Why decant? I frequently get asked whether a wine should be decanted or not.  First, there are two main reasons to decant a wine:  to aerate the wine which releases flavors and aromas, and to remove the wine from its sediment.  So we typically decant young wines to help them “open up,” and older wines to remove the sediment. Typically most bargain priced wines will not benefit from decanting, because they lack the structure...