Review: Le Portteus Red Wine Decanter

Every wine lover needs a decanter on hand for the occasional aeration task. Not every decanter needs to cost a fortune. A pint glass will even work in a pinch if you need to get some air into your wine and remove sediment.

Understandably, many wine drinkers look for a little elegance when decanting wine: Elevated drinking should be a visual feast as well as one for the gullet, after all. But can elegance be achieved without shelling out hundreds of dollars?

Enter the Le Portteus Red Wine Decanter, a traditional Captain’s style decanter with a narrow neck and a wide, flared base. The lip is angled to allow for easier pouring — both in and out — though this makes it slightly more difficult to use a screen filter if you have one. No glass stopper here; instead you get a spherical cork that rests gently in the opening.

Le Portteus is made from fairly thin, hand-blown glass, and it’s got more than enough room for a full bottle of wine. As with most decanters of this style, it can be a little difficult to get the final glass out of the unit — requiring it to be completely upended vertically — but since the decanter itself is so light, this isn’t much of an issue. As a bonus, the company includes a collection of cleaning beads, which make stain removal easy. (Just swirl them in the base for a minute with a little warm water.)

Best of all is the price: Just $37 currently. You simply won’t find a better deal on a decanter of this quality on the market.

A / $37 [BUY IT NOW FROM AMAZON]

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