Pour an extra glass for yourself but ...

Tonight I discovered that the empty wine glass you look longly at (well, I do) after the last sip, smells great! It develops an intense bouquet, much stronger than a full glass of wine. It is as if the remains in the glass have nothing better to do than evaporate, cutting to the chase on what the wine smells like devoid of the fruit and alcohol. Let's call this the sniffing glass. Tonight, the Hahn Meritage 2004 was mostly plumy with a bit of spice. But from the sniffing glass, I got a rich spicy nose of allspice, pepper and more.

So pour an extra glass but make it a tiny one at that and drink it. And then stuff your nose into it. I think you will be rewarded.