What kind of wine needs to be decant ?

For wine, the main function of decanting is to allow the wine that has been stored in the bottle for a long time to come into contact with the air in a large area, so as to accelerate the softening of the tannins and fully release the closed aromas. This process is decanting, or "breathing" the wine.

1. Young dry white, rosé, semi-sweet or sweet wine. Dry white is usually the least like air, and the air will oxidize dry white and make its fresh floral and fruity aroma chaotic. Young rosés, as well as semi-sweet and sweet wines, are characterized by fresh, natural floral and fruity aromas that are lost after being exposed to the air for a long time, so there is no need to decant the wine.

Not necessarily, pour a little wine into the glass, smell the wine, taste the wine, if the aroma is complex, dull, unclear or has some annoying sulfur odor, then you need to wake up. On the other hand, if the fruity aroma is very strong, simple and refreshing, and pleasant, you can drink it directly.

Decanting, as the name suggests, is to wake up the wine so that it can express its own flavor, usually refers to the process of accelerating the oxidation of wine by borrowing certain means or tools before drinking. For wine, the decanting process undergoes a very complex chemical change.

The best way to decant wine is to pour it into a wine glass with a large and narrow mouth, and shake it gently, the oxygen in the glass is enough to help decant the wine.

Not all wines need to be decanted. Decanting is only good for full-bodied red wines and young wines. The purpose of decanting is to expose the wine to full oxygen in order to release aromas and flavours and soften the harsh tannins.

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Some full-bodied white wines can also be decanted properly, while light-bodied, full-bodied white wines do not. Older red wines should be decanted as much as possible, as decanting can quickly oxidize the wine. In general, light or medium red wines for daily meals do not need to be decanted.

If you want a good taste, wake up, remove a little carbon dioxide from it, and then taste it slowly, the charm is endless.

To put it simply, it is new sake New sake generally needs to be decanted, usually about 40 minutes to 1 hour

Most wines can be drunk directly into the glass after opening the bottle, but there are still some wines that need to be decanted, and whether they need to be decanted is mainly related to the grape variety and the stage of development of the wine. Full-bodied, tannic wines need to be decanted; Wines that have been aged for a long time generally need to be decanted to remove sediment; Most lighter wines, such as whites, rosés, champagnes and other sparkling wines, generally do not need to be decanted. I hope it can help you, and I hope to adopt it.

One is to separate the wine from its crumbly, bitter sediment due to aging, commonly known as "bottle change"; The second is to allow the wine to come into contact with the air and accelerate the oxidation process of the wine. When the wine is "breathed", the miscellaneous flavors and peculiarities on the surface of the wine are dissipated, the aromas of the wine itself are better released, and the taste becomes more complex and supple.

But not all wines need to be decanted before drinking.

Decanting of young wines: For the decanting of young wines is simple and easy to operate. The main purpose of decanting is to allow the wine to breathe fully, softening the wine through oxidation, making it more mature and round.

After the wine is opened, the wine can be poured directly into the decanter, and the pouring speed can be fast and will not cause any harm to the wine. The time of decanting should be controlled for about an hour, do not use a decanter with a stopper, and make the mouth of the decanter open.

Decanting of old wines"For wines of a certain age, the process of decanting should be done with great care and care. Patience and gentleness are required. When the wine is poured into the decanter, close the cork immediately.

Before decanting, the wine should be left upright for about 2 days so that all the sediment in the wine is deposited at the bottom of the bottle, so that when the wine is poured into the decanter, the sediment is not poured into the wine.

For the decanting of old wines, a candle is required, placed underneath the bottle, so that the position of the sediment in the bottle can be clearly observed and to prevent the sediment from being poured into the glass together.

Why do you need to decant wine when drinking.

Helps to open up the aromas of the wine.

Wine decanting is indeed quite troublesome, you need to have a certain amount of experience, and it is very time-consuming, otherwise the decanting effect is not good. It is recommended to use the newly released "smart sommelier" (isommelier), which is particularly convenient to decant the wine in a few minutes at the touch of a button.

Old World wines in general need to be decanted, especially some famous wines.

Looking at the vintage, if it is 2 years old, it basically does not matter, it is better to take a time to wake up for the aging wine, and choose the length of time according to the characteristics, basically it can be said that the taste may change every minute.

Depending on the situation, an old bottle needs to be decanted to help release the essence it has accumulated over the years, while a new wine needs to be decanted to stretch out its coarser tannins. All of the above is for good wine, a bottle of wine of very poor quality, there is no difference between sober and not.

It definitely needs to be that the length of time is not the same.

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