Monday, September 24, 2012

What To Know About Wine Decanter

By Patrice McCoy


Wine decanter is not always an expression of good etiquette alone but it also helps to improve the taste of the wine as well. When serving the red or white type, it is important to expose it to as much air as possible. This process is known as aeration. It is necessary procedure of the appreciation ritual. It involves the typical designs and shapes the glasses. It also involves swirling motion conducted before gulping the contents.

The swirling enhances the scents present and makes the final taste smooth and round. Decanters therefore serve the purpose of aerating larger amounts of wine whether in bottles or magnums. It is also very useful in straining and sieving out excessive quantities of sediments which normally accumulate with time.

The decanting process does seem silly sometimes but analytically, it makes more sense than you can imagine. Normally, two things are bound to happen during the transfer of wine from one receptacle to another. The first one is that older wines tend to be isolated its depositions which sediment at the bottom of the receptacle. It is important to allow this to happen because otherwise, it will result to a unpleasant and severe flavor.

Secondly, the excitement that comes as a result of transferring it from one container to another always makes the drink to mix with air. This action matures the beverage and makes it to come to life more promptly than when the transfer is not done. However, this only applies to old wine. It is because it has the sediments collected at the lowest point of the receptacle.

Younger wines do not have the sediment at the lowest part of the container. They are, therefore decanted differently. They are let to sit for an approximate time of twenty minutes before one can be able to serve. You will notice a noticeable increase in the complexity and refinement of the drink. Each time you taste it at different time intervals, each successive flavor will be an improvement of the previous one. There is no preference of the emptying out process in the family of wines.

Decanting older wines requires more skill since they sedimentation often occurs in them. The starters in this field of specialization should know that time makes old wine age by itself. Artificial boost is therefore unnecessary when dealing with this category. Do not expose it to air because it can be destroyed. It is advisable to serve it immediately after decanting it. This helps it from changing.

When a bottle of wine is left to stand upright for a couple of days before serving it is known as Peking duck approach. This position ensures that sedimentation occurs and the particles collect at the lowest part of the receptacle. This is the best way to separate sediments from the beverage yet it is a method hardly used in various drinking joints and at home.

The procedure involved in choosing wine decanter is quite similar to selecting a stemware. You should consider using crystal clear containers since they will enable you see through the wine when it is at its best. Avoid using decorated vessels which obstruct your vision. The vessel should be rinsed with clean and uncontaminated mineral water so as to eliminate the remaining smell of chlorine. Do not use detergents since various shapes of the container sometimes make it difficult to wash out all the soap.




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