How To Choose A Wine Bottles Decanters
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There are 2 criteria when choosing wine bottles decanters. The first relates to the design, while the second relates to the sort of wine you want to use it for.
To begin with, here are some general tips. Regardless of how expensive or stylish the glass or crystal might be, get a wine decanter that is easy to clean.
The shape of some wine bottle decanters make them virtually impossible to clean. And with wine, cleanliness is not so much a virtue as a prerequisite. You can tell a decanter is clean by the way it smells of absolutely nothing.
As with stemware, wine decanters should also be made of clear glass or crystal so you can easily see through the wine to check its condition. Some wine decanters have rounded lips to our over and they usually drip. I cannot think of many things that are worse than a decanter that drips. So check to see that it has a cut lip that will prevent drips.
As you pour the wine, a well designed decanter will encourage the wine around its lip to spread out inside like a film. This film of wine should extend all the way inside the wine decanter, enabling the wine to be powerfully aerated in a very think layer before it arrives at the bottom of the vessel.
Now, on matching decanters to wine. There are only two kinds of decanters from this perspective: those that provide a large internal surface area, and those taller kinds - similar to wine bottles - that offer a small area.
If you are decanting with the specific intent of aerating wine - especially red wine that are young - you would need a decanter that provides a large internal surface area. This will enable the wine to continue its process of aeration and gas exchange after the decanting has finished.
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