I cannot be the only person to have been astonished upon reading the title of Kerin O’Keefe’s column (Decanter, April 2023). Opinions about decanting are many and varied, but to say emphatically that older wines should never be decanted is a bridge too far.
Over many years in the trade, I have attended, moderated, and presented countless tastings involving wines from classic origins. Some of the vintages were decades old. Personally, I favour caution with respect to decanting: