360° Wine Decanter

A decanter is a tool for aerating wine. It aerates and introduces oxygen into the wine, opening up its flavors. After the wine oxidizes slightly with the help of the decanter, the astringency of the wine decreases, and it becomes softer and more pleasant to drink.Decanting is especially suitable for aged red wines, but any wine will improve with decanting. Even inexpensive wines will develop and become tastier.Why decant?Wine is a living drink that constantly changes and improves in the bottle. Inside the bottle, chemical reactions constantly occur between the sugar, alcohol, and oxygen. While the bottle is sealed, the amount of oxygen that touches the wine is small and slowly affects the wine. The moment the bottle is opened, the wine is exposed to a larger amount of oxygen, which accelerates the oxidation process of the wine and the process that turns sugars and alcohol into vinegar.So, should you decant or protect the wine from oxygen?The thing is, we want to use a decanter and not over-aerate the entire wine and ruin it. Oxygen not only allows for bad chemical reactions but also good ones. The tannins in wine that make the wine feel astringent and overly drying open up with exposure to oxygen and can transform a dry and bitter wine into a fruity and complex one. When we decant wine, we essentially control the amount of oxygen that touches the wine and accelerate the opening process of the tannins.

Price: $10.99 USD | Availability: In Stock