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Pastimes : Wine You Can Enjoy @ Under $20
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To: Peter V who wrote (1045)12/31/2009 3:46:40 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh   of 1277
 
Is my thinking outdated?

Depends on the wine. Recent vintages often will benefit from decanting and swirling. I've seen George Riedel run a wine though a process that seemed like he should be using power tools!

But, an older wine will fade with too much air.

Think of what happens to an open bottle ... on some rare occasions when there is something left over. Sometimes, it can taste better the second day, but leave it long enough and it will get lifeless and flat. An aged wine is going along a similar curve during the aging process and is farther along.

How much is right is something the depends on the specific bottle and your personal tastes. Me, I like observing how the wine develops after opening and I've been disappointed in wines opened too far in advance because I missed the part where I would have liked them best. At the same time, my tasting group did a tasting some years ago of young Napa cabs in which they had a pair of each bottle. One was opened the night before, decanted, and then returned to the bottle and sealed. The other was opened right before the tasting. Absolutely across the board the group voted the previously opened bottle higher than the just opened bottle ... but, they also voted maker over maker as more important than when the bottle was opened. But, these were young wines.
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