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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15708
 | | 10/02/2004 9:04 PM |
| I'm doublle-decanting several bottles of wine for tonight's Smackdown and wonder...
The bottle has been sitting in the rack with the label up for more than a year (or longer). I take the bottle out of the rack at least a day ahead of time to let any sediment sink to the bottom. When it comes time to decant I see that there is some sediment that has stuck to the side of the bottle opposite the label.
Question... Do I pour holding the label side down therefore exposing less of the wine to that stuck sediment... or do I pour it label side up making it easier to watch the wine in the bottle and stop before the sediment has a chance to go up over the shoulder of the bottle? | | | |
| Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13660
| | 10/02/2004 9:35 PM |
| | I'd say the latter IMO. | |
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| ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:11169
| | 10/02/2004 11:35 PM |
| | david, that's the main reason I stand up older wines a week to a month in advance of opening. All the sediment will settle eventually, but not necessarily in a day. If you are determined to open an older bottle a day after standing it up, I'd give it a little, and just a little, rocking motion when standing it up to speed the sediment on its way to the bottom of the boutielle. | | | |
| ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 10/02/2004 11:55 PM |
| | i'm with board-o. i have about 12 bottles standing up at all times just because of this. | | | |
| Al_ksyrah
Barrel Filler
Posts:1033
| | 10/03/2004 5:36 PM |
| Label side up in your example (keep sediment on bottom of bottle). Most of the sediment stuck on the side of the bottle won't be dislodged, but some of it may be loose. It is less disturbed by the pouring if it's on the bottom side of the bottle (until the end) and it will stay more or less in place if it becomes loosened (again, until the end).
One day seems a little short for settling, but not bad for most wines. It really depends on the type of sediment, the smaller the particles the longer it takes. The large particles settle out very quickly, but they aren't much of a problem. I tend to stand them up for several days to a week, so I don't have much experience with shorter times.
-Al | | | |
| ormbee
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2397
| | 10/05/2004 2:00 PM |
| I know it's late for this David, but I wanted to note that we went through this discussion a while back.
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