decanting

[Drew]

I think of decanting in two ways.
1. Older wines, as well as some young ones, tend to throw sediment so they need to be decanted either through a filtering device or slowly into a decanter to separate the sediment from the wine.
2.Pouring the wine into a wide based decanter to allow optimal exposure to air to open the wine.

Drew

[This message has been edited by Drew (edited 05-04-2003).]