Clef du Vin Pocket Wine Tasting Tool -Brushed Steel

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I tried this product for the first time the other night on an assortment of good quality, 8-11yr old red wines from various countries. I was very very sceptical, but after a 3s dip the slightly tannic wine I was drinking was astonishingly transformed into a softer, less tannic wine. Others noticed a similar effect, although not everyone felt the change was positive, one dissenter feeling the wine had lost some of its flavor. Being forever the scientist, I then divided some fresh wine into 2 glasses, "aged" one and left the other alone. Consistently, this product did affect the wine. It was not always for the better, however, because some of the bottles we'd opened were already perfectly aged, and had been decanted for over an hour, so for some bottles I felt the effect was detrimental. I also tried leaving the product in the wine for 30s, supposedly aging the 1995 Merlot to 1965. It was ruined, not aged. Wondering why this obvious and repeatable change in the wine occurred, I...

This is a wonderful tool to own
My husband has one of these little jewels and we just love it. We recently took it with us on a trip to Napa and we used it to its fullest. We were able to choose wines for our collection with a higher degree of confidence. We left it with a winemaker who really like it (we were rewarded with bottles form his private library) I am getting another for my husband. As stated in the other review, this will not make a bad or so so bottle of wine better, but it will give you a chance to peek into the future of your collection. It will soften tannins and make a young Zin or Cab more silky and drinkable right now. Now I don't think that this tool will completely duplicate the aging process, but it will give you a peek into the future. Enjoy!

I'm hard to convince!
Just got the Clef du Vin and have tried it on many wines, white and red and on many wine drinkers, from novice to experienced. Everyone noticed the difference that the Clef du Vin made.

It noticably alters the wine bringing out more softness and complexity (if the wine is good). The longer you dip it the greater the change. As the ads say, it doesn't fix bad wine, but it gives you an idea of where the wine will be going.

This is a great tool that helps you figure out why that $7 bottle of merlot from Roumania (or anywhere else) isn't equivalent to that $30 bottle of Napa merlot. It exposes the weaknesses and strengths of any bottle of wine.

This thing convinced me.

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