There are two factors to consider when choosing a decanter: first, whether you need to buy a special style; second, which wines are best for this style.
First, I have some common tips for choosing a decanter. The shape of some decanters makes cleaning them very difficult. For wine, the cleanliness of the decanter is not only a measure of a successful wine tasting, but also a prerequisite.
There are many times I’d rather use a glass jar that I know is absolutely clean than a decanter provided by a friend that may not be clean. If the decanter smells free, you can tell it’s clean.
Therefore, from a practical point of view, easy cleaning is a hundred times more important than the material and design of the decanter for choosing a decanter. This should be kept in mind when purchasing. The quality of the glass used for the decanter has no effect on the wine or its taste.
As a glassware, the decanter is preferably made of transparent glass or crystal. This allows you to check the color of the wine through the decanter. Carved crystal decanters can be used for spirits. But before leaving any spirits in a decanter for an extended period of time, I would check to make sure the decanter used is low in lead.
Some decanters have a round mouth, and when pouring, the wine often drips out. I still can’t imagine anything worse than wine dripping from a decanter bottle. Therefore, when purchasing a decanter, it is necessary to check whether the cutting process used in the bottle mouth can prevent the phenomenon of dripping when pouring wine.
In the process of introducing the wine into a well-designed decanter, the wine spreads out along the inner walls of the decanter, as thin as a film. This process allows the wine to be more fully exposed to the air before it collects on the bottom of the decanter. The quality of decanters that do not haSecond, there are some decanters on the market that have a very nice look, especially those designed in the shape of a punt. But getting the wine out of those decanters was very difficult.
It may be easier to pour at first, but to pour the last few glasses of wine you have to tip the bottle straight down, which doesn’t feel comfortable or proper. Even the most expensive Riedel decanters have this design problem.ve this function is average.
Now let’s think about how to choose a decanter based on the wine.
Therefore, in fact, we only need to focus on two types of decanters:
One type is able to provide a larger inner wall area for wine; the other type is slender, with a smaller inner wall area, sometimes even similar to the size of a wine bottle.
If you want to let those young or strong red wines breathe when you decanter, you need to choose a decanter that provides a large inner wall area. In this way, after pouring the wine into the decanter, the wine can continue to breathe in the decanter.
However, if you have an older, more refined red wine and your intention to decanter is to remove the sediment from the wine, then a slender decanter with a smaller inner wall area is more suitable, because this type of decanter A decanter can help prevent the wine from breathing too much.