Decanting, is to let the wine contact with oxygen, appropriate oxidation "breathing", slowly release the aroma and flavor, tannins become soft, to achieve the best drinking state.
I believe that everyone is no stranger to "sober up", but not all the wine is suitable for waking up oh, in the end what circumstances need to sober up? Which wines need to wake up? Do we have to use a decanter? And for how long? Let's talk about this topic today.
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Which wines need to wake up?
◆ Most young, tannic, acidic, full-bodied wines need to decant. Such as cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Malbec, Nebbiolo and other grape varieties of wine.
◆ Decanter is used in old wine to separate the sediment in the wine. Old wine is more fragile, an inattentive will be excessive oxidation, loss of aroma, so it is not recommended to stay in the decanter for too long, pour into the appropriate cup to shake the cup for drinking.
◆ General Pinot noir red wine, most white wine, rose wine, sparkling wine and champagne do not need to decant. (Some white wines depend. Such as Sauternes sweet white, noble rotten wine and old Riesling, young Chardonnay and other white wines, after sober will develop better).
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For how long?
How to tell if the hangover is in place? Generally, the wine bottle on the back label will have a recommended length of decanting, which is generally recommended to decanting for 15-30 minutes, and the wine with younger, strong body, tight tannins and full structure often takes longer to decanting than other wines.
However, everyone's taste preferences are not the same, and the standards for decanting will be different. So trust your tongue to be the best. Every once in a while to taste, experience a change in the wine, is also a very fun process, in fact, drink a lot of experience.
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- Do we have to use a decanter?
Having a decanter at home is of course the best, the big belly of the decanter, the slender and narrow mouth of the decanter have the use of retaining the aroma, allowing the wine to slowly contact with the air and oxidize, and the use of the decanter is more forced
If you don't have a decanter, or are too lazy to wash the decanter, there are ways to wake up with a bottle and a cup.
As the name suggests, it is to stand for half an hour -1 hour after opening the bottle, but the speed of the decanter will not use the decanter to come fast. Generally need to wake up white wine, use the bottle wake method can be used, unless it is a vintage, produced sediment white wine, you need to use a decanter to separate it.
The cup wakes up by shaking the glass to speed up the oxidation rate. After pouring the wine into the glass, shake the glass to smell it and taste it slowly, feeling how it changes over time.
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What situations need to sober up?
① Unpleasant/unpleasant smell occurs. Some wines have a nasty smell of sulfur dioxide when they are first opened, and the smell quickly dissipates after a brief awakening.
② The aroma is closed. Too young, has not been able to develop well, was opened in advance of the bottle of wine, drinking will be very sour and bitter, no aroma, at this time you need to use oxygen, forced its aroma and flavor to force out.
Or wine that has been "bottled" for a long time. For example, our home Marggo dry red, when the arrival of the aroma blocked, in the warehouse quietly stayed a month or two later, began to show a wonderful flavor. If you open a bottle of such wine, you may wish to sober up a little longer, and see if you can wake it up.
In a word: when you feel that a bottle of wine is not so pleasant to drink, when in doubt, to sober up.