LBV post-decant timing and conditions

[PhilW]

I obviously provided too much detail on my original post, intended to discuss the merits or otherwise of shorter and longer decant times on LBVs, as it was moved into the tasting note section I will try and ask the question again without providing too much tasting detail!

So a couple of nights ago I opened an unfiltered LBV from the 80's, and found that immediately following pop'n'pour that it tasted very well; at +24hr it was nowhere near as good. Usually with a good VP of a similar age, I would expect the showing at +24 to still be very good, so it made me question whether this is typical for LBV (I drink very little LBV, hence the question to others). I also stored half of the bottle in a half-bottle immediately post-decant, recorked and put in the fridge; I then drank this last night, and it was as good as originally following the pop'n'pour. Thoughts?

[Alex Bridgeman]

I typically find that bottle matured LBV is great when opened and for 4-6 hours after that. It seems to then go through a dip around 24 hours after decanting but recovers with a slightly more earthy set of flavours if you are patient and go back to the bottle 36-48 hours after decanting.

I tend to keep my decanter at cellar temperature or cool room temperature (say 12-19C) and will happily drink a bottle of LBV over the course of 5 days.

[DRT]

I obviously provided too much detail on my original post, intended to discuss the merits or otherwise of shorter and longer decant times on LBVs, as it was moved into the tasting note section

Oops!

Sorry, Phil, I thought it was a TN. But I suppose we now have the advantage that it is now a TN and a discussion thread

[PhilW]

Oops! Sorry

No worries; The surprise was that I had actually writing a tasting note...