Definitions for "Decantation"
The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
Pouring or siphoning off a liquid from a predipitateor immiscible liquid as a partial means of separating the phases.
This is involves pouring wine from one vessel to another, usually from the bottle into a decanter. Decantation is carried out for two main reasons. The first applies to old wines that require some aeration after they have been sitting in the bottle for quite some time and may have thrown a crust that needs to be filtered from the wine.