This decanter has a special shape and is designed to saturate the wine with oxygen, feeding it to the table. This serving of the drink not only improves its taste, but also makes it more saturated and fragrant.
What is a decanter for?
Decanter for wine is used for both old and young wines. When transfused, the wine is aerated. As a result, the taste becomes more vivid, the fragrance is deep, velvety notes appear, the wine is fully opened.
All these qualities ensure the correct selection of the area of contact of wine with air. That is why the vessel for wine decanter has a characteristic shape: the funnel-shaped neck, the lower part is thickened. There are also more complex, bizarre forms, in which the wine gradually spirals into the lower part and is saturated with oxygen.
For an old wine use a special form. In the course of storage, it is able to saturate with oxygen, so that vessels need a spherical shape with a rather narrow neck. Ducks or similar to a decanter are also suitable. The main goal is not to let the wine come in contact with the air. Often, young wine decanted a few hours before filing, and the old opposite just before serving.
It is quite easy to use decanter for drinks. Before using a small amount of wine, rinse the jug. Now you need to carefully pour the drink on the sides of the vessel and leave about three tablespoons at the bottom of the bottle. This will separate the precipitate. To consume all the poured wine follows the day.
How to choose a decanter?
The best is still considered to be the crystal decanter. To choose such a vessel follows according to what kind of wine is going to be poured there.
- Young wines are poured into jars with a wide funnel-shaped neck and a paunchy lower part. Old aged drinks need to be uncovered because for them it is necessary to select models with a narrow neck and a shape close to the classical decanter.
- Decanter for drinks "whimsical" type of pink Burgundy should be in the form of a vase or amphora. Also worth looking for models with a lid, if you want to open a bottle of white. For lovers of port, there are special shapes resembling a corkscrew, where the drink can be stored for a fairly long time.
- The price of a decanter for wine depends not only on the complexity of the manufacture and brand of the manufacturer. The simplest, which can be used at home from time to time, will cost about $ 50-60. But the most exquisite models for professional use are about $ 1000.
- As for the material of manufacture, it should emphasize the advantages of the drink: the best models are made of crystal, high quality glass is also actively used.
- For connoisseurs of beauty there are models with silver or addition of barium. There are both functional and decorative types. For
Manufacturers use only neutral materials that will not react: gold, silver, and cupronickel.
Decanter Decanter - learn how to properly care for
Do not wash this dishwasher in a dishwasher . Instead, only special tools are used. For example, thin brushes with bristles or balls. Before you wash the decanters, you should prepare purified water and only specialized detergents.
It is best to clean the decanter for the wine decanter neutral means. Wipe the vessels only from the outside with a napkin-handkerchief. After cleaning, the decanter is dried on special vertical pins under a slight inclination. Water drains and does not stagnate. Keep the decanter for wine better, too, in this position separately from the rest of the dishes.