I am continually surprised by how much better almost any wine drinks with an hour or two to breathe.
This should not be a revelation to me at the end of a 45 year wine obsession during which I routinely decanted my wine, but I am constantly reminded.
I usually open a bottle, sample it immediately, and then rest it for an hour or so, and the difference is marked.
Did it yesterday with a 2014 Chardonnay, which initially tasted a bit acid and one dimensional. Two hours later it was a different wine.
Again last night I opened a reasonably priced 2013 Shiraz and decanted it immediately. Two hours later it was so different.
I stopped decanting wine for a couple of decades but I think I am going to go back to this practice as it pays dividends.
