wine sediments

[Innkeeper]

Sediment in red wine is common. It partly is a by product of aging. It is also a characteristic of certain wines and the way they a made. The latter sometimes appears as large dark flakes. If you get the last or close to last bottle out of a barrel, you are also apt to get some junk in it. Mostly, but not always these wines come in high neck bottles. This allows you to catch the sediment if you slowly decant it. There will be some wine left in the bottom of the bottle that you will loose unless you filter it though a coffee filter or a specially made decanter funnel.