Decant Advice: Clos L’Eglise 2008

[dragzworthy]

Pretty much all the information is in the title. I’m new on this board but have silently browsed for a while. Just wondering if you could lend some advice on how long to decant a bottle of Clos L’Eglise 2008 for? I’m planning on double decanting in order to take out to someone’s place.

[JimHow]

Welcome dragz, I don't know how long to decant it but I do know that's a great wine.

[dragzworthy]

Thanks Jim. I bought half a case so I can admittedly get one or two wrong ;$

[AlohaArtakaHoundsong]

I have not tried that wine but I would not decant it. More often than not I find that young wines of quality close down with air, not open up.

[marcs]

I have not tried that wine but I would not decant it. More often than not I find that young wines of quality close down with air, not open up.

agreed with this. Decanting is really a double edged sword, especially for young wines.

[JimHow]

I rarely decant.

[dstgolf]

I open them and see how they are doing. If shut down tighter than a drum I decant. If not I recork until ready to drink for dinner/other. Pouring a glass and recorking probably my commonest process seeing how the wine progresses over an hour or so before dinner. If it improves in the glass I decant to speed things along. I must say I haven't had an issue with a young wine shutting down on me with prolonged air exposure. Certainly watched old wines crash and burn with air but not young Bordeaux.

[marcs]

I rarely decant.

Jim has no need to, young Barde Haut is generally good right out of the bottle

[stefan]

I like to open such a young wine 6 hours before dinner and might recork depending on how it tastes. If I open it shortly before dinner I usually decant. Sometimes I just pour it through a aerater.

[AKR]

If it's a weekend young wine, I'll splash into the decanter, especially if its something as fancy as a Clos l'Eglise. (Don't think I've had any of their new efforts, but their 95 was nothing exciting)

A little air isn't going to hurt a vigorous, rich young Bordeaux