How to Decant Wine: Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas

Do you know the 3️⃣ reasons for decanting wine? Want to know them and the right way to decant a bottle? Sabato Sagaria, MS, tells and shows all.

[@shaneoballs]

The clockwise movement around the table is ridiculous in this situation

[@martygt3357]

I've read all the comments and everybody picked up on 1. the wrong wine, 2. the wrong year, 3. the decant was too fast and violent for a delicate wine, 4. and a 5 year old cork will present few problems, A proper 30-45 year old Bordeaux will take much more care, 5. and the taste pour for the host was too heavy. Back to school for this newby.

[@rajeshkumarseevagan4624]

Really useful 👍

[@leonalmeida858]

Not a 2005 cos d’estournel.

[@sandeepneutron471]

Guys relax - this is obviously a demo video demonstrating text book service - often needed to pass official CMS exams - and therefore assume that wine/vintage is the correct one - no one's opening the actual estournel 05 for a demo video.

[@Escobarguzman7000]

LOL she does look pissed when he puts the bottle on the table, this ain't no 2005 Cos d'Estournel, lol..

[@rb1084]

Wrong bottle of wine?

[@fmanu98]

No smelling or tasting the wine before decanting?

[@rb1084]

She ordered 2005 and got a 2018 and wrong chateau, look at her face when the bottle is placed on the table, she must have felt terrible.

[@evilkingstanley]

It's a demonstration video, obviously they're not going to actually use the expensive Bordeaux she ordered

[@taxiarchas8694]

can i speak to your manager please. i ordered a 2005 bottle this olive guardian bimbo server gave me a 2018.

[@vihrenvelkov5157]

And no washing decanter.

[@peteradams5383]

This was a nice idea, but really poorly executed. To decant a 2005 Estournel, i would initially loosen the cork with those forked prongey things - its late, i forget what its called - i certainly wouldnt just thrust a spiral screw through what may well be a pretty decrepit cork. There's every chance youre filling the bottle with multiple shards of cork! Clearly, if you're actually opening a 2018 bog-standard Bordeaux, this doesn't apply.

[@christianmatheron6444]

This is awful! Surely an MS should be able to talk about this process without the awkward reading from cues, which he struggles with anyway.