I acquired a fairly nice wine collection last year and it has some really vintage bottles in it. Ports from 1963, this and another Bandol, and a few other choice bottles. The other day I noticed that this bottle had some cork seepage, nothing crazy, a drip or two and figured, it's time. The question of course, is how long should I let the wine decant before it hits my glass? I was saving it for my 60th birthday in a couple months, but with the leakage, I thought it might be time.
by Frequent-Art-9612
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My approach would be pop n pour and allow the wine to aerate in the glass to appreciate its complexities more discreetly, assuming it’s in sound condition. The concern with decanting older wines is that any delicate or elusive aromas may be gone before you get to experience them in the glass with a large volume aeration.
I love Bandol. Enjoy!
“Excellent choice. Tempier Bandol, 1969, the kind of wine that’ll pickle even the toughest of men. I once saw a Castilian prizefighter collapse in a heap after drinking just a single glass. Perhaps my knee landing squarely in his testicles may have been partly to blame.”