in the wine. This short period of aeration does not oxidize the wine.

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