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Double decanting
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:42 am
by xxxMonique Heinemans
I have red a few TN's in where VP's had been double decanted.
What is the purpose of double decanting a VP?
Normaly I decant them into a nice decanter and poor the glasses right from it. Am I doing something wrong???
Monique.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:13 pm
by Roy Hersh
Monique,
You are going about it the right way. Double decanting is pouring the wine into a decanter and then decanting it back into the bottle again so that it allows:
a. the wine to get a 2nd dose of oxygenation.
b. the Port to be poured directly from a bottle, say, if someone wants to bring the bottle to a restaurant for the end of the meal.
c. catches more of the sedimentary particulate.
c. any or all of the above.
It is usually something I might do, including back again into the decanter, for a young Port ... when I don't have time to properly extend out the decanting time.