How Do You Decant A Bottle Of Wine Off Sediment?
Some bottles of wine, especially older bottles, have a sediment at the bottom which can deaden the flavor of the wine, or even taste outright nasty. It’s best to use these steps to reduce as much as possible the amount of sediment in the wine you drink. • Open the bottle as gently as possible. Throughout this whole process, keep the corner with the sediment as the lowest part of the bottle, so the sediment is not disturbed. • Put the candle next to the decanter, and slowly pour the wine from the bottle into the decanter, so that the bottle is above the candle. • As the pouring passes the “glug-glug” phase and wine starts to flow smoothly out of the bottle, position yourself and the bottle over the candle so you can see the light shining through the shoulder or neck of the bottle. (The shoulder is the part of the bottle where the narrow part near the opening widens out to the main part of the bottle.) Try not to heat the bottle with the candle. • While pouring the wine and looking at th
• Open the bottle as gently as possible. Throughout this whole process, keep the corner with the sediment as the lowest part of the bottle, so the sediment is not disturbed. • Put the candle next to the decanter, and slowly pour the wine from the bottle into the decanter, so that the bottle is above the candle. • As the pouring passes the “glug-glug” phase and wine starts to flow smoothly out of the bottle, position yourself and the bottle over the candle so you can see the light shining through the shoulder or neck of the bottle. (The shoulder is the part of the bottle where the narrow part near the opening widens out to the main part of the bottle.) Try not to heat the bottle with the candle. • While pouring the wine and looking at the light shining through the bottle, when you see the sediment start flow out of the bottle, stop pouring before any gets out of the bottle. Drink the wine in the decanter.
